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Swaraj raises UNSC role in Afghanistan peace process
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 24 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday called for a peace process in war-ridden Afghanistan while criticising the United Nations Security Council for its inability to handle the contemporary security challenges.
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Swaraj urges UNSC to take actions against state-sponsored terrorism
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 24 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday urged the United Nations Security Council to take strong measures against states encouraging and financing terrorism while combating global terrorism.
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US 'locked and loaded' for future chemical attacks by Syria
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [United States], April 15 (ANI): United States ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Saturday said that the US is "locked and loaded" in an event of a chemical attack by Syrian President Bashar Al Assad.
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Russia calls emergency session of UN Security Council
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 14 (ANI): Russia on Saturday confirmed that it was calling an mergency session of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in the wake of the airstrikes launched by the US-led coalition in Syria.
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Syria chemical attack: China calls on UNSC to launch investigation
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing China April 14 (ANI): China's representative in the United Nations called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to take up the responsibility to build unity and consensus and do its utmost to prevent incidents like chemical attacks in Syria's Douma which claimed lives of mor
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Ex-spy poisoning: Russia, UK engages in war of words at UNSC meet
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], April 6 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council on Thursday conducted a meeting to discuss the case of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter where the UN ambassadors of both Moscow and London engaged in a war of words.
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Terrorism foremost threat to International peace: Sushma Swaraj
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Baku [Azerbaijan], April 5 (ANI): India on Thursday acknowledged that terrorism is the primary threat to international peace and security and talks to combat terrorism have not been matched by the actions.
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139 Pakistani persons, entities in UNSC consolidated terrorist list
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [United States], April 4 (ANI): One hundred and thirty nine (139) citizens and entities from Pakistan feature in the United Nations Security Council's (UNSC's) consolidated list of terrorists or terror-supporting organisations.
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Palestine-Gaza clash: Israel rejects calls for independent probe
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Jerusalem, [Israel] April 1 (ANI): Israel on Sunday rejected the calls for an independent probe by the United Nations Security Council in the Friday's Palestine-Gaza clashes during Gaza's Great March of Return that left 16 Palestinians dead and multiple wounded.
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Singapore revokes work permits of N Korean nationals
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Mar 27 (ANI): The Singapore government on Monday nullified the work permits of all North Korean nationals in the country, according to a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) report on sanctions against the communist country.
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N. Korea supplying chemical weapon to Syria: UN
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], Feb 28 (ANI): North Korea supplies material to Syria that could be used to produce chemical weapons, a United Nations Security Council diplomat has said.
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Regime airstrikes continue in Syria despite UN's ceasefire call
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Feb 27 (ANI): Regime airstrikes and shell-firing continued in Eastern Ghouta in Syria with no signs of stoppage despite United Nations Security Council's call for a 30-day ceasefire, according to Syrian civil defense sources, the White Helmets.
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