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Vaccine can't undo damage from Covid; it's time to reset: UN chief Guterres

He voiced grave concern that extreme poverty is rising, the threat of famine looms and the world faces the biggest global recession in eight decades

Nearly 100 world leaders to speak at UN session on Covid-19, recovery path

Nearly 100 world leaders and several dozen ministers are slated to speak at the UN General Assembly's special session on the response to Covid-19 and the best path to recovery from the pandemic

India slams Pak on transfer of Kartarpur Sahib management to non-sikh at UN

India slammed Pakistan for violating UN resolution and transferring the management of Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara, from the Sikh Community body to the administrative control of a non-Sikh body

Word leaders to address a high-level, special session of UNGA on Covid-19

World leaders, the top leadership of the UN and vaccine developers will address a two-day, special session of the UN General Assembly on Covid-19 this week and discuss the pandemic's impact

India's resolution in UNGA to prevent terrorists from getting WMDs adopted

A resolution tabled by India in the UN General Assembly on measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction has been co-sponsored by more than 75 countries and adopted by consensus. India, a victim of state-sponsored cross-border terrorism, has been at the forefront in highlighting the serious threat to international peace and security emanating from acquisition of weapons of mass destruction by terrorist groups. India at forefront of counter-terrorism. Delighted that annual resolution tabled by India 'Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction' was co-sponsored by more than 75 countries & adopted today by consensus in First Committee of UN General Assembly, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador T S Tirumurti tweeted. According to sources, through its annual resolution, India has urged greater international co-operation to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction and their delivery ...

Belarus warns west against UN sanctions, says would be harmful for everyone

"We call on our partners to demonstrate wisdom, restraint and impartiality," he said in a pre-recorded speech for the UN session held online because of the coronavirus pandemic

Modi's 'pharmadiplomacy': India's COVID vaccines to 'help all humanity'

Presenting India as a global power for universal good, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched his 'pharmadiplomacy', promising the world on Saturday that the nation's vaccine manufacturing capability will "help all humanity" in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic while assuring global leaders whose worries about its availability has been a dominant concern at the UN General Assembly.

'Disregarded facts and fabricated lies' says China on Trump's remarks at UN

Trump blasted China for "unleashing" the plague of the "China virus" onto the world, demanding that the United Nations must hold Beijing accountable for failing to contain the coronavirus

UNGA adopts forward-looking declaration to mark 75th anniversary of UN

UN Member States also underscored in the declaration that the UN must better address all forms and domains of threats

US says all UN sanctions on Iran restored, stage set showdown at UNGA

The White House plans to issue an executive order on Monday spelling out how the U.S. will enforce the restored sanctions

Ready to help on Kashmir issue if India, Pak request: UNGA president-elect

UN General Assembly president-elect Volkan Bozkir on Monday said that he is ready to help Pakistan and India within his mandate to resolve their differences on Kashmir issue if requested by both the parties. Addressing a news conference along with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Bozkir said that the resolution of the Kashmir issue was vital for sustainable peace in South Asia, and offered that he can help as per his mandate. "If my assistance is requested by the parties, I will be ready to provide contributions within my mandate, he said. New Delhi's long-held position has been that Kashmir is a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan and there is no question of any mediation or intervention by any third party. After India revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status on August 5 last year and announced the bifurcation of the State into two Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh, Pakistan tried to internationalise the issue. India has firmly told Pakistan that the ...

Turkey's Volkan Bozkir elected president of 75th UN General Assembly

Bozkir is currently serving as a Justice and Development (AK) Party lawmaker from Istanbul and head of the Turkish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee

UNGA adopts resolution calling for global solidarity to fight COVID-19

The UN Security Council is yet to discuss the coronavirus outbreak, even as the total number of coronavirus cases across the world crossed one million.

Coronavirus politics at UN as Russia resolution calls for ending trade war

One resolution, which has more than 135 co-sponsors, calls for intensified international cooperation to contain, mitigate and defeat the pandemic

India's welfare schemes give world a 'new hope', says PM Modi at UNGA

Modi delivered his second address to the General Debate at the UN, five years after his maiden speech as Indian Prime Minister in 2014

Market force: How India is using its economic clout in the diplomatic arena

For India, this changing diplomatic style comes with its own set of risks. If not handled well, New Delhi's credibility as a serious global player might be on the line

India slams Pakistan at UNGA for 'malicious propaganda' on Ayodhya verdict

India asked the country to rather work constructively and positively for education and upliftment of its own minorities instead of spewing lies for a self serving malicious propaganda

UNGA votes 187-3 to condemn United States' continued embargo against Cuba

Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said the Trump administration has "aggressively intensified" implementation of the embargo against other countries

India objects to China's reference to J&K and Ladakh at UNGA

Raising the Kashmir issue at the UN, China has told the General Assembly that the 'dispute' should be peacefully and properly addressed in accordance with the UN Charter

We wanted world to see RSS and India as one, Imran did it: Sangh

Senior Rashtriya Swayam Sewak functionary Krishna Gopal also added wryly that Khan has ended up spreading the RSS' name and prayed that the Pakistan prime minister does not stop now