At polarised UNSC meet on Iran attack, only consensus is Middle East tensions shouldn’t escalate
The Council immobilised by its divisions did not take any action and the meeting was only an occasion for venting.
The Council immobilised by its divisions did not take any action and the meeting was only an occasion for venting.
"When it was offered to us, Nehru's position was ‘we deserve the seat but first China should get it’," the MEA said at the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Ahmedabad.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has called for reforms in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), saying India not being part of it is “absurd”. The billionaire also batted for a UNSC seat for the African Union.
The UNSC resolution calls for "urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip for a sufficient number of days to enable full, rapid, safe, and unhindered humanitarian access.
Pakistan has been using terror proxies to create trouble in the Valley for decades.
India's permanent member at the United Nations, Ruchira Kamoj emphasised that the majority of Global South supports the idea of expansion in both categories of its membership.
A Security Council resolution requires approval of 9 members (out of 15) including concurrence of the Big Five. This procedure made adoption of a bi-partisan decision almost an impossibility as the Big Five would never agree to any resolution which would even remotely go against their national interest. The assignment of overriding powers to the five had been done with good intentions because in serious matters like war and peace involving various nations, it was essential to have the concurrence of the big powers who had fought and won the war
Calling out India as a potential superpower country, the UNGA Chief said that in terms of population, economy, science and technology India is rapidly rising.
"We are facing a serious challenge of cross-border supply of illicit weapons using drones," India's Permanent Representative Ruchira Kamboj told the United Nations Security Council on Monday.
Kamboj reiterated India's position in the Russia-Ukraine war and said that dialogue and diplomacy are the only viable way out.