France today said that it supports India's inclusion as a permanent member of UN Security Council, thus making the UN more relevant to the needs of the 21st century and enabling India to play its..Read More
In what is seen as a significant trade-off, China on Monday said it would back India's bid for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council. According to TV reports, India in return, h..Read More
Kamaljit Singh, a resident of Sangrur, was returning from Talwandi Sabo where thousands of Sikhs had gathered to protest the alleged sacrilege of the Sikh Guru Gobind Singh, when a clash broke out wit..Read More
Britain has backed India's candidature for the permanent seat in the expanded United Nations Security Council, expected to be taken up in the UN reforms process.Supporting India's bid for a ..Read More
Tehran: The Iranian parliament threatened in a letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan today to force the government to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty if the United States ..Read More
Britain, France and Germany are almost ready with a draft proposal for UN Security Council economic sanctions against Iran, but a delegation is due in Moscow to convince Russia to go alongwith this.Ir..Read More
Islamabad: Pakistan has said it has discussed a civilian nuclear deal with the Nuclear Suppliers' Group. "Discussions were not related to the India-U.S. civilian nuclear cooperation pact,"..Read More
Though Russia is yet to announce its position on the Indo-US nuclear deal, a crucial IAEA board meeting of NSG members around 20 March is likely to recognise the deal and move for fast track approval ..Read More
Realising the imminence of economic sanctions by the UN Security Council (UNSC), Iran has changed its strategy to delay the negotiations about its illegal weaponsDiplomats said Iran..Read More
New Delhi: Signalling a full-fledged break from a bilateral past beset with military suspicion and criticism particularly in the maritime sphere, Australia concluded its first ever defence agre..Read More
Sydney: Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Saturday said he will be on a four-day visit to India from Sunday to strengthen bilateral trade and "strategic" relations.Howard, who last visit..Read More
Washington: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has urged Iran to take steps to resume talks on its controversial nuclear programme before the IAEA meeting next month and prevent any action that mi..Read More
Kathmandu: Forum for Protection of Human Rights (FOPHUR) and Human Rights Organisation of Nepal (HURON) today jointly called on United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan to take urgent action..Read More
Britain is all set to push for an early sanction against Iran in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to force it to return for unconditional negotiations.Diplomats said that Britain, Germany, t..Read More
The Indian government is worried about the fast deteriorating situation in Nepal and is seriously considering a UN intervention to bring all the warring parties to negotiate a new roadmap for peace.Th..Read More
Tehran: Iran said today it had formally notified the UN nuclear watchdog of its decision to restart sensitive nuclear work at the centre of international concerns the hardline regime could acqu..Read More
Vienna: The UN nuclear watchdog on Saturday voted to send Iran to the UN Security Council over concerns that Tehran is developing atomic weapons. Meanwhile, India has voted against Iran in IAEA..Read More
India is all set to vote against Iran at the IAEA meeting on Thursday, after Russia and the European troika of the UK, France and Germany signaled failure of diplomacy with Teheran.Officials said on d..Read More
New Delhi: Maj Gen RPS Malhan, the Additional Director General of Staff Duties at Army HQ addressed the Indian Army contingent which is proceeding to Golan Heights to form a part of UN Disengag..Read More
Beijing China has assured India that it has not gone back on its support for New Delhi's bid to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said on ..Read More
United Nations: UN Mission Commander Major-General Rajender Singh has urged the representatives of Ethiopia and Eritrea to put an end to increased tensions along their shared border. Setting th..Read More
Rajya Sabha, New Delhi: The Minister of State for External Affairs, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh informed the Rajya Sabha today that Government of India is engaged with other Member States of the Un..Read More
Making a strong case for expansion of the UN Security Council in permanent category to reflect current realities, India has asserted that the anti-colonial struggle would not be complete unless those ..Read More
The United Nations would be happy to help and facilitate the process of fact-finding inquiry instituted by India into the controversial references made in the Volcker Committee report, its Under Secre..Read More
Congress's threat to issue a "comprehensive legal notice to the UN and the Volcker Committee" gets a "mirthful" reaction from the author of the report, as the BJP turns on the heat on UPA and Con..Read More
India's growing desperation in wanting to resolve Iran's nuclear crisis diplomatically has more to do with its own foreign policy dilemmas than any desire to punish Iran. After voting for a ..Read More
India and Iran have agreed that 'minor' differences on Tehran's nuclear programme should not come in the way of their long-term relationship.During the 30-minute meeting between Externa..Read More
