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"Like an old club, set members don't want to let go of the grip: Jaishanka
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Taking a sharp dig at the United Nations Security Council, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that it is like an "old club" where member nations are unwilling to admit new members as they perceive it as losing the grip.
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India calls for zero tolerance for terror actors, sponsors at UN
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
"The illicit traffic of small arms and light weapons and related ammunition is a key enabler for sustaining conflicts by armed and terrorist groups. This necessitates the need for coordinated efforts by states to limit the acquisition of small arms and light weapons by such actors. It is
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Saudi Foreign Minister, US Secy Blinken discuss Gaza situation, regional i
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held discussions with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington, DC to discuss the Israel-Hamas war
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US vetoes UN resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The US on Friday (local time) vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Gaza calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
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At UN, India calls out state complicity in "suppressing activities of tran
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
India has emphasised the need to address growing state complicity in suppressing the activities of transnational criminal groups, India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ruchira Kamboj said on Thursday (local time).
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Biden defends Israel's incursion of Gaza's largest hospital
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The largest hospital in Gaza was overrun by Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Wednesday 15, with US President Joe Biden resting his full support behind the incursion. Biden claims that Hamas committed the first war crime, by making the hospital a command centre of its military operations, the H
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UN Security Council adopts resolution urging humanitarian pauses in Gaza
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The resolution received support from twelve states during the session held on Wednesday, while the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom chose to abstain from the vote.
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"Once you see the barbarity and savagery...": Israel envoy shreds UNSC for
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Israel's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, lambasted the United Nations Security Council for failing to condemn the October 7 Hamas terror attacks and the slaughter of unarmed civilians.
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Greek envoy stresses on "Hamas' dissolution," cautions about war's impact
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas also brought to the forefront discussions about the future of the India-Middle East-Europe corridor. The Greek envoy while weighing in on this matter, emphasised that the corridor is an "absolute necessity," to India's economic landscape, adding it
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UN Security Council members express concerns over Afghan women's role, esp
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Several members of the United Nations Security Council members have expressed concerns about human rights violations and women's rights in Afghanistan, stating that women, including female journalists and human rights activists, are facing violence in public places, Khaama Press reported on
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"Women are agents of social change and social cohesion": India at UNSC
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Yojana Patel also highlighted India's contribution in the matter and noted that as the UN's fifth largest troop contributor, India created history in 2007 by deploying the first-ever all-female Formed Police Unit (FPU) for UN Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia.
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Israel President Herzog condemns UN chief remarks, says root cause of conf
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Condemning the recent remarks of United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres where he said Hamas's murderous October 7 onslaught "didn't occur in a vacuum", Israel President Isaac Herzog has said that he "absolutely reject" his words and added that the problem with the conflict is t
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