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
Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS As External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar prepares to chair a UN Security Council meeting on terrorism on Thursday, Pakistan said it is distributing a new “dossier” on terrorism to UNSC members that alleges Indian agencies were involved in “masterminding” a 2021 blast near … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with the President of the 77th session of the General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi in New York on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. | Photo Credit: Twitter@DrSJaishankar External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met President of the 77th session of the General Assembly Csaba Kőrösi and discussed India’s tenure in the Security Council … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will inaugurate a bust of Mahatma Gandhi at the United Nations on December 14, marking the arrival of the Mahatma at UN’s headquarters during India’s presidency of the powerful 15-nation Security Council for the month of December. India, on December 1, assumed the monthly rotating … Read more
Focus on online recruitment, drones, crypto currency as CTC highlights terrorists use of new technologies. Focus on online recruitment, drones, crypto currency as CTC highlights terrorists use of new technologies. Terrorism is still one of the “gravest threats” to humanity said External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, highlighting terror threats from the use of emerging technologies … Read more
India attached the highest importance to safety and security of nuclear facilities, its permanent representative told a special UNSC briefing on Friday. The UN Security Council’s emergency meeting came hours after Russian forces reportedly attacked a nuclear power plant in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia. “India attaches the highest importance to ensuring safety and security of nuclear facilities … Read more
Hectic diplomacy is underway in New York, following the terror attack on Kabul airport, to get the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to pass a strong resolution calling upon the Taliban to allow “safe” and “secure” passage to Afghan nationals with valid travel authorisation from foreign countries. ET has learnt that a proposed draft resolution, … Read more
In a swipe at China, India told the UN Security Council on Thursday that countries should not place “blocks and holds” without any reason on requests to designate terrorists, warning that any double standards and distinctions between terrorists would be made only at “our own peril”. “The international community holds a collective view that terrorism … Read more
External affairs minister S Jaishankar expressed India’s solidarity with Africa in Nairobi on Monday, saying the continent can count on the country’s support to raise its profile. He said the rise of modern Africa is a “long-awaited expectation” and that the decisions made by the international community will be really global only when the continent’s … Read more
The UN Security Council on Tuesday recommended Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a second five-year term as chief of the world organisation beginning January 1, 2022. The 15-nation Council held a closed meeting where it unanimously adopted a resolution recommending Guterres’ name to the 193-member General Assembly for a second term as Secretary General. “India … Read more