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India Asks UN To Allocate More Funds For Responding To Emergencies
India has underlined the need for the UN to allocate more resources for responding to emergencies like Ebola and other humanitarian and natural disasters as the world body adopted a budget of nearly Rs 35,600 crore (USD 5.4 billion) to carry out its vital work during the 2016-2017.
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Global Campaign Needed To Back UN Security Council Expansion: India
With negotiations on expanding and reforming the UN Security Council (UNSC) entering a crucial phase next year, India's Permanent Representative Asoke Kumar Mukerji suggested Friday that an international campaign should be launched to mobilise support for it from the Indian diaspora, civil society organisations and businesses around the world.
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India Remains Committed to Greater Regional Integration: India to UN
India has said it is open to joining and supporting regional initiatives, including the expansion of the Afghan Pakistan Trade and Transit Agreement, to ensure Afghanistan's greater integration into the South Asian region.
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UN Security Council 'Helpless' on Enforcing Sanctions Against Terrorism: India
In a scathing criticism of the Security Council's role in fighting terrorism, India has said that the UN's primary body for international security was helpless in making countries enforce its own sanctions and resolutions against terrorists.
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India Calls for Early Adoption of Convention on Terrorism in UN
India has called for the early adoption of a global convention on terrorism with a legal principle of "prosecute or extradite", even as it voiced concern over the UN appearing "ineffective" in tackling the global scourge.
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Take Lead in Prosecuting Non-State Actors: India to UN Security Council
Criticising the use of technical blocks by some permanent members of the UN Security Council, India has said such "hidden vetoes" distort the already opaque procedures of the Council's sanctions regime as it called for the UN body to take the lead in prosecuting non-state actors.
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India Expresses Dismay at lack of Transparency in UN Peace Operations
Rising casualties among peacekeepers and civilians during UN operations has led to India expressing strong dismay at the lack of accountability and transparency by the UN Security Council in framing of peacekeeping mandates.
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India to Host 'Very Substantive and Significant' G-4 Summit
India will host a "very substantive and significant" summit meeting of the G-4 nations aimed at pushing for early UN Security Council reforms in the wake of the UN General Assembly adopting a decision to commence text-based negotiations on the long-pending reforms.
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Centre Discusses UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address at the UN Sustainable Development Summit, the Union Cabinet today discussed the UN's 2030 agenda for sustainable development and India's position on it.
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India Concerned Over Downward Trend in Mideast Peace Process
India has expressed concern over the downward trend in Middle East Peace Process, saying unilateral actions by parties involved are moving them further apart, as it criticised the UN Security Council for being a "standby witness" to the "unsettled issue."
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India Asks UN To Allocate More Funds For Responding To Emergencies
India has underlined the need for the UN to allocate more resources for responding to emergencies like Ebola and other humanitarian and natural disasters as the world body adopted a budget of nearly Rs 35,600 crore (USD 5.4 billion) to carry out its vital work during the 2016-2017.
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Global Campaign Needed To Back UN Security Council Expansion: India
With negotiations on expanding and reforming the UN Security Council (UNSC) entering a crucial phase next year, India's Permanent Representative Asoke Kumar Mukerji suggested Friday that an international campaign should be launched to mobilise support for it from the Indian diaspora, civil society organisations and businesses around the world.
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India Remains Committed to Greater Regional Integration: India to UN
India has said it is open to joining and supporting regional initiatives, including the expansion of the Afghan Pakistan Trade and Transit Agreement, to ensure Afghanistan's greater integration into the South Asian region.
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UN Security Council 'Helpless' on Enforcing Sanctions Against Terrorism: India
In a scathing criticism of the Security Council's role in fighting terrorism, India has said that the UN's primary body for international security was helpless in making countries enforce its own sanctions and resolutions against terrorists.
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India Calls for Early Adoption of Convention on Terrorism in UN
India has called for the early adoption of a global convention on terrorism with a legal principle of "prosecute or extradite", even as it voiced concern over the UN appearing "ineffective" in tackling the global scourge.
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Take Lead in Prosecuting Non-State Actors: India to UN Security Council
Criticising the use of technical blocks by some permanent members of the UN Security Council, India has said such "hidden vetoes" distort the already opaque procedures of the Council's sanctions regime as it called for the UN body to take the lead in prosecuting non-state actors.
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India Expresses Dismay at lack of Transparency in UN Peace Operations
Rising casualties among peacekeepers and civilians during UN operations has led to India expressing strong dismay at the lack of accountability and transparency by the UN Security Council in framing of peacekeeping mandates.
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India to Host 'Very Substantive and Significant' G-4 Summit
India will host a "very substantive and significant" summit meeting of the G-4 nations aimed at pushing for early UN Security Council reforms in the wake of the UN General Assembly adopting a decision to commence text-based negotiations on the long-pending reforms.
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Centre Discusses UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address at the UN Sustainable Development Summit, the Union Cabinet today discussed the UN's 2030 agenda for sustainable development and India's position on it.
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India Concerned Over Downward Trend in Mideast Peace Process
India has expressed concern over the downward trend in Middle East Peace Process, saying unilateral actions by parties involved are moving them further apart, as it criticised the UN Security Council for being a "standby witness" to the "unsettled issue."
