India Re-Elected To UNHRC For 8th Time
India has made a big achievement recently. India has been re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). India’s tenure in the UNHRC will be from 2022 to 2024. After being elected as a member, India said that it will continue to work for the promotion and protection of human rights through respect, dialogue […]
PM Modi to chair debate at UNSC on August 9
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the high-level debate on maritime security at the United Nations Security Council on 9 August 2021. At the same time, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will chair meetings related to peacekeeping and counter-terrorism on August 18 and 19. With this, Prime Minister Modi will become the first Prime Minister […]
India takes over the presidency of UNSC, maritime security and combating terrorism will be the main agenda
India took over the command of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on 01 August 2021. It will preside over this global body for a month. During this one-month tenure, his focus will be on maritime security, peacekeeping and counter-terrorism. Russia and France congratulated India for taking over the presidency of the UNSC. At the […]
Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid Elected 76th UNGA President
Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid was elected President of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly on 07 June 2021. Shahid will preside over the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly that begins in September. The 193-member General Assembly voted for the election of the President on 07 June. Shahid will […]
UNSC Meeting On Israel-Palestine Conflict 2021, World Leaders Make Appeal For Peace
Israel-Palestine Conflict 2021 : The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held a meeting on 16 May 2021 on the situation in Israel-Palestine. The meeting was chaired by Chinese State Counselor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was the first of about two dozen speakers on the agenda of this meeting. He described […]
India will give US $ 150,000 for United Nations Peacekeeping Fund
India has pledged US $ 150,000 to the United Nations Fund for various peacekeeping activities this year. On January 25, 2021, TS Tirumurthy, India’s permanent representative to the United Nations, announced this. TS Thirumurthy stated that, India has extended its support to peacekeeping activities in the United Nations and as a token of its work, […]
According to UNWTO, 2020 was the worst year
United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) recently provided its confirmation of the year 2020 as the ‘worst year on record’, owing to international travel restrictions implemented to prevent the outbreak of Covid-19 to global tourism suffered tremendously. Comprehensive travel restrictions and an unprecedented drop in demand led to a 74 per cent drop in international […]
Terrorism threatens destruction in the world like world wars : India
India has said that terrorism has emerged as one of the means of waging war in the contemporary world and is posing a threat of destruction on the earth during two world wars. On the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, India said at the United Nations that global action is […]
UN Adopts India’s Anti-Terrorism Resolution
Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti on Wednesday announced that India’s annual resolution on the issue of counter-terrorism was co-sponsored by over 75 countries and adopted by consensus in the First Committee of the UN General Assembly. “India at forefront of counter-terrorism. Delighted that the annual resolution tabled by India “Measures to prevent […]