United Nations: A UNSC committee has assured India that it will take up the issue of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi at its next meeting, after India expressed concern that the LeT commander's
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has reiterated US support for India's membership of a reformed UN Security Council as he considers it a foreign policy priority to continue to strengthen India-US relationship."What the President said was
United Nations: Asserting that the Security Council "embodies the undemocratic stranglehold" of the permanent members, India has accused them of picking and choosing the world body's principles to suit their own national interests and of
Wellington: New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully Monday announced that the country has become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC)."New Zealand's term on the Security Council will place us at the heart
United Nations: The UN Security Council (UNSC) has called for global and regional cooperation and strategies to stop terrorists from reaping the benefits of transnational organised crime.In a resolution, the UNSC expressed its concern that
United Nations: The UN Security Council (UNSC) has condemned the attack on a British embassy vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan."The members of the UNSC expressed their deep sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims,
United Nations: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday underlined the need for multilateral action to address the root cause for the spread of terrorism.The UNSC convened on Wednesday on the issue of threats
United Nations: India has asked the UN Security Council to enforce its resolutions on countering terrorism “without exception” and include a “mandatory time-bound reporting” on compliance to stem the ever-widening spiral of violence.India's Ambassador to
New Delhi: A stronger China is not a threat to any country, Chinese President Xi Jinping today said and stressed on a “fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable” solution to the vexed boundary issue at an
Moscow: Russia Tuesday welcomed the UN Security Council's (UNSC) resolution calling for an independent investigation into the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash in Ukraine last Thursday.The resolution highlights that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)
United Nations: The UN Security Council Friday strongly condemned the abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria and attacks by extremist Islamic group Boko Haram, threatening to take measures against the insurgents."The members of the
United Nations: India has made a strong call to reform the UN Security Council, stressing that the process to expand the powerful body cannot go on infinitely and a results-based timeline is crucial to achieve
United Nations: Pakistan has opposed the creation of new permanent seats in the UN Security Council, claiming it would go against inclusive decision-making at the world body. "There should be no new centres of privilege,"
United Nations : The UN General Assembly Thursday elected Chad, Chile, Lithuania, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to a two-year term in the UN Security Council (UNSC), the organisation's most powerful body.The new members will begin
Washington: President Barack Obama has reaffirmed US' backing to India's bid for a permanent seat in a reformed UN Security Council as he and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed to expand collaboration at the global
United Nations: The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Friday night to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, a landmark decision aimed at taking poison gas off the battlefield in the escalating 2 ½-year
United Nations: The UN Security Council Friday voted unanimously to adopt a resolution aimed at getting rid of Syria's chemical weapons.The vote came after the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), an international
Beijing: China said Sunday that the Syrian issue should be dealt within the framework of UN Security Council (UNSC).During a state visit to Uzbekistan along with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Foreign Minister Wang Yi stressed
Washington: Edging toward a punitive strike against Syria, President Barack Obama said Friday he is weighing “limited and narrow” action as the administration bluntly accused Bashar Assad's government of launching a chemical weapons attack that
United Nations, Nov 4, 2012: India has said the UN Security Council in its present structure is “completely out of tune” with global realities and serves “no one's purpose”, asserting that an expansion in the
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