India to chair UNSC’s crucial Taliban and Libya sanctions committees, panel on counter-terrorism
UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti will chair the CTC in 2022, the year in which India will commemorate the 75th anniversary of its independence
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Indian tricolour to be installed at UN Security Council stakeout as country begins 2-yr tenure
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador T S Tirumurti will install the tricolour and is expected to make brief remarks at the ceremony.
India begins its two-year tenure as non-permanent member of UNSC
India will sit in the 15-nation United Nations Security Council for the 2021-22 term as a non-permanent member – the eighth time that the country has had a seat on the powerful horseshoe table.
UN Security Council calls for immediate ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh
Security Council members strongly condemn the use of force and regret the loss of life
Accorded highest priority to getting permanent membership of UNSC: India
“India in collaboration with other pro-reform countries has been consistently making efforts to build support among the UN member states for expansion of the UNSC, in both permanent and non-permanent categories,” the minister said.
India becomes member of UN’s Commission on Status of Women
India will be a member of the United Nation’s Commission on Status of Women for four years – 2021 to 2025.
China-backed attempt by Pakistan to discuss Kashmir issue at UNSC fails yet again: Indian diplomat
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said that many other members of the Security Council underlined that Jammu and Kashmir was a bilateral matter between India and Pakistan and also stressed on the importance of the Simla Agreement.
Afghan women ‘must be heard at the table in the peace process and beyond’ UN deputy chief to Security Council
Afghan women have “paid a high price” during their country’s nearly four decades of conflict, the United Nations deputy chief said on Friday, addressing the Security Council a day after Kabul had been hit with a fresh round of “horrific” bomb attacks.
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Security Council makes first ever Iraq visit
The Security Council has concluded a first-ever visit to Iraq on Saturday, five years on from the proclamation, by the ISIL terrorist group, of a “caliphate” in the country. The visit also took in a trip to Kuwait.
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Iran rolls back nuclear pledges but stops short of violating pact
While stopping short of violating its 2015 deal with world powers for now, Iran threatened more action if countries do not shield it from U.S. sanctions.
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