UN General Assembly
- Middle East
UNGA urges Israel to withdraw, reaffirms two-state solution
United Nations: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted two resolutions requesting Israel to withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories and occupied Syrian Golan, reaffirming the two-state solution as the only path to…
- India
India votes against Pakistan resolution on conventional arms control
United Nations: India voted against a resolution by Pakistan on ‘Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels’. The resolution by Pakistan and Syria on ‘Conventional arms control at the regional…
- News
UN general assembly elects 18 members to human rights council for 3 years
United Nations: The UN general assembly elected 18 members to the 47-member Human Rights Council for the 2025-2027 term. The 18 countries, Benin, Bolivia, Colombia, Cyprus, Czechia, Democratic Republic of the Congo,…
- World
79th session of UN General Assembly opens
United Nations: The 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) has kicked off with its new President Philemon Yang calling for deeper international cooperation to tackle a host of global challenges,…
- Middle East
UNGA votes to upgrade Palestine’s membership to special status, bypassing US veto
United Nations: The UN General Assembly on Friday voted to upgrade Palestine’s membership in the world body to a special status aimed at circumventing the US veto of full membership. In the…
- World
India slams Pakistan in UNGA, says it harbours most dubious track record
United Nations: In a sharp retort, India has said Pakistan harbours a “most dubious track record” on all aspects, as it slammed “destructive and pernicious” remarks made by Islamabad’s envoy in the…
- India
UNGA adopts India-backed landmark resolution on AI safeguards
United Nations: Setting aside their polarising differences, all 193 countries joined together to adopt a landmark resolution backed by India, aiming to keep the world safe from the excesses of artificial intelligence…
- India
Third World War is not beyond realm of possibility: UNGA president
New Delhi: The situation in the Red Sea is “extremely disturbing” and it has the potential to escalate further, President of UN General Assembly Dennis Francis said on Wednesday. At a media…
- World
UN General Assembly President to visit India
United Nations: UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis is to visit India later this month after attending the Nonaligned and Group of 77 summits in Uganda, according to his spokesperson Monica Grayley.…
- India
Pakistan rakes up Kashmir at UN, ‘habitual offender’ retorts India
New York: India has hit out at Pakistan after the country’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar raised the Kashmir issue in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly. Pakistan caretaker…
- World
UN observes first anti-Islamophobia day
United Nations: The United Nations marked the first-ever International Day to Combat Islamophobia with a special event, where speakers upheld the need for concrete action in the face of rising hatred, discrimination…
- World
India again abstains on UN resolution on Ukraine
United Nations: India has again abstained on a resolution calling for Russia to end the invasion of Ukraine that was adopted by more than two-thirds of the votes in the UN General…
- India
Hindutva ideology in India has fuelled violence against Muslim minority: Bilawal Bhutto
New York: Speaking at an event in New York on the sidelines of the ongoing UN General Assembly, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari claimed that the “Hindutva ideology being promoted in…
- Middle East
Israel envoy elected vice-president of UN general assembly
Israel’s envoy to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan on Tuesday was elected, to the position of Vice-President of the 77th United Nations General Assembly. Gilad Erdan will be one of 21 vice…