Cautioning the UN Security Council against selective approach in action against proliferators of weapons of mass destruction, India has asked the world body to act against both recipients and sources..Read More
Russia, Syria's close ally since Cold War times, will do all it takes to block any attempt to slap economic sanctions against Damascus, a Foreign Ministry spokesman was quoted as saying on Wednes..Read More
Stressing the need for redistribution of economic and political power at the United Nations keeping current realities in view, India has said the expansion of the Security Council is imperative to "em..Read More
India today asked the Western world to take a view on the 'A Q Khan nuclear network' in Pakistan also while deciding on a position on the Iranian nuclear issue.A month ahead of the crucial s..Read More
The Left parties today asked the government to abstain from a possible voting on Iran's nuclear programme at the IAEA's meeting in November to express solidarity with Teheran's sovereig..Read More
Iran has given UN inspectors key documents about activities that could be used to make a nuclear weapon and allowed them to question a senior official suspected of involvement in the programme, diplom..Read More
Iran said it would not return to a full freeze of its disputed nuclear activities, but nevertheless voiced confidence it would not face referral to the UN Security Council.The International Atomic Ene..Read More
The United States and European Union expect Iran to mellow before it is referred to the UN Security Council in November for pursuing a clandestine weapons' programme, because its relations with k..Read More
India has pledged to take initiative for an early successful conclusion the process of expansion of the 15-member UN Security Council in both permanent and non permanent categories by working with mem..Read More
Except Malaysia, all other ASEAN countries have privately supported India's vote against Iran's WMD programme in the IAEA board meeting in Vienna, and they are now gearing up to prevent Chin..Read More
Burma is very likely to be referred to the United Nations Security Council for sanctions and possibly military intervention following a UN rapporteur, Paulo Sergio PinheiroIn the summer, Russia and Ch..Read More
Encouraged by its growing contacts with Arab and Muslims nations, Israel has announced plans to contest a non-permanent seat in the Security Council.A seat on the most powerful UN decision-making body..Read More
The United States on Saturday once again expressed strong support for Japan becoming a permanent member of an expanded UN Security Council and favoured "greater representation" for developing states.M..Read More
India will vote with the United States, France, Britain and Germany in the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) board of governors if forced to make a choice on referring the question of I..Read More
Expressing strong support for Japan getting a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, Australian Prime Minister John Howard today said there is also "merit" in India, South Africa and Indonesia joi..Read More
France on Monday came out strongly in support of India's bid for a permanent seat in an expanded UN Security Council, saying its aspiration was "legitimate" and one that should be realised. Welco..Read More
Asserting that all forms of terrorism should be condemned, United States today urged the UN General Assembly to adopt a "comprehensive" treaty against international terrorism. "The United States stron..Read More
Raising hopes for India, the United States today unveiled a set of criteria, including economic size, population, track record on non-proliferation and counter-terrorism, for countries aspiring a seat..Read More
China today said reform of the UN Security Council should focus on increasing representation of developing countries but was mum on whether it supported India's bid. Reform of the world body woul..Read More
26 August 2005: It is more or less clear that the G-4 will be disbanded by December because it is not serving to get India, Germany, Japan and Brazil permanent membership in the UN Security Council, a..Read More
25 August 2005: At a meeting in Amman, Jordan, two weeks ago, Arab envoys told the Indian special envoy, C.R.Gharekhan, that Arab states would support IndiaTop sources said that foreign minister Natwa..Read More
30 July 2005: Stung with Italian allegations of the G-4 bribing governments to win permanent seats in the UN Security Council, India has upped its opposition, and now demands an apology from Italy, wh..Read More
United Nations, July 28.(PTI): Japan, the second largest contributor to the UN, has warned that it would face intense domestic pressure to cut its grant to the world body if it fails to secure a perma..Read More
New Delhi, July 28.(PTI): India today took serious exception to remarks by Italy's UN envoy accusing the G-4 countries, seeking permanent membership on the United Nations Security Council, of fin..Read More
Kathmandu, July 22 (PTI) UN reforms, besides bilateral and international issues, figured in talks Minister of State for External Affairs Rao Inderjeet Singh today had with Nepalese Foreign Minister Ra..Read More
King Gyanendra and the Maoist insurgents have agreed for the UN to administer Nepal for a year within which internally-monitored elections will be held, and the scheme presented to UN secretary genera..Read More
