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Sushma Swaraj Was Extraordinary Woman : UN General Assembly President

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 7, 2019

Sushma Swaraj died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on Tuesday night after suffering a cardiac arrest. She was 67.

PM Modi To Address Annual UN General Assembly Session On September 28

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 1, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the annual UN General Assembly or UNGA session on September 28, according to a provisional list released by the UN of the world leaders scheduled to speak at the 74th session of the United Nations.

After New York, Silicon Valley, PM's Next US Gala "Howdy, Modi" In Texas

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Thursday July 18, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United States in September this year will have a star-spangled event in Houston, Texas. Called "Howdy, Modi", the "community summit" will see the Prime Minister's trademark address to the Indian community in America's fourth most populous city on September 22 when he visits the country for the UN General ...

PM Modi Likely To Attend UN General Assembly Meet In September: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday July 13, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit the US in September for the upcoming UN general assembly meeting and is likely to address Indian-Americans in Houston during his trip, community leaders said Friday.

Pak PM Imran Khan To Attend UN General Assembly Session For First Time

World News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 19, 2019

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will represent his country for the first time at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September, a top aide of the premier said on Wednesday.

World Telecommunication Day And Information Society Day: 5 Things To Know

India News | Edited by Richa Taneja | Friday May 17, 2019

World Telecommunication Day and Information Society Day was formerly called World Telecommunications Day. In November 2005, the World Summit on the Information Society called upon the UN General Assembly to declare May 17 as World Information Society Day.

India Backs Nigeria's Tijjani Muhammad-Bande As UNGA's Next President

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 14, 2019

India has expressed support to Nigeria's Ambassador to the UN Tijjani Muhammad-Bande as the next president of the General Assembly and called him to make the body more "action-oriented" to deal with the global scourge of terrorism.

Why So Few Women Elected To Lead UN General Assembly: India

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 1, 2019

India has called for introspection by UN members on why only four women have been elected presidents of the General Assembly in its seven decades.

UNSC Progressively Undermined General Assembly's Authority, Says India

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday March 21, 2019

India has accused the UN Security Council of "progressively" undermining the authority of the General Assembly on matters of what constitutes a threat to international peace and security and said the blame for this lies partly with the 193-member UN body for focusing on procedures rather than addressing substantive issues.

UN Received 259 Sexual Exploitation Allegations, Abuse In 2018: Report

World News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 19, 2019

The UN received a total of 259 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by the staff working in its agencies and their partner organisations in 2018, an increase of more than a hundred in such incidents from the previous year, according to a report presented by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

India Votes Against UN's Draft Resolution On Use Of Death Penalty

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 14, 2018

India has voted against a UN General Assembly draft resolution on the use of death penalty, saying it goes against the statutory law of the country where an execution is carried out in the "rarest of rare" cases.

Russia Wants UN Resolution To Preserve Nuclear Arms Treaty

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday October 26, 2018

The US pushed back Thursday against a Russian draft resolution to the UN General Assembly that proposed to preserve the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) that the US plans to pull out of, according to diplomatic sources.

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit's Portrait To Find Place In UNGA President's Office

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday October 13, 2018

General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa has said that she draws inspiration from Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, the first woman to hold the office, and plans to install her portrait in her office, according to an Indian MP who met her on Friday.

India An Important Player Of The Multilateral System, Says UNGA President

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 8, 2018

India's success in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can change the face of the world, UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Maria Fernanda Espinosa said, describing the country as a "very important player" of the multilateral system.

India Called Off Dialogue On Flimsy Grounds, Pakistan Says At UN

World News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Sunday September 30, 2018

Pakistan today rejected India's charge that it was harbouring terrorists, and said that the neighbouring country had been turning down its attempts at achieving peace on "flimsy grounds".