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.
MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said Pakistan's 'desperate measures to peddle baseless allegation and present an alarming scenario lacked any credibility'.
The current move by China was the third such attempt to raise the Kashmir issue in the UNSC since August last when the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370.
"India and Brazil should absolutely be at the UNSC. Developing countries should be given adequate representation there,” Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, observing that developed countries have not paid heed to the demands of developing countries.
If the meeting is to happen, it would be the second 'closed-door' consultation since August on the situation in Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370.
If this is to happen, the meeting would be second 'closed-door' consultation since August on the situation in Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370.
