United Nations

UN Secretary-General Says "Dhanyawaad'' To India

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 25, 2019

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed gratitude for India's contribution to the United Nations and its peacekeeping missions, underlining the inspiring role Indian women have played for the world body to help maintain international peace and security.

UN Praises Gender Balance In Indian Peacekeeping Troops

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday May 25, 2019

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has praised India for having the highest proportion of women in its contingents to peacekeeping operations and held up its contributions as an example of contributions to UN values.

UN To Honour Late Malawian Soldier With Highest Peacekeeping Award

World News | ANI | Tuesday May 21, 2019

The United Nations on Monday announced that it will honour the "brave and selfless" action of a late UN peacekeeper from Mali, who sacrificed his life while saving his colleague during an operation against a local armed group last year.

UN Owes Peacekeeping Nations $3.6 Billion, India Voices Concern

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2019

India, which is owed $38 million by the UN for peacekeeping operations, has voiced concern over the "unjustifiable and inexplicable" delays in reimbursement to countries providing peacekeeping troops and police for UN missions.

Treaty Under Cloud, Nuclear Test Ban Agency Asks India To Turn "Observer"

India News | Written by Sukirti Dwivedi | Wednesday May 15, 2019

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) has invited India to become an "Observer" with access to International Monitoring System data, so it can take an informed decision on ratifying a much-debated nuclear disarmament treaty.

UN Re-Elects India's Jagjit Pavadia To International Narcotics Board

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 8, 2019

Jagjit Pavadia has been re-elected with the highest number of votes by the UN Economic and Social Council to a five-year term on International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), while China's candidate lost.

2 Indians Among 115 UN Personnel Honoured For Sacrifice In Line Of Duty

India News | Tuesday May 7, 2019

An Indian police officer deployed to the UN mission in Congo and a consultant with the UN development programme killed in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash are among 115 UN peacekeepers and staff honoured by the global organisation for their sacrifice in the line of duty.

As One Million Species Face Extinction, Humans Too Will Suffer

Science | Darryl Fears, The Washington Post | Tuesday May 7, 2019

Up to 1 million plant and animal species are on the verge of extinction, with devastating implications for human survival, according to a United Nations report released Monday.

One Million Animal, Plant Species Face Extinction: UN

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday May 6, 2019

Humanity is rapidly destroying the natural world upon which our prosperity -- and ultimately our survival -- depends, according to a landmark UN assessment of the state of Nature released Monday.

Masood Azhar Listing Sends Strong Message On Collective Action For Global Peace: UK

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 4, 2019

The listing of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the United Nations has send a "strong message" about the importance of collective action to uphold global peace and stability, the UK Foreign Office said.

Julian Assange's 50-Week Jail Sentence Dispropotionate, Says UN

World News | Reuters | Friday May 3, 2019

United Nations human rights experts voiced concern on Friday at what they called the "disproportionate sentence" of 50 weeks in prison imposed on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for skipping bail in Britain.

Pak Issues Order To Freeze Assets, Impose Travel Ban On Masood Azhar

World News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 3, 2019

Pakistan has issued an official order to freeze the assets and impose travel ban on Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar after the United Nations declared him a "global terrorist".

"Masood Azhar's UN Ban Need Not Be Biodata": Centre On No Pulwama Mention

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday May 2, 2019

Explaining the absence of the reference to the Pulwama terror attack in the United Nations Security Council listing of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a "global terrorist", the centre today said the listing is not supposed to be a biodata of all of Masood Azhar's terrorist acts.

"Victory For American Diplomacy": Mike Pompeo On UN Ban On Masood Azhar

World News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday May 2, 2019

Masood Azhar being declared a global terrorist is "a victory for American diplomacy", US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted today after the Jaish-e-Mohammed chief was blacklisted by the UN Security Council. China, which had blocked moves to blacklist Masood Azhar four times, finally dropped its objections saying it "found no objection after a c...

PM Modi's Efforts Led To UN Ban On Masood Azhar, Says Amit Shah

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 1, 2019

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah has hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the United Nations (UN) designated terror organisation Jaish-e-Mohammad's chief Masood Azhar a global terrorist and asserted that this is why "India needs a strong and decisive leader".