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India has highest stake in Rohingyas' return to Myanmar: India at UNGA
PTI
PUBLISHED ON FEB 27, 2021 02:34 PM IST
Myanmar doesn’t recognise Rohingya as an ethnic group and insists that they are Bangladeshi migrants living illegally in the country.
World celebrates 1st International Day of Epidemic Preparedness
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Prashasti Singh | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 27, 2020 07:47 AM IST
The UNGA called on nations to observe the day “in accordance with national contexts and priorities” through education and awareness-raising activities.
World needs to come up with long-term strategies to tackle future pandemics: India at UNGA
By Asian News International| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi | New York
PUBLISHED ON DEC 08, 2020 07:54 AM IST
Delivering India’s statement on ‘Global Health and Foreign Policy’ at the UNGA, Mathur said: “A healthy life is every person’s basic right and the onus for this rests on our respective governments to make every possible effort to ensure full protection and enjoyment of this right by everyone.”
World leaders to address special session of UNGA on Covid-19 pandemic
By Press Trust of India| Posted by: Harshit Sabarwal | United Nations
UPDATED ON DEC 02, 2020 11:59 AM IST
The world organisation said government leaders, United Nations’ principals and other relevant stakeholders would be able to engage in dialogue on the impact of the pandemic on people, societies and economies and discuss the multi-faceted, coordinated response required to address this crisis.
India urges developed countries not to undermine environmental conventions citing Covid-19 pandemic
By Asian News International | Posted by Srivatsan K C | New York
UPDATED ON NOV 13, 2020 04:10 PM IST
Addressing the 75th Session of UNGA 44th Annual Meeting of the G-77 foreign ministers, Tirumurti urged the developed countries to undertake activities to strengthen “Convention-Plus” actions.
India’s annual resolution on counter-terrorism adopted at UNGA
By Asian News International | Posted by Srivatsan K C | New York
UPDATED ON NOV 05, 2020 12:07 PM IST
India has urged greater international co-operation to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems.
Where is the UN in joint fight against Covid-19 pandemic?: PM Modi at UNGA
By Yashwant Raj | Edited by Sohini Sarkar | Hindustan Times, Washington
UPDATED ON SEP 26, 2020 09:31 PM IST
To underscore the disconnect between the world body and contemporary realties, PM Modi pointed to the lack of UN leadership on the Covid-19 pandemic, the worst health crisis facing the world in more than 100 years.
How I got a chance to preside over UNGA
By Manjeev Puri
UPDATED ON SEP 27, 2020 06:49 AM IST
Libyan leader Colonel Muammar al-Qadhafi spoke for 96 minutes during the General Debate of the 64th UNGA on September 23. This took its toll on UNGA’s schedule for the day. And, the penny with this realisation dropped for me when I was approached later in the day by a UN official and requested to preside over UNGA from 6 pm onward.
UNGA: India questions Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s claim to be protector of Muslims
By Yashwant Raj | Hindustan Times, Washington, DC
UPDATED ON SEP 26, 2020 11:48 AM IST
An Indian diplomat, who delivered India’s response to the Pakistan PM’s diatribe at the UN General Assembly, sought to remind PM Khan of the “genocide” perpetrated by his country on Muslims of erstwhile East Pakistan before it became Bangladesh
PM Modi to address UNGA today, expected to urge global action against terrorism
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Prashasti Singh | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 26, 2020 11:07 AM IST
Strengthening of global action to counter terrorism is one of India’s priorities and this is expected to be reflected in the prime minister’s speech, people familiar with the developments said.
PM Modi’s speech at UNGA to focus on global push to counter terror
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 26, 2020 12:13 AM IST
PM Modi’s address will be in the form of a video statement broadcast at the General Assembly hall in New York since most events are being held virtually against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic
India slams Turkish President Erdogan’s Kashmir remarks at UNGA
By Yashwant Raj | Hindustan Times, Washington, DC
UPDATED ON SEP 23, 2020 11:15 AM IST
T S Tirumurti, India’s permanent representative to the UN, told Turkey to “learn to respect the sovereignty of other nations” after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the Kashmir issue in his address at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday
US, China clash over Covid, trade, human rights at UNGA
By Yashwant Raj | Hindustan Times, Washington, Washington
UPDATED ON SEP 22, 2020 10:46 PM IST
In a pre-recorded speech, US President Donald Trump accused China of “trade abuses” and claimed credit for standing up to it, triggering a trade war that soon engulfed the whole world.
News updates from Hindustan Times: Don’t want to fight hot or cold war, says China’s Xi Jinping at UNGA and all the latest news
By hindustantimes.com | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 22, 2020 09:29 PM IST
Here are today’s top news, analysis and opinion at this hour. Know all about the latest news and other updates from Hindustan Times.
