International Relations in India & Beyond
Nearly half of Afghanistan’s children are not attending school because of worsening security, poverty and sex discrimination, according to a new UN report today. The number of children deprived of schooling is at its...
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has told a U.N human rights expert who said the country’s judicial independence was under threat to ‘go to hell’, warning against interference in domestic affairs. The Philippine Supreme Court...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has thanked India for its “strong and sustained” support to peacekeeping as he honored the memory of the 163 Indian peacekeepers who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty....
Nations are thus required to create an unbiased modus—operandi which ensures universal access to energy. It should not just be a moral responsibility, but a constitutional obligation upon the state with no room for...
The problem has been further complicated by a lack of comprehensive water supply data and monitoring systems which is making it harder to respond to the growing crisis. “We cannot manage what we do not measure,”...
The U.N. mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is sending 150 peacekeepers to Unity state to protect civilians who are being targeted in clashes between the government and rebel troops, the mission said on Thursday....
The Ugandan commander of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) contingent in Somalia has warned against the ongoing downsizing of the peacekeeping force in the Horn of the African nation, where the battle...
A renewed United Nations-led diplomatic push is under way for a “meaningful relaunch” of intra-Syrian talks by the Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, his office has announced. In a statement released on...
“Scientists are now worried that unless accelerated action is taken by 2020, the Paris goal may become unattainable,” the UN chief told reporters at the world body’s New York Headquarters. The Paris Agreement on...
“The recent emergency United Nations General Assembly session summoned to mandate on President Trump’s decision to shift the American Embassy to Jerusalem resulted in another toothless non-binding resolution against Israel. It is neither new...
Event / Peacekeeping / United Nations
USI Annual UN Forum 2024: Changing Characters of Conflicts
27th November 2024
