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.
The UN Security Council (UNSC) has failed to pass a resolution to impose additional sanctions on North Korea for its recent missile tests due to opposition by China and Russia.
If under Western pressure, India had voted against Russia in the UN Security Council or in the Human Rights Council, while Pakistan and China abstained, would it have benefitted India at a time when she faces a security threat in its neighbourhood? On the contrary, that would have alienated Russia and opened the possibility of a Russo-China-Pakistan entente ranged against India
Tehran now has a foothold on the Arabian Peninsula and while the Houthis don’t follow Iran blindly, their military leadership has established a close relationship with Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The world has the ill-conceived intervention in Yemen by the Saudis to thank for this.
Despite India's historic ties with Russia, Moscow has been more vocal than even China in showcasing its opposition to the Indo-Pacific construct and the Quad platform. Russia has even begun to flirt with Pakistan. So, India needs to recalibrate its approach and ensure it does not bind itself to Russia's coattails and get singed in the blowback
For instance, a FATF report on money laundering and terrorist financing noted the prevalence of fundraising scams, in which entities posing as “international organisations or charities circulate emails requesting donations for Covid-19- related fundraising campaigns.” In June 2021, under the pretext of helping India combat the pandemic, USbased charity organisations with links to Pakistan reportedly collected funds that could be used for terrorist activities.
