UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed his deep frustration over intensification of violence that inflicted casualties on civilians since March of 2020 in Afghanistan

United Nations agencies in Bhutan have committed USD 1.17 million (M) to support the government in addressing issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic

India has been elected to the United Nations Security Council with an overwhelming majority of 184 votes running on a platform of fighting terrorism and promoting the ethos of "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam" -- the world is one family

The 193 members of the UN will vote on Wednesday to elect five non-permanent members to the Security Council and India is assured of a victory having won the unanimous backing of the Asian Pacific group

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the child casualties in Kashmir but noted a decline in the recruitment of children by Naxalites in Jharkhand due to the government's efforts in his annual report on Children and Armed Conflict

President of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Tijjani Muhammad-Bande said that some 100 diplomats were likely to attend the General Debate in September due to the uncertainties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

Sri Lanka is raising concern over a press release issued by the United Nations which alleged that the government has clamped down on the freedom of expression during the COVID-19 pandemic

The United Nations says in a report that Taliban militants run the production of heroin and other narcotics in the south of the country, making millions of dollars

Thirteen-year-old M. Nethra, daughter of C. Mohan, a salon owner in Madurai, has been appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador to the Poor for United Nations Association for Development And Peace (UNADAP)

Bangladesh has won the UN Public Service Award 2020, one of the most prestigious recognition of excellence in the delivery of public services

A UN Security Council report has revealed that not only do the Taliban and al-Qaeda continue to cooperate with each other but Kashmir-specific Pakistani terror groups, Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba are sending their trainers to Afghanistan to carry out targeted assassinations

As India begins loosening the COVID-19 lockdown, its challenge is population density, but there is optimism because are good models within the country to deal with it, according to Soumya Swaminathan, Deputy Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO)

The UN General Assembly has adopted a coronavirus-responsive election procedure for the Security Council election in which India is assured on a non-permanent seat next month

With Britain announcing new dates the already deferred crucial climate UN talks, known as the COP26, until November 2021 owing to coronavirus pandemic, climate experts on Friday said shifting the date is understandable but the postponement must not be an excuse to delay ambitious climate actions

Having with deft diplomacy successfully isolated Pakistan on the Kashmir issue at the UN and engineered India's unprecedented victory for the judgeship of the World Court over a Security Council permanent member, Syed Akbaruddin has wound up his term as India's Permanent Representative to the world body