| Balance between UN organs should be restored: India | 20-NOV-09 |
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| Concerned over the UN Security Council encroaching upon the General Assembly's agenda, India has said the balance between the world body's principal organs must be "maintained and respected" and the centrality of the United Nations restored. |
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| IAEA chief urges Iran to cooperate on nuke issue | 03-NOV-09 |
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| International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohammed ElBaradei has asked Iran to respond swiftly to the "unique" offer made by the US, France and Russia to process its enriched uranium fuel abroad. |
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| Vibes from India 'positive': Qureshi | 07-OCT-09 |
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| More than a week after his talks with his Indian counterpart S M Krishna where the 26/11 attack issue was the focal point, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said he got "positive vibes" during the meeting and there was nothing on which he could disagree. |
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| 'The king of kings' holds forth at the United nations | 04-OCT-09 |
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| Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi made history by visiting America to attend the UN General Assembly. After being introduced in the General Assembly Hall as the “leader of the revolution, the president of the African Union, the king of kings of Africa,” Gaddafi violated protocol by giving a rambling speech for 90 minutes, instead of the allotted 15. Gaddafi, who brought his own translator as his chef de mission, said he would speak in a dialect of Arabic that only his personal interpreter could understand. Finally, he spoke in Arabic and the chief of the UN’s Arabic translation services had to pitch in because, exhausted after his speech, his translator reportedly shouted: “I can’t take it anymore,” and collapsed. |
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| 'Institutions have not kept pace with global issues' | 04-OCT-09 |
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| When this United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) ends next year, the UN would have completed 65 years of existence. These past decades have seen the world change in fundamental ways. Connectivity defines our global condition, and the challenges that we collectively face are global. The resolution of these challenges, as we are aware, require global approaches and solutions. What may happen in one part of the world has an impact on other regions. |
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| 'Developing IPR is not a zero-sum scenario' | 30-SEP-09 |
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| The Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization (Wipo), a specialised agency of the United Nations, aims at developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property (IP) system among its 184 member countries. While its efforts are highly appreciated in the developed world, some of its initiatives have drawn flak from various IP stakeholders in developing nations. Just before the ongoing annual general assembly of Wipo began in Geneva on September 22, Delhi-based civil society groups had asked the central government for measures to defend the domestic policy space, as well as the public health safeguards available within the framework of international treaties. In an e-mail response to Joe C Mathew, WIPO Director-General FRANCIS GURRY addresses such fears and says he is personally committed to have Wipo work towards narrowing the knowledge gap in the world, and help developing and least developed countries avail the benefits of the knowledge economy. |
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| Global nuclear order cannot discriminate, Krishna to UN | 28-SEP-09 |
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| India today said it supports a world free of nuclear weapons, but maintained that any international accord to achieve this goal cannot be discriminatory. “The international order cannot be discriminatory. States must fulfil the obligations they have undertaken,” External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said at the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly here. |
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| Gaddafi against 'big powers entry' in UNSC | 24-SEP-09 |
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| Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi has opposed the induction of big powers into the UN Security Council (UNSC), saying such a move would further tilt the balance of power. |
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| Pak wants unconditional talks with India: Qureshi | 17-SEP-09 |
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| Pakistan today accused India of mounting propaganda on issues like the Mumbai attacks and said nothing can be achieved by putting "pressure" on it even as it sought unconditional talks to resolve outstanding matters. |
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| Persons with disabilities are valuable human resource: India | 03-SEP-09 |
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| Stating that persons with disabilities are a valuable human resource, India today told a UN meet that it was committed to ensure that they not only enjoy their rights, but also are provided opportunities to lead their life to their fullest potential. |
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| India dares opponents of UNSC expansion for a straw poll | 03-SEP-09 |
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| Hitting hard at the countries who have been blocking the expansion of UN Security Council in both the permanent and non-permanent categories, India today dared such nations to schedule a straw poll in the UN General Assembly to prove that they have the numbers. |
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| UPDATE:US says it hasn't pressurised India on dialogue with Pak | 17-JUL-09 |
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| The US has not pressurised India to return to the dialogue table with Pakistan, says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and added that she was "very impressed" with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's discussion with his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani in Egypt. |
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| UNGA endorses world financial crisis summit outcome | 10-JUL-09 |
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| The UN General Assembly today endorsed the outcome of the Conference of the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, which, among other things, outlined the need for sustained follow-up within the United Nations system. |
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