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Jaishankar reiterates India's interest in joining UNSC as permanent member
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Auckland [New Zealand], October 6 (ANI): Reiterating that a permanent seat, as well as reforms of the UN Security Council, remains India's main priority, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Thursday asserted that India voices the interest and aspirations of a broad set of countries and
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Former German chancellor Angela Merkel wins UN refugee agency prize
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 4 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced on Tuesday that former German chancellor Angela Merkel will receive the 2022 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for "political courage" and decisive action taken during her tenure to protect people forced to flee.
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Former diplomat backs India's abstention in UNSC over Russia's referendum
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): India stands for the UN charter on territorial integrity and has been consistent in reiterating its fundamental beliefs that this is not the time for war and we must give diplomacy all the chances it needs, former diplomat Manjeev Singh Puri said backing I
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UNSC condemns 'horrendous' attack against Kabul educational centre
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 1 (ANI): The UN Security Council (UNSC) strongly condemned Friday's terrorist attack against the Kaaj Educational Centre in Kabul as it reaffirmed the right to education for all Afghans and its contribution to the achievement of peace and security.
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India abstains from UN vote that condemns Russia's annexation of Ukrainian
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 1 (ANI): India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj, said on Friday that India is deeply disturbed by the recent turn of developments in Ukraine and stressed that dialogue is the only answer to settle differences and disputes after India abstained in
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Pakistan opposes UNSC membership to India, says Bilawal Bhutto
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 30 (ANI): Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Thursday that his country opposes United Nations (UN) reforms that expand the Security Council to bring India to the UN high table.
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UNSC to vote on resolution on Russia's referendums in Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 30 (ANI): The UN Security Council is set to vote Friday on a resolution that would seek to condemn Russia for its referenda in four regions under Russian control but claimed by Ukraine, media reports said.
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UN Chief calls annexation of Ukraine territories by Russia a violation of
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 29 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that any annexation of a state's territory by another state resulting from a "threat or use of force" is a violation of the UN Charter and international law.
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Afghan women face social, economic deprivation under Taliban rule
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 29 (ANI): Amid the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan, the situation of Afghan women continues to deteriorate as they are denied their fundamental freedoms and rights under the Taliban rule, said the Charge d'Affaires of the Afghan Permanent Mission to the UN, Nasee
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India, Brazil support each other's candidacy at UNSC: Brazilian envoy
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): As India has been at the forefront of the efforts at the UN to push for long-pending reforms of the Security Council and looking for a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the Brazilian Ambassador to India Andre Aranha Correa do
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China's representative to UN invites people to visit Xinjiang over human r
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 28 (ANI): Concerned over the impact of the recent report of United Nations Human Rights on China's treatment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region on the country's economy, the permanent representative to the UN Office in Geneva invited peop
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Patience is running out, says UN envoy on engagement with Taliban
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 28 (ANI): Patience is running out for many in the international community when it comes to effectively engaging with the Taliban, the UN deputy representative for Afghanistan Markus Potzel, told the Security Council on Tuesday.
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