Don’t want to fight hot or cold war with any country: What Xi Jinping said at UNGA
By Agencies | Edited by Niyati Singh | New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 22, 2020 09:34 PM IST
Defending his country, Xi said, “China has no intention to fight either cold war or a hot one with any country.” The leader also warned nations against the dangers of ‘clash of civilizations’.
UNGA adopts resolution recognising Covid-19 as one of greatest challenges in its history
By Asian News International| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi | New York
UPDATED ON SEP 12, 2020 10:13 AM IST
The resolution notes with concern the impact of the pandemic on health, the loss of life, wellbeing, humanitarian needs, human rights, livelihoods, food security, education, poverty and the global economy.
Can Delhi sustain its clean air, blue sky days?
By Jayashree Nandi | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 07, 2020 09:47 AM IST
The world — based on a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) last December — will observe the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies for the first time on Monday.
UN 75th anniversary draft declaration phrase changed after India, 5 others object
By Press Trust of India | United Nations
UPDATED ON JUN 28, 2020 09:03 PM IST
According to United Nations Association–UK (UNA-UK), a charitable company focusing on UK action at the UN, Britain’s acting ambassador Jonathan Allen broke the silence procedure on June 24 “on behalf of the members of the ‘five eyes’ intelligence community - the UK, US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and India.
More students are in school. But it is not enough| Analysis
By Tijjani Muhammad-Bande
PUBLISHED ON JAN 23, 2020 06:54 PM IST
The decline in quality of education, and the gap between school learning and workplace requirements are concerns
‘What do you mean by surly’: Harbhajan, Veena engage in war of words over Imran speech at UNGA
By Indo Asian News Service | New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 08, 2019 02:17 PM IST
Speaking at the UNGA on September 27, the Pakistan Prime Minister had held out threats of a conventional war between the two nuclear-armed neighbours spinning out of control.
‘No space for weaponising women rights issues’: India slams Pakistan at UNGA
By Press Trust of India | United Nations
UPDATED ON OCT 08, 2019 11:52 AM IST
The Indian envoy was responding to references made to Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan’s outgoing envoy to the UN Maleeha Lodhi, who in her speech said the women in Jammu and Kashmir were suffering due to the communication blackout in the state.
Kashmir saved, and then drowned Imran Khan | Opinion
By Sushant Sareen
UPDATED ON OCT 07, 2019 10:21 AM IST
To hide his failures, he ratcheted up the Kashmir rhetoric. But with little to show, he now stares at marginalisation.
‘Inventing new ways to humiliate himself,’ Sehwag tweets on Pakistan PM Imran Khan
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON OCT 04, 2019 07:49 AM IST
While cricketers like Harbhajan Singh and Mohammed Shami were critical of Imran’s choice of words, Sehwag posted a clip of Imran speaking on a US news show, where he gets called a welder by the anchor.
Trade dispute with US resolvable, says Jaishankar
By Yashwant Raj | Washington
UPDATED ON OCT 01, 2019 03:24 AM IST
S Jaishankar presented a positive view of the India-US ties. “I am overall very confident about both the near-term and long-term future of the relationship,” he said.
On world stage, India’s stand on J&K, Pak terror vindicated
By Yashwant Raj and Rezaul H Laskar | Washington/New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 30, 2019 12:38 AM IST
The lack of a single reference to the Kashmir issue or Pakistan in Modi’s speech at the UNGA also made it clear that the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and the reorganisation of the state were no longer up for discussion with Pakistan.
Imran Khan’s hate speech had no statesmanship: India
By Yashwant Raj | New York
PUBLISHED ON SEP 29, 2019 02:05 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had not mentioned Pakistan even once in his speech, the first time for an India leader’s speech at the UNGA in eight years.
‘India’s prestige in the world has grown immensely since 2014’, says PM Narendra Modi on his return from US
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 05, 2020 09:55 PM IST
Prime Minister Modi said the global recognition for India is for its 130 crore citizens. He spoke immediately after landing in New Delhi after finishing his week-long visit to the United States. He also paid tribute to soldiers while remembering the 2016 surgical strike.
On Kashmir pitch, Pakistan told ‘citizens of India’ don’t need support
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 28, 2019 12:49 PM IST
During his UN speech on Friday, Imran Khan suggested that nuclear-armed Pakistan may not have much of a choice if a conventional war were to break out between Pakistan and India.
‘Free Balochistan’, read protest banners outside UN while Pak PM Imran Khan delivers his speech
By Yashwant Raj | Hindustan Times, New York
UPDATED ON SEP 28, 2019 08:23 AM IST
Anti-Pakistan protests have been going in New York for a few days now, designed the coincide with the UNGA meetings.
Imran Khan’s shrill pitch over Kashmir at UNGA, talks of nuke war
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 28, 2019 07:10 AM IST
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has in recent days acknowledged that he hadn’t received the kind of a response to his pitch about human rights violations in Kashmir, held out the threat of a nuclear war more than once during his speech to nudge countries to support him.
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