UN Chief urges India, China to exercise ‘maximum restraint’ amid escalating tensions
A total of 20 Indian Army personnel have been killed during a violent clash with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh's Galwan Valley on Monday night.
A total of 20 Indian Army personnel have been killed during a violent clash with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh's Galwan Valley on Monday night.
The Secretary-General’s report on ‘Children and Armed Conflict’ said that the UN had verified over 25,000 grave violations against children globally from January to December 2019.
The pandemic has infected 5,829,474 people and claimed 360,776 lives worldwide, till now according to Johns Hopkins University.
Over the last 70 years, more than 160 Indian military, police and civilian personnel have lost their lives while serving in UN peacekeeping missions around the world, the highest total from any troop contributing country.
Major Suman Gawani and Brazilian Naval Officer Commander Carla Monteiro de Castro Araujo will receive the award during an online ceremony presided by UN Secretary-General Guterres on May 29, the International Day of UN Peacekeepers.
The UN brief highlighted the mental strains on people fearing that they or their loved ones will be infected or die from the novel coronavirus, which has killed nearly 300,000 people worldwide since it first emerged in China late last year.
Scientists say even if all the world's nations honoured their pledges, the planet would still heat up at least three degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, a sure-fire recipe for calamity.
Lieutenant General (retired) Guha has been appointed as the Chair of the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC) and head of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA).
