Torn by civil war for over 14 years, Syria once again witnessed escalation on November 27 as the UNSC banned Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) terrorist organisation and launched a major offensive leading to the rapid fall of key cities including Aleppo.
The UN report reveals that Africa recorded the highest number of intimate partner and family-related killings in 2023, with an estimated 21,700 victims. It also had the highest victim rate relative to its population size.
India emphasised that justice delayed is justice denied, urging for the prevention of future tragedies like 9/11 in Manhattan and 26/11 in Mumbai, referencing terror attacks by Al Qaeda and Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba respectively.
The Russian envoy said any such negotiations needed to be based on what he called the "realities on the ground", describing Ukraine as being on the back foot in the more-than-two-year conflict.
Sudhandhu Trivedi represented India at the United Nations and delivered a statement on the UN Peacekeeping operations. During the session, he emphasised and reiterated India's commitment to building a wall for those UN peacekeepers who laid down their lives.
The text calls for full adherence to the principles of non-interference, non-intervention, non-use of force or threat of use of force and the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, in accordance with the Charter and relevant UN resolutions.
The Congress leader Shukla mentioned that in the recently concluded free and fair assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, there was record voter turnout.
India noted an estimated thousand women of these minority communities, as per data from Pakistan’s Human Rights Commission, are subject to “abduction, forced religious conversions and forced marriages every year. "Anyway, I could go on, but I'll end here," said Harish.
On Thursday, Putin is set to meet with Guterres, who will be making his first visit to Russia in more than two years. Guterres has repeatedly criticized Russia’s action in Ukraine.
Iran Attacks Israel: United Nations General Secretary António Guterres condemned Iran’s Missile attack on Israel and said, "Millions of people across Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory were forced to seek shelter.
Israel's foreign minister accused Guterres of refusing to condemn Iran's attack on Israel and backing "terrorists, rapists and murderers" from Iran-backed groups like Hezbollah, Hamas and more. The move deepens an already wide rift between Israel and the United Nations.
Hitting out strongly at Pakistan a day after the country’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif referred to Jammu and Kashmir in his UNGA address, Jaishankar told the UN General Assembly that Islamabad's "misdeeds" affect others as well, especially the neighbourhood.
Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay referred to the UN Security Council as a "relic of the past" that did not represent the current geopolitical landscape. India's long-time efforts for a permanent seat in the Council has received backing from the US, France and Britain as well.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UNGA and issued a stern warning to Iran stating that "there is no place in Iran where the long arm of Israel cannot reach".
As the Russia-Ukraine war seems far from ending, President Putin issued a nuclear warning to the West. Vladimir Putin said on Sept 25 that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was attacked by any state. Watch to know more!
Lavrov and Jaishankar discussed key matters on the bilateral cooperation agenda, as well as urgent international matters, including preparations for the upcoming BRICS Summit in Kazan, the Ukraine settlement, as well as the situation in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Macron stated at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, "Our Security Council is currently at an impasse. We need to enhance the efficiency of the UN and ensure it is more representative".
During his speech at the United Nations, Zelenskyy said proposing "alternatives, half-hearted settlement plans, so-called sets of principles" would give Russian President Putin the political space to continue the war.
The meeting with the US President is seen as a "rare occasion" which Dhaka apprehends as a great gesture by the Biden administration that would eventually help take the existing "good relations" to a new level between the two countries.
During the meeting, Zelenskyy appreciated India's attention to the conflict in Ukraine and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his efforts in finding a way out of it.
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