The choice of the next SG will determine whether the UN regains relevance or slides further into insignificance. A woman leader would not only break a glass ceiling; it would show the UN retains the capacity for renewal. A male candidate seen as a P5 compromise would confirm fears that global leadership remains a private club for the powerful.
A revised version presented on 1 October reflects the Western double standards and the continuous desire of the UNHRC to bend over backwards to please the West. The most shocking aspect is that the recommendations in the report were made without consultation with the Government of Sri Lanka.
Op Sindoor was motivated by the Security Council statement on “the need to hold perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors” of the Pahalgam attack accountable and it targeted terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, he said.
Rulers and decision makers must deter aggression and a calculated pursuit of violence in today's world” by nations “impelled by political goals such as territorial expansion or domination, or by deviant nonstate actors and terrorists who sow fear and destruction due to their deviant belief systems”, he said.
Since the end of the separatist war in 2009, Sri Lanka has rehabilitated 594 former child soldiers recruited by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) and reunited them with their families, the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mohan Peiris said
Those responsible for crimes like the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl should be held accountable for their crimes, according to Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
In another warning to the United Nations (UN), Islamabad's envoy to the world body warned of Indian false flag operations against the country to justify its aggression towards Pakistan
India is one of the world's best assets in the fight against COVID-19 because of its ability to supply the vaccines needed to fight the pandemic and the UN counts on it, according to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has again offered his “good offices” to India and Pakistan to resolve their problems, even though New Delhi has rejected his involvement in bilateral disputes
Bangladesh has urged the World Health Organization (WHO), GAVI-the Vaccine Alliance, CEPI and the Unicef to play a visible and effective role to ensure the supply of the Coronavirus vaccines under the Covax facility to the developing countries, particularly the low and the middle-income countries, urgently
A new UN report published on Wednesday warning that human right violations are increasing in Sri Lanka called on the international community to enhance monitoring and take measures to prevent recurrence of the policies and practices that gave rise to grave human rights violations in the past
According to the UN Women in Sri Lanka, while the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgency of economic empowerment for women and girls all over the world, there is a particular urgency to address the challenges being faced by female-headed households, which make up over a quarter of Sri Lankan homes
The United Nations Commissioner of Human Rights have called Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers to be investigated and prosecuted for ‘crimes against humanity’ and targeted sanctions against officials
US Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reiterated his call for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines as the global caseload has surpassed the 100 million mark, another grim milestone as the pandemic rages on
As India, Brazil, Germany and Japan put forward efforts to reform the 15-member body of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and add seats of new permanent members, Pakistan has opposed the idea, stating that it would "kill the consensus-based process to make it more effective, representative and accountable."
Bangladesh's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Rabab Fatima reiterated her country's deep commitment to the peacebuilding and sustaining peace efforts of the UN
In reaction to the Republic Day farmer protests in Delhi that turned violent, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for non-violence and for respecting peaceful protests
Bangladesh's economy will return to the high growth trajectory in the next fiscal year overcoming the scarring impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a United Nations report
UN human rights experts today urged the Sri Lankan Government to end its policy of forced cremation of the COVID-19 deceased, saying it ran contrary to the beliefs of Muslims and other minorities in the country, and could foment existing prejudices, intolerance and violence
