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Watch: Indian delegate walks out of UNGA hall as Pak PM Imran Khan begins speech
TS Tirumurti later said that Imran Khan’s statement at the 75th United Nations General Assembly is a new diplomatic lowPakistan PM Imran Khan was addressing the 75th session of the UNGA virtually on 25 September
2 min read25 Sep 2020China raises Kashmir issue at UN, India says it is ’internal matter’
No actions that would unilaterally change the status quo should be taken: Chinese foreign minister China Wang Yi’As a neighbour of both India and Pakistan, China hopes to see the dispute effectively managed’
2 min read28 Sep 2019Launching a military attack on India not an option, says Imran Khan
Khan’s mission to get India to backtrack on its decision on Kashmir has not yielded results so farKhan’s comments came ahead of a major speech at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) later this week
2 min read25 Sep 2019Kashmir @ the UN: Managing the optics
On the eve of the UNGA, India is trying to get the right messaging on Kashmir. The world is watching
9 min read19 Sep 2019International Mountain Day: Celebrating the Himalaya
To commemorate the UN International Mountain Day, we show our love for the Himalaya and its precious freshwater resources that sustains South Asia.
2 min read10 Dec 2018Terrorism, climate change biggest threats facing the world: India at UN
Under-developed and developing nations are the worst victims of climate change, says Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj in her speech to the UN General Assembly
5 min read30 Sep 2018At UN, Trump hails Poland, slams Germany over Russian energy reliance
Russia’s Gazprom and its European partners are developing the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, designed to double natural gas volumes pumped from Russia to Germany
1 min read25 Sep 2018Imran Khan writes to PM Modi, seeks to re-start bilateral talks
Imran Khan proposes a meeting between Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York this month
2 min read20 Sep 2018United Nations cuts budget by $286 million, US claims credit
The United Nations has approved a $286 million cut in its annual budget for the next year, a 5% ’historic reduction in spending’ that the US said it had negotiated
2 min read27 Dec 2017UN Jerusalem vote: Why India went against the US
While one can doubt the positives of voting with the US, none would have questioned the wisdom of abstention
4 min read28 Dec 2017Popular Topics
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