President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian urged the U.S. to begin a new era in its relations with Iran. While criticising the U.S. military presence in Iran’s neighbourhood, the U.S. sanctions against Iran, … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his counterparts from the G4 countries. | Photo Credit: X/@DrSJaishankar External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has met his counterparts from the G4 countries, reaffirming the grouping’s commitment to urgent reform of the United Nations Security Council through text-based negotiations. The G4 nations comprise Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan. Mr. … Read more
First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN Petal Gahlot speaking at the UNGA. Photo: X/@DDNewslive India has strongly responded to Pakistan after its caretaker leader raked up Kashmir in his address to the U..N General Assembly, with Delhi saying the “home and patron” to the largest number of proscribed terrorist entities in the world … Read more
Azerbaijan regained control of its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in a deadly two-day military offensive and held initial talks with representatives of its ethnic Armenian population on reintegrating the area into the mainly Muslim country, Azerbaijan’s top diplomat told the UN Security Council on September 21. Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov reaffirmed Azerbaijan’s determination to guarantee … Read more
By Ankur Biplav The International Tea Day is celebrated on May 21 every year. The celebrations are aimed to promote and foster activities which would help in the sustainable production and consumption of tea, as per the United Nations. The origins of International Tea Day can be traced back to December 2019 when the United … Read more
Vanuatu’s Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau. | Photo Credit: AFP The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on March 29 is expected to adopt a resolution calling for a top court to outline legal obligations related to climate change, an “unprecedented challenge of civilisational proportions.” Pushed for years by Vanuatu and Pacific islander youth, the measure asks … Read more
India has high ambitions for improving its water sector and the ‘Namami Gange’ mission for the rejuvenation of the country’s longest river is a “beacon of hope” and an inspirational story, a UN delegate highlighted at the ongoing water conference here. The UN 2023 Water Conference – formally known as the 2023 Conference for the … Read more
This year’s Raisina Dialogue, India’s premier multilateral foreign policy and geo-economics conference, will focus on six pillars covering a range of contemporary issues from democracy to technology to global health to the Indo-Pacific region. The seventh edition of the conference, hosted by the external affairs ministry in collaboration with the Observer Research Foundation, will be … Read more
Ukraine’s foreign minister welcomed a decision by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday to suspend Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council over reports of violations and abuses of human rights by its troops in Ukraine. “War criminals have no place in UN bodies aimed at protecting human rights. Grateful to all member … Read more
Several common chemicals are known to cause severe damage to the ozone layer. (UN) As climate change and global warming take centre stage, a less heralded hero of the Earth’s atmosphere quietly battles on. A thin layer of gas surrounding the Earth, the ozone layer protects the planet from the sun’s harmful rays, thus preserving … Read more