File photo of United Nations Secretary General António Guterres. | Photo Credit: AP The story so far: On October 2, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced that Israel had banned United Nations Secretary- General (UNSG) António Guterres from entering the country, accusing him of “backing” Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iran. Why did Israel ban … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk. File | Photo Credit: AP Billionaire tech magnate Elon Musk has said it is “absurd” that India does not have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council despite being the most populous country on Earth, as he called for an overhaul of the United Nations (UN) organs. The remarks by … Read more
The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees warned on October 25 that without immediate deliveries of fuel it will soon have to sharply cut back relief operations across the Gaza Strip, which has been blockaded and hit by devastating Israeli airstrikes since Hamas militants launched an attack on Israel more than two weeks ago. The … Read more
UN and EU monitors said Thursday that July is set to be the hottest month in recorded history and likely “unprecedented” for thousands of years, warning that this was a taste of the world’s climate future. Searing heat intensified by global warming has baked parts of Europe, Asia and North America this month, combining with … Read more
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the G20 Summit to be hosted under India’s Presidency provides an opportunity to take action on debt relief and reform the global financial system, as he voiced concern over the “crushing debt crisis” in the world. Speaking at the launch of a U.N. report ‘A World of Debt’ … Read more
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. File photo | Photo Credit: REUTERS United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has removed India from his annual report on the impact of armed conflict on children, citing “measures taken by the government to better protect” them. Mr. Guterres said in his report last year, he had welcomed the engagement of … Read more
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. | Photo Credit: AP The United Nations is aware of the reports about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s two-year jail sentence and that his party plans to appeal the verdict, a spokesperson for the U.N. chief Antonio Guterres has said. Farhan Haq, the Deputy Spokesman for the U.N. Secretary-General, was responding … Read more
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that major Himalayan rivers like the Indus, the Ganges, and Brahmaputra, all hugely important for India, could see reductions in their flows as glaciers and ice sheets recede over the coming decades due to global warming. “Glaciers are critical to all life on Earth. Over centuries, they carved out the … Read more
U.N. Commission called for the removal of barriers to equal access to digital technology for all women and girls, and new policies and programs to achieve gender parity in emerging scientific and technological fields. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The U.N.’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality on Saturday called for wide-ranging efforts to … Read more
India’s Ambassador to the United Nations Ruchira Kamboj. File | Photo Credit: AP Countries that use cross-border terror for narrow political purposes must be held accountable, India has said in the UN Security Council, in a veiled reference to Pakistan, and underlined the need for nations to stand together against the common threat of terrorism … Read more