External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar launched a series of bilateral meetings in New York on Monday, ahead of the high-level UN General Assembly session. He met French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, discussing…
India has described as 'politically motivated' and 'highly malicious' a UN committee's report on alleged racial discrimination in the country. The Ministry of External Affairs said India participated in the review in…
The South China Morning Post has reported that the next few years in Kashmir will be 'crucial and unpredictable' as India asserts its control over the region. The report highlights the strategic…
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has expressed grave concern over large-scale violations by law enforcement against Dalits, Scheduled Tribes, Rohingya refugees and Bengali-speaking Muslims in India.…
UNCTAD chief Rebecca Grynspan topped the first informal Security Council straw poll to become the next UN secretary-general, a civil society group reported. The former Costa Rican vice-president received 10 positive votes,…
UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg has warned of a growing risk of renewed large-scale conflict in Yemen, citing escalating Houthi attacks against Saudi tankers and Yemeni government forces. According to…
The United Nations human rights office has said that Israeli settler violence and territorial annexation in the West Bank are 'only getting worse' two years after the International Court of Justice declared…
