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24 Mar

UN chief voices concern over attack on Syria’s Aleppo airport

United Nations, March 24 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced concern over an alleged Israeli air raid on the Aleppo airport in Syria. "The Secretary-General is concerned about the reported strikes on Aleppo International Airport. Those resulted in material damage and airport closure, including the cancellation of one UN Humanitarian Air Service flight," said Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for Guterres. The Secretary-General reminds all parties to respect their obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law, as applicable, Haq added as quoted by Xinhua news agency report. "He also repeats his call on all concerned to avoid attacks that could…

25 Feb

United Nations Drifting Towards Irrelevance

What is the United Nations? United Nations Organization or the United Nations(UN) as it’s mostly called, came into existence on 25 April 1945 just before culmination of the World War 2. It followed the defunct League of Nations which was also an attempt to bring together nations post World War I. League of Nations was a grouping of 58 countries and remained in existence from January 1920 to April 1946. The key architect of the UN were USA and UK, infact the name United Nations was proposed by then US President Roosevelt. USSR, China and France were the other big…

23 Dec

China’s uneasiness on India’s G-20 Presidency

New Delhi Dec 23 (IANS) While India's rise as an emerging market is being appreciated globally, especially the multilateral institutions, it has got an opportunity to lead a meaningful conversation between the global South and North under the G-20 Presidency. But China's recent utterances and activities show that it is not at ease with India's rise. For Beijing, it is difficult to swallow that India is rising in global stature and influence whereas, China is being looked as an autocratic country with an aspiration to be a global power through economic development bereft of elements of sustainable development and with a…

07 Jul

Lt Gen Subramanian appointed commander of UN peacekeeping in South Sudan

United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has appointed Lt Gen. Mohan Subramanian as the commander of UN peacekeeping in South Sudan, the largest troop deployment in UN missions, Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric announced Tuesday. Subramanian succeeds Lt Gen Shailesh Tinaikar, also of India, as the force commander of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Dujarric said. The mission set up in 2011 has 17,982 personnel, of whom 13,254 are troops, the most in the 13 current UN peacekeeping operations.India has contributed 2,385 troops and 30 police personnel to UNMISS.Subramanian was the commandant of the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) appointed…