"Within six years, India has achieved an 80 per cent financial inclusion rate, a feat that would have taken decades without such digital infrastructure," said Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj.
In the vote 12-1, the one being the US veto and two abstentions, the UNSC did not adopt a draft resolution that would have recommended the General Assembly to hold a vote with the broader UN membership to allow Palestine to join as a full UN Member State.
The United States will vote against a United Nations Security Council resolution for Palestinian statehood in the UN, US State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said at a press briefing on Thursday.
Following its attack on Israel with drone strikes in the late hours on Saturday, Iran, in a letter to the United Nations,, emphasised that it will not hesitate to exercise its inherent right of self defense when required, adding that if Israel commits any military aggression again, their
The UAE Gender Balance Council participated in key meetings and sessions held at the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, including a meeting of the UN Security Council, and a session on women's empowerment in Gulf Coopera
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar highlighted that if the most populous countries in the world and some of the biggest resource providers for the UN are kept out, it is not good for the United Nations Security Council.
India's permanent ambassador to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj on Saturday highlighted that India supports a comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council across all five clusters, including an expansion in both the permanent and non-permanent categories.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in a report highlighted that Afghans are dealing with extreme hardships, and approximately 85 per cent of them live on less than one dollar a day, as reported by TOLO News.
Robert A Wood, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN, said that his country does not support calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as it "would only plant the seeds for the next war."