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.
Pakistan called out India at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) for pushing banned outfits, such as the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), in cross-border terrorist attacks against the country's military and civilian targets
Pakistan has said that its active and prominent participation in the UN General Assemblys opening session and allied meetings manifested its support and commitment to the world body's purposes and principles
Nepal's Minister of Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has stressed that financial resources spent on nuclear weapons should be diverted to achieving sustainable development goals for overall security and well-being of humanity at large
Bangladesh has urged the global community re-commit to using their resources for realising sustainable development goals (SDGs), and making the world safe and livable for present and future generations
Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid, on Friday, called on countries that have yet to sign the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons to join the cause as a matter of urgency
A nuclear power, India has reiterated its commitment on Gandhi Jayanti to its policy of No First Use of nuclear weapons and to a non-discriminatory total nuclear disarmament
UN Secretary-General Anotonio Guterres has invoked Mahatma Gandhi to call for an end to “loathsome” hate speech online and off-line
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has assured the international community that Pakistan is taking “legislative initiatives” to curb violence against women
Bangladeshi women peacekeepers have the responsibility to ensure security of Monusco Airport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo run by the United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Mission
The Accountability Breakfast 2020, held alongside the UN General Assembly 2020, focused on securing global accountability for protecting women's, children's, and adolescents' health and rights during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond
Sri Lanka emphasized that it rejects all the allegations of human rights violations contained in the Annual Report of the United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) on Sri Lanka submitted to the UN Human Rights Council
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Wednesday declared that Maldives took it climate commitments seriously, while addressing the virtually held United Nations (UN) Biodiversity Summit
Human Rights Watch has urged the Bangladesh government to allow the United Nations (UN) to visit Bhasan Char to assess its condition
The COVID-19 pandemic is a warning to the world against unsustainable food habits and unregulated exploitation of nature, according to Prakash Javadekar, India's minister for environment, forests and climate change
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday urged the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to declare an 'International Day to combat Islamophobia' and to build a resilient coalition to end the scourge
