‘Won’t dignify with an answer’: India slams ‘unwarranted’ Pak remark at UNSC meet
Pakistan has been using terror proxies to create trouble in the Valley for decades.
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.
Among the five permanent members of the 15-nation Council, the US, UK, France and Russia have supported a permanent seat for India in the UN body.
Earlier, India hoped that the international community will continue to respond positively to the call for humanitarian assistance. India has dispatched consignments of humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
Prime Minister Modi spoke to Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, last week and reiterated his call for peace and dialogue.
He said that India backed independent investigations into the killings in Bucha, a city in Ukraine where more than 400 bodies were found in April after Russian troops withdrew from there.
The current members are Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, Norway, and the United Arab Emirates. It was in January 2004 when the Philippines last assumed one of the seats in the UN Security Council for the term 2004-2005. In January 2004, the Philippines assumed one of the elected seats in the UN Security Council for the term 2004-2005.
