‘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.
India highlighted that the impact of the Ukraine conflict is not just limited to Europe, adding that it has exacerbated concerns over food, fertilizer and fuel security, especially in developing countries.
India was among the 13 countries who voted in favour of a proposal seeking to allow Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) virtually.
With millions becoming homeless and forced to take shelter in neighboring countries, we believe that no solution can arrive at the cost of innocent lives, he said.
Expressing his opposition to the Ireland-Norway resolution, he said that it ignored the interests of Damascus, meaning the Bashar al-Assad government.
India also supported resolution 2615, which was unanimously passed in UNSC in December 2021 which stands for providing humanitarian relief to Afghanistan.
