United Nations: After a gap of more than two decades, India's nominee Justice Dalveer Bhandari was on Friday overwhelmingly elected as a judge of the International Court of Justice, defeating his Filipino rival in the UN General Assembly as well as the Security Council. 64-year-old Justice Bhandari, a senior Supreme Court Judge, will serve a 2012-18 term in the ICJ, which is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations...
12:06 AM, Apr 28, 2012
United Nations: The UN General Assembly has voted in favour of a resolution urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down. The Arab nations-backed resolution condemns human rights violations in Syria and calls for an end to the violence. As expected China and Russia again voted against the measure. But this time, India has voted in favour of the resolution, taking a U-turn from the February 4 voting on a...
08:50 AM, Feb 17, 2012
United Nations: Adjusting to tough economic times, the United Nations has taken a five per cent cut in its budget for 2012-2013 at $ 5.15 billion, making it only the second time in 50 years that the world body's budget has declined over the previous year. The budget was approved by the 193-member UN General Assembly after night-long negotiations over the weekend. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the new budget...
11:50 AM, Dec 28, 2011
Istanbul: Turkey on Wednesday expressed apologies for raking up the Kashmir issue in the UN General Assembly after India conveyed its "unhappiness" over the matter. External Affairs Minister SM Krishna met his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu on the sidelines of Istanbul conference during which Krishna conveyed the country's "surprise and unhappiness." "India conveys its surprise and unhappiness on the UN General Assembly speech of the Prime Minister of Turkey wherein...
12:46 AM, Nov 03, 2011
United Nations: Pakistan on Friday won a seat as non-permanent member of the powerful UN Security Council, putting it in the club of 10 nations which currently includes India. Pakistan won 129 votes in the 193 member General Assembly for a two-year term beginning January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2013. Pakistan was vying for the seat against Kyrgyzstan in the Asia pacific category. Pakistan was one of the nine...
10:39 PM, Oct 21, 2011
New Delhi: Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed on Thursday, once caused a major diplomatic embarassment to India when he supported the idea of an 'independent state' for Kashmir and said that it should be a 'Baathist state' between India and Pakistan. In his maiden address to the UN General Assembly in 2009, the maverick leader also mentioned India as among the countries that will be competing for a...
07:57 PM, Oct 20, 2011
New York: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday asked India to ensure that its nuclear liability regime conforms with the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage. She made the call in a 40 minute meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session with Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, according to a senior State Department Official. India's nuclear liability regime has become a sticking point...
09:10 AM, Sep 27, 2011
New York: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left the US on Monday for Frankfurt on his way back home after concluding a five-day visit during which he attended the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly. Singh will have a technical overnight halt in Frankfurt before leaving for home on Tuesday. A cake may be cut mid-air to celebrate his 79th birthday on Monday on the New York-Frankfurt leg. In his...
07:22 PM, Sep 26, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday in his speech at the United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) said India wants to quicken the pace of its transformation in partnership with the international community. "A fast growing India can expand the boundaries for the global economy," he said, adding developing countries need investment, technology and market access for their products. Despite global headwinds, Indian economy has been expanding close to...
09:31 PM, Sep 24, 2011
New York: As the global financial crisis deepened, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said a fast growing India can help the world economy, around which no protectionist barriers should be erected. Addressing the UN General Assembly, Singh said India wants to quicken the pace of its transformation in partnership with the international community. "A fast growing India can expand the boundaries for the global economy," he said, adding developing...
08:07 PM, Sep 24, 2011
Addressing the UN General Assembly, Manmohan Singh also urged the UN to evolve effective response to the problem of piracy. ...
07:57 PM, Sep 24, 2011
United Nations: Pitching strongly for an "unrelenting" fight against terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said there cannot be "selective approaches" in dealing with the scourge that needed to be fought across all fronts. Addressing the UN General Assembly in United Nations, he noted that terrorism continues to rear its ugly head and take a grievous toll on innocent lives. "Developing countries need a peaceful external environment to grow,"...
07:07 PM, Sep 24, 2011
United Nations: Mahmoud Abbas' bold bid for UN recognition of Palestinian statehood is doomed to fail but has won him admiration at home and re-energised international efforts to seek a negotiated settlement. Thousands of jubilant, flag-waving Palestinians watching on outdoor screens across the West Bank, cheered on their president on Friday as he submitted his historic request for a UN nod. In Nablus, the crowd roared ecstatically when Abbas, known...
12:50 PM, Sep 24, 2011
United Nations: Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will make his speech at the UN General Assembly demanding for recognition of Palestine as a member state. The Indian Prime Minister is also likely to support that demand, while the US President has suggested that the proposal should be vetoed upon. The threat of a US veto hangs like the sword of Damocles over his head, but Abbas is determined that the United...
08:39 AM, Sep 23, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves for New York on Wednesday to attend the United Nations General Assembly session on Saturday where India will push for reforms of the Security Council to reflect current realities and early adoption of a convention on terrorism that will provide a global framework to fight the menace. Singh, who will be accompanied by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, National Security Adviser Shivshankar...
12:14 PM, Sep 20, 2011
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