UNSC divorced from reality, represents a bygone era: Syed AkbaruddinIndia has hit out at the UN Security Council over its current structure and methods of work, saying the 15-membered powerful world body is ...
12 Jul, 2018, 06.07 PM IST
Sikhs stage protest in UN on Ambedkar birth anniversary celebrationIndia's Permanent Mission to the UN had organised a special event titled Leaving No One Behind' at the UN yesterday to celebrate Ambedkar's...
14 Apr, 2018, 01.03 PM IST
India seeks transparency in working of UN sanctions committees"Most of the time, one does not even know which countries have exercised their veto," said India's Permanent Representative to the UN Syed ...
07 Feb, 2018, 11.50 AM IST
India seeks inclusive, holistic document for negotiations on UNSC reforms"We seek a structured format of a single document that can be negotiated, one issue at a time, with the usual understanding that nothing is...
02 Feb, 2018, 01.11 PM IST
India hits out at China, Pakistan for not clearly understanding threat of terrorismAkbaruddin was apparently referring to China's decision to repeatedly block a move by India to designate Masood Azhar, chief of Pakistan-ba...
21 Dec, 2017, 11.24 AM IST
Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj congratulates Bhandari on re-election to ICJShe made a special mention of India's Permanent Representative in the UN Syed Akbaruddin while hailing her ministry's team.
21 Nov, 2017, 11.58 AM IST
'Pak raising Kashmir at UN is like Miyan ki daud masjid tak'Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is scheduled to address the UN General Assembly this week.
17 Sep, 2017, 01.31 PM IST
India, US discuss measures to strengthen partnership at UNHaley met Akbaruddin at the Permanent Mission of India to the UN here yesterday. They discussed peacekeeping reform and India's economic an...
27 Apr, 2017, 10.35 AM IST
In a first, the UN Charter now available in SanskritThe UN Charter was signed on June 26 1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the UN Conference. It came into force on October 24 1945.
07 Sep, 2016, 03.21 PM IST
A future PM is learning his first lessons of diplomacy at IIMUN: Rishab ShahShah's IIMUN became world's first & only external civil society organisation to hold a full-fledged model UN conference inside the UN offic...
24 Aug, 2016, 01.59 PM IST
Rise of Africans in India reflective of India's openness: Syed AkbaruddinThe rise of Africans, who came to India as slaves to positions of military and political authority is reflective of India's "openness".
18 Feb, 2016, 01.57 PM IST
UN architecture not sufficient to tackle extremism: IndiaTabled in December 2015, the action plan recommended that each country develop its own national action plan to prevent violent extremism.
13 Feb, 2016, 12.23 PM IST
India strongly committed to UN: New permanent representative Syed AkbaruddinReceiving the credentials, Ban Ki-moon welcomed his appointment as the top Indian diplomat to the UN and appreciated the significant role I...
26 Jan, 2016, 03.17 PM IST
Syed Akbaruddin to present his UN Ambassador credentials on FridayThe former high-profile spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs, Akbaruddin had previously served at the Indian Mission to the UN as ...
23 Jan, 2016, 09.36 AM IST
Consultations with troops of member nations will add to credibility of UNSC: IndiaIndia has said consulting with troop contributing countries of the UN peacekeeping missions would enhance credibility and effectiveness of ...
20 Jan, 2016, 07.42 PM IST
We condemn oppressive use of violence on civilians:India at UNIndia feels frequent and regular consultation between the Council, the Secretariat and Troop Contributing Countries will enhance the credib...
20 Jan, 2016, 11.01 AM IST
India's new UN envoy Syed Akbaruddin meets his Pakistani counterpart Maleeha LodhiIndia's new Permanent Representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin met his Pakistani counterpart Maleeha Lodhi and they had a "useful discussio...
14 Jan, 2016, 01.32 PM IST