UN Security Council adopts resolution urging humanitarian pauses in Gaza
The resolution received support from twelve states during the session held on Wednesday, while the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom chose to abstain from the vote.
The resolution received support from twelve states during the session held on Wednesday, while the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom chose to abstain from the vote.
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.
How do we cope with an unending series of polycrises facing the world? This summer was the hottest ever recorded with daily reports of floods and natural disasters.
Palestine has condemned and rejected Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s plan to legalise 155 Israeli settlement outposts in the West…
India has given billions of dollars of loans to Sri Lanka and facilitated roughly $3 billion in loans for Sri Lanka from the IMF.
He reiterated India's demand for an immediate end to all hostilities in Ukraine and a return to dialogue and diplomacy and quoted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement to Russia's President Vladimir Putin that "this cannot be an era of war".
The resolution would have extended the mechanism for six months, but the US, UK and France opposed the extension, saying it would not allow enough time to plan operations.
The vote was 11 in favor, one against, and three abstentions. India abstained from voting saying that the path of the "diplomacy was given up".
The two-day Summit inaugurated today is being hosted by Cambodia in a virtual format and is themed on “Strengthening Multilateralism for Shared Growth.”
India's Permanent Representative T.S. Tirumurti told the Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan: "Those providing material and financial support to terrorist entities must be held accountable."
