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Kashmir and UN’s Responsibility to Protect
Sovereign states are expected to act as guardians of their citizen’s security, but what happens if states behave as criminals towards their own people,...
France, Germany and the UK note verbale to the UN on the SCS issue
Following the enlistment of Chinese companies under sanctions by the US for involvement in SCS for reclamation of islands, there has been increasing pressure...
Protect lives, mitigate future shocks and recover better
Over the course of 2020 thus far, the coronavirus has taken hundreds of thousands of lives, infected millions of people, and wreaked socio-economic, humanitarian...
The UN reforms are required to make it functional
Today, the world we live in has become more unpredictable, insecure, and exposed to more vulnerability. Geopolitics is changing rapidly, new problems are often...
Nature: Humanity at a crossroads
Despite encouraging progress in several areas, the natural world is suffering badly and getting worse. Eight transformative changes are, therefore, urgently needed to ensure...
UNSC: Implications of widening Permanent Membership on its Effectiveness
With the emergence of regional and global powers, the call for increasing the permanent seats of the United Nation’s Security Council is becoming louder....
India’s about-face on plebiscite at the UN
At the UN virtual meeting, considering annual report of the Security Council, the Indian representative `called for permanently removing the issue of Jammu and...
India’s bid to wriggle out of plebiscite commitment
During a virtual informal meeting of the plenary on the annual report of the Security Council, the Indian representative stunned the world community by...
UN again calls for full ratification of nuclear test-ban treaty
Achieving a nuclear-free world is the best way to honour lives devastated by these weapons, the UN disarmament chief told a virtual meeting held...
Beirut blast: Here’s how you can help the UN aid Lebanon’s recovery
After a devasting blast ripped through Beirut Port in Lebanon on Tuesday, wounding thousands and rendering hundreds of thousands homeless, the UN moved rapidly...