Bailing out China at variance with Beijing's belligerenceSo, how did India end up abstaining? Because as a matter of principle, India does not vote on country-specific human rights issue. Reason: ...
India faces a political call that has bearings for global counterterrorismThe almost predictable pattern — Lashkar-eTaiba’s (LeT) Abdul Rehman Makki in June, Jaish-e-Mohammed’s (JeM) Abdul Rauf in August and ex-In...
In keeping with fruitful ambiguityAs India seeks to play a bigger role on the world stage and chart its own course, it would do well to take a more considered view of its pr...
VTC format used by Ukrainian President in UNSC is not far from controversyThis practice evolved from the UK’s Presidency of the UNSC in April, and was carried forward by Albania’s UNSC Presidency in June 2022. Eac...
India does not back Russia on UNSC Ukraine procedural vote; refrains from signing anti-Russia statementIndia for the first time on Wednesday voted against Russia during a "procedural vote" at the United Nations Security Council on Ukraine, as...
India abstains at UNSC againIndia was the only country in the 15-member UNSC that did not offer a statement on the resolution. In the past one month, India has abstain...
India abstains in UN General Assembly on resolution by Ukraine, allies on humanitarian crisisThe 193-member General Assembly resumed its 11th Emergency Special Session on Ukraine and voted Thursday on a draft resolution 'Humanitaria...
India along with China and UAE abstain from US-backed UNSC resolution condemning RussiaThe resolution condemned Russia's "aggression" against Ukraine and demanded "immediate, complete and unconditional" withdrawal of Russian f...
UNSC resolution condemning Russia: India likely to abstainThe west and Russia have engaged India ahead of the UNSC vote. There has seen pressure on India from the west. India's European partners, w...
India votes in favour of two UNSC resolutions on countering terror threat“Today, India voted in favour of two key resolutions in UN #SecurityCouncil that help in combating threat of #terrorism: Renewal of mandate...
India votes for two UNSC motions on countering terror threatThe UNSC has decided to consider a resolution to extend the mandate of the monitoring team set up to assist the UNSC 1267 and 1988 committe...
Russia strongly backs India’s entry as permanent member of UN Security Council; anti-terror conventionLast week India won a non-permanent seat to the UNSC for the eighth-time after voting concluded at the UN headquarters in New York on June ...
After China’s Masood Azhar block, UNSC vote under considerationUS diplomats are of the view that Washington may be forced to pursue other actions at the UNSC if Beijing continued with this policy.
India, UK in ugly spat over spot in International Court of JusticeWhat has angered India, which is actively working to thwart Britain’s move, is that the mechanism has never been used in ICJ history to bre...
- India must become a part of the solution in Syria
In a significant departure from its usual hands-off approach, India's recent vote in favour of the UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution on...
- India studying UNSC’s draft NPT resolution
India is closely monitoring a draft Security Council resolution moved by the US, asking non-NPT countries to sign the treaty.
- UNSC straw poll: Tharoor finishes close runner-up
UN Secretary-General aspirant Shashi Tharoor has come in second in an informal straw poll held by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC...