UN Security Council News

Iran's Ambassador to the UN Amir Saeed Iravani condemned the US and Israeli strikes on June 21 and June 13.

Despite the gaffe, Shea's message remained clear and firm in its condemnation of Iran's actions. She emphasized the US's unwavering support for Israel, stating, "Let there be no doubt that the United States continues to stand with Israel and supports its actions against Iran's nuclear ambitions." 

Russia’s Deputy Permanent Representative Anna Evstigneeva, who attended the meeting, said, “We hope for de-escalation".

Sekeris, who is the Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations, was speaking at a news conference after assuming the rotating Council presidency for the month. 

India hit back at Pakistan after it brought up the Jammu and Kashmir issue during a UN Security Council debate on the future of peacekeeping. 

The dueling resolutions reflect the tensions that have emerged between the US and Ukraine after Trump suddenly opened negotiations with Russia in a bid to quickly resolve the conflict. 

Earlier in August, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had said keeping India out of the permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council would only call the credibility of the international organization into question.

India has targeted China-Pakistan in UNSC, saying that it is wrong to ban evidence-based resolutions, and also accused China-Pakistan of having a double standard on terrorists.

Britain holds the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council this month and has been seeking a global leadership role in AI regulation. British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will chair the discussion on Tuesday.

The UN Security Council hasn`t renewed the Taliban leaders` exemption from the travel ban in more than three months

Ruchira Kamboj said that the longer the security council reform is stalled the greater the deficit in representation She said this while delivering the G4 Statement at the UNGA on equitable representation of the UN Security Council India`s Permanent Representative to the UN said, "Consequently, the council still doesn't reflect the current geo-political landscape"

EAM S Jaishankar, while addressing the UNSC`s special meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee in Delhi said, "India will be making a voluntary contribution of half a million dollars to the UN Trust Fund for Counter Terrorism this year".

"India`s approach to the Ukraine conflict will continue to be people-centric. We`re providing both humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and economic support to some of our neighbours in the Global South under economic distress...," Ambassador R Ravindra said. 

China has put a hold on a proposal by India and the US at the United Nations to blacklist Pakistan-based militant Hafiz Talah Saeed He is a key leader of the dreaded terrorist group LeT and the son of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed It is the second time in less than two days that Beijing put a hold on the bid submitted by India and the US to designate a Pakistan-based terrorist as a global terrorist

China, a veto-wielding permanent member of the UN Security Council, has repeatedly put holds on listing proposals by India, the US and other allies to blacklist Pakistan-based terrorists.

"We see prospective of making Security Council more democratic via representation of countries from Africa, Asia & Latin America. India and Brazil, in particular, are key international actors and should be counted for permanent membership in the council," said Sergey Lavrov. 

Russia and Ukraine are making continuous efforts to reach a negotiated settlement through the talks being held in Belarus. As the conflict reached the fourth round of talks continued on Wednesday, some details emerged suggesting that talks might be reaching some headway.

The resolution was co-written by US and Albania 11 nations voted for the motion India, China and UAE abstained on the resolution

India has so far maintained a neutral stand in the Security Council India`s Permanent Representative TS Tirumurti attended an emergency meeting of the UNSC New Delhi faces a dilemma between the relations it had developed during the Cold War and afterwards

The situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated drastically since the Taliban took control of Kabul in mid-August last year. A combination of a suspension of foreign aid and international sanctions on the Taliban have plunged the country into a full-blown economic crisis.