The 193-member General Assembly adopted the resolution, with 124 nations voting in favour, 14 against and 43 abstentions, including that by India. Those abstaining included Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Nepal, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.
PM Modi's jam-packed schedule in the US includes attending the Quad Summit, a mega diaspora event in Long Island and the Summit of the Future on September 23. He will not be attending the UNGA high-level session, and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will take his place.
According to the provisional list of speakers released by the UN earlier this year, PM Modi was scheduled to address the session on September 26, however, the UN issued a revised list of provisional speakers on Friday.
During the war, Dmytro Kuleba was second only to Zelenskyy in carrying Ukraine's message and needs to an international audience, whether through social media posts or meetings with foreign dignitaries.
The Prime Minister is expected to attend the UN Summit of the Future on September 22-23 and may also address an Indian community event in New York. He is also likely to attend the UN General Assembly amid rumours of the Quad Summit taking place on the sidelines of the UN Summit.
Harish, who has an impressive career of over 30 years, is currently serving as the Indian Ambassador to Germany. He will replace Ruchira Kamboj, who retired on June 1 after an illustrious diplomatic career spanning nearly four decades.
Yemen has launched a crackdown on people working with the UN, aid agencies and foreign offices while targeting global shipping in the Red Sea over the Israel-Hamas war. In June, the Houthis detained more than 60 people working with the UN and other NGOs.
More than 200 people were killed in Bangladesh in recent weeks during violence that evolved from student protests over the South Asian country's quota system for government jobs.
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The UNHCR stated that it is collaborating with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to aid survivors and offer protection.
A group of independent experts backed by the UN voiced serious concern regarding heightened discrimination and violence against Pakistan's Ahmadi minority community, urging authorities to take measures to ensure their safety and protection.
Young children and pregnant women were among the victims in Kencho Shacha Gozdi district of southern Ethiopia, said Dagmawi Ayele, a local administrator, adding that at least five people have been pulled out alive.
India has made years-long efforts to reform the Security Council, saying that the global body its current form does not represent the geopolitical realities of the 21st century. In the past, India has highlighted the failures of the UN to respond to issues like terrorism and global conflicts.
Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, has been behind bars since August 2023 after he was accused of hiding assets after selling state gifts. He has been convicted of at least 150 criminal cases and was disqualified from running in the February 8 elections.
Pakistan consistently brings up the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at various UN platforms, regardless of the agenda or theme, but struggles to garner support or traction.
Turk had said in his global update that a “worrying trend in terms of civic space is the consideration or adoption of so-called “transparency” or “foreign influence” laws in over 50 countries, including in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, India, Kyrgyzstan.
US President Joe Biden had outlined a three-phase ceasefire plan proposed by Israel on May 31 and urged Hamas to accept it without delay. The UN Security Council in March adopted a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, but the war did not halt.
The UN blacklist will be attached to a report that will be submitted by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the Security Council. The inclusion of Israel in this list highlights its high tensions with the global body, leading to a furious reaction from Israeli officials including PM Netanyahu.
Kamboj was also the topper of the 1987 Civil Services batch and has handled key diplomatic positions in her career, even directing the special swearing-in ceremony of PM Modi in 2014. She became the first Indian woman to become the Permanent Representative to the UN in 2022.
Naik Dhananjay Kumar Singh, who belonged to the Army Medical Corps, served with the UN Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a nursing assistant. He died on November 1, 2023, due to a heart disease and was among the 60 UN peacekeepers posthumously awarded on Thursday.
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