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United Nations, India has called for shunning double standards in the fight against terrorism and said certain countries are using terrorism as an instrument of state policy, in a veiled jibe at Pakistan. “When we talk about international…
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Many nations have concerns about Afghanistan being a source of insecurity for the region even as the country continues to be used by al-Qaeda as a “permissive haven” under the Taliban, according to a new United Nations Security Council…
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Libyans from rival regions and all walks of life are fed up with the country’s divisions and want political players to end their years-long impasse and agree to hold national elections, a key step to peace in the oil-rich north African…
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The president of the Security Council on Monday referred to its membership committee an application by the Palestinian Authority for Palestine to be granted full membership of the UN. The 15-member committee is expected to make a decision…
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External affairs minister S Jaishankar has expressed optimism about India getting a permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council. The minister said that it is “inevitable”, but called for heightened efforts in this regard,…
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Gilad Erdan, Israel's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has slammed the UN Security Council for failing to condemn the terror attack against the country on October 7, unleashed by Hamas. Drawing a parallel between the attack…
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The United States on Friday accused China and Russia of blocking a unified UN Security Council response to North Korea’s missile launches, including Thursday’s attempt by Pyongyang to put a spy satellite in space. During an emergency…
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The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed again Sunday to push for a second attempt to launch a spy satellite as she lambasted a U.N. Security Council meeting over the North’s first, failed launch. The North’s attempt…
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The UN Security Council in its current structure is “perverse and immoral”, a perpetuation of the colonisation project and does not reflect the rise of new powers and shifting geopolitical landscape, envoys and policy experts said here,…
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The days when Afghanistan was used by others as so-called “strategic depth” are over, India said, asserting that such skewed approaches have only brought misery to the people of Afghanistan and mayhem in the region. Secretary (West) in the…
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