External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar officially launched India’s campaign for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2028-29 term, saying the country’s presence in this vital body will help decision-making at a time when the world is facing a profound paradox.
India sharply criticised Pakistan at the UN Security Council, raising concerns over terrorism, Afghan civilian casualties and attacks on hospitals and humanitarian infrastructure.
Calling for expansion of the UN Security Council (UNSC), External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Friday said BRICS nations must work together not only to manage global challenges, but to shape a more democratic, representative and equitable international order.
Back-to-back attacks on UNIFIL troops in southern Lebanon leave multiple peacekeepers dead and injured, prompting India’s response and fresh diplomatic pressure at the United Nations.
The Security Council has adopted a resolution cosponsored by India condemning "in the strongest terms" Iran's attacks on its neighbours in the Middle East.
India also supported resolution 2615, which was unanimously passed in UNSC in December 2021 which stands for providing humanitarian relief to Afghanistan.
Japan has been elected to UN Security Council to succeed India as a non-permanent member for a two-year term starting next year.
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.
