The report released on Tuesday said that in contrast to large swathes of the developing countries, “investment in South Asia, particularly in India, remains strong”.
The unanimity at the UN underscores the fears over AI’s potential to disrupt politics and society through deep fakes and spreading misinformation, and its more sinister capabilities in warfare, development of weapons and disrupting economies.
The Pakistani representative also introduced a strange element into the discussion, attacking the Council’s designation of international terrorists, claiming that the Council’s actions against terrorists are “arbitrary”.
China has repeatedly blocked the listing of Pakistan-linked terrorists as international terrorists subject to UN sanctions.
Indian officials have reported drones coming in from Pakistan to drop weapons and drugs for terrorists in Punjab and Kashmir. Last year till November, at least 22 such drones were reported captured by Indian agencies and 266 drone infiltrations were reported during the year.
China’s poor performance in the Statistical Commission election, securing only 19 votes and trailing South Korea was a surprise because of the extensive diplomatic and economic campaigns it has undertaken around the world.
India and the UN’s World Food Programme signed an agreement last month to provide Afghanistan with 20,000 tonnes of wheat that would be sent through the Chabahar port that India is developing in Iran near the Afghanistan border, bypassing Pakistan.
The strategy advocated by India would expose countries like China and the members of the Uniting for Consensus (UfC) group of which Pakistan is a leading member in relation to Africa, the largest regional group in the UN.
Guterres said that he has proposed to the India-led G20, the group of major emerging and developed economies, “ a Climate Solidarity Pact – in which all big emitters make extra efforts to cut emissions, and wealthier countries mobilize financial and technical resources to support emerging economies in a common effort to keep 1.5 degrees alive”.
During her career of over 30 years in international humanitarian and development work, Parvathy had worked with the Asia Pacific, West Africa, Regional and Global Headquarters of WFP, according to the UN. Her experience includes strategic planning, risk management, conflict analysis and humanitarian access negotiations, the UN said.
Reflecting the confused attitude of Pakistan towards India, Bilawal stumbled in his attempts to refer to India, starting with “our friends within...” then trying “with our friend... our... our...” and then backtracking to settle on “our neighbouring countries”.
“Terrorism is terrorism”, he said dismissing excuses some countries make.
A woman with heavy makeup wearing a turban, a pendant on her forehead and necklaces introduced herself with what sounded as Vijayapriya Nithyananda, USK’s representative to the UN, She claimed that under “Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism” Nithayananda, “Kailasa has been implementing the ancient Hindu policies and indigenous solutions that are in alignment with a time-tested Hindu principles” for sustainable development”.
Blinken said, “When President Putin couldn’t break the Ukrainian military, he intensified efforts to break Ukrainians’ spirit”, he said listing what he said was the war’s toll: Tens of thousands of Ukrainian men, women, and children; more than 13 million uprooted people from their homes; more than half of the country’s energy grid destroyed; more than 700 hospitals, 2,600 schools bombed; and at least 6,000 Ukrainian children taken away to Russia.
Many developing countries, including Pakistan and Sri Lanka in South Asia, are teetering on the brink of an economic catastrophe and need international bailouts.
India is guided by the concept of “Vasudaiva Kutumbakam,” the “world being one large interconnected family”, and has emerged as the “first responder” to the crises around the world showing “altruism of the highest kind” as during the Covid pandemic. She listed India’s most recent responses to the earthquake in Turkiye and Syria, and to the crises in Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Mozambique and other countries.
Kamboj said that India was concerned that the “conflict has resulted in the loss of countless lives and misery, particularly for women, children and the elderly, with millions becoming homeless and forced to seek shelter in neighbouring countries. economic reports of attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure are also deeply concerning”.
India, which was a member of the Council last year, was caught in the middle of the polarisation at the UN, both at the Council and the Assembly, because of its dependence on Russian arms and the support it had received at crucial times in the Security Council from its predecessor the Soviet Union.
“The war is also fanning regional instability and fueling global tensions and divisions, while diverting attention and resources from other crises and pressing global issues”, Guterres said outlining the war’s fallout on the global economy, the food crisis affecting the global south and the nuclear danger.
