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"Hypocritical to espouse high principles": India's UN envoy slams Pakistan
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
India's UN Ambassador, Harish Parvathaneni, has condemned Pakistan's "hypocritical" airstrikes in Afghanistan during Ramadan, which killed 185 civilians. Speaking at the UNSC, he denounced the strikes as flagrant violations of sovereignty and international law, while also slamming "trade and
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UN lifts sanctions on Syrian president ahead of al-Sharaa's White House me
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
China abstained from the vote stating that while the UNSC held multiple rounds of consultations, in which Beijing expressed legitimate concerns about terrorism, including foreign terrorist fighters in Syria the US pushed the text forward to serve its own interests.
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Iran recalls envoys after Europe triggers UN sanctions
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
According to Al Jazeera, the sanctions will ban global cooperation with Iran on its nuclear, military, banking and shipping sectors. Iran's currency fell to record lows on Saturday, dropping past 1.1 million rials per US dollar in open trading.
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Iran will never seek to build a nuclear bomb: President Masoud Pezeshkian
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in his address at the United Nations General Assembly, has said that Iran has "never sought and will never seek to build a nuclear bomb".
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Chinese fishing boats used North Korean crews in violation of UN sanctions
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
London-based group the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) in its new investigation has said that many people were subjected to abuses including being trapped at sea for years on Chinese vessels involved in illegal fishing and the killing of dolphins.
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UK deeply regrets Russia’s “reckless use of veto” for UNSC resolution on M
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Russia on Wednesday vetoed the UNSC resolution, drafted by France and UAE, on sanctions against Mali, TASS reported. Thirteen Security Council members voted in favour of a resolution to extend the UN sanctions and independent monitoring for another year. Russia cast a veto, while China absta
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Number of times China blocked UN from designating Pakistan-based militants
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
India's perseverance has finally paid off as China had to lift its "technical hold" on the designation of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) deputy chief Abdul Rehman Makki as a global terrorist under the 1267 UN Sanctions committees as the country was left isolated in the security co
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"China cannot thwart India...": India's former Permanent Representative to
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"The news depicts a growing understanding globally that China cannot thwart India. China's strangled hold over India's pursuit of justice against those who attacked our people is now in vain," Akbaruddin said on UN listing Pakistan's Abdul Rehman Makki as a global terrorist.
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At UNSC, India abstains from vote on resolution that exempts humanitarian
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ruchira Kamboj said India's concerns were triggered by proven instances of terror groups taking full advantage of such humanitarian carve-outs and making a mockery of sanctions regimes.
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Jaishankar meets Chinese counterpart at BRICS ministerial in New York
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], September 23 (ANI): After attacking China for blocking the designation of Pakistan-based terrorists in the relevant United Nations (UN) sanctions committee, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at a BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and
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Taliban restricts female students to leave Kabul for studies in another at
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 27 (ANI): The Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) has refused to allow female students to leave the Afghan capital to go to study in Kazakhstan and Qatar, reported Sputnik citing sources.
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Sirajuddin Haqqani calls for end of disputes among local tribes in Afghani
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): Sirajuddin Haqqani, the acting head of Taliban's Interior Ministry, who is on the UN sanctions list as well as an FBI wanted terrorist has called for the resolution of disputes with a Pashtun tribe through negotiation.
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