United Nations

British Indian minister Alok Sharma given sole charge of UN climate summit

3:43 pm January 9, 2021

London: Alok Sharma, one of the Indian-origin ministers in UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Cabinet, has relinquished his role as Business Secretary in a mini-reshuffle to take sole charge as President of COP26 – the United Nations climate summit scheduled for Glasgow, Scotland, in November. The Agra-born minister, who was until now in charge of […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

UN: After 20 years, no equality for women in peace talks

1:22 pm October 30, 2020

United Nations: The head of the UN agency promoting gender equality told the 20th anniversary commemoration of a resolution demanding equal participation for women in peace negotiations that its implementation has failed, declaring that women still remain systematically excluded from talks to end conflicts where men make decisions affecting their lives. Despite some good initiatives, […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

US accuses Syria of delaying constitution ahead of election

10:31 am October 28, 2020

United Nations: The United States and several Western allies on Tuesday accused the Syrian government of deliberately delaying the drafting of a new constitution to waste time until presidential elections in 2021, and avoid UN-supervised voting as called for by the UN Security Council. US deputy ambassador Richard Mills urged the Security Council to do […]

India’s Ladli Foundation Trust gets special status at UN’s ECOSOC

10:52 pm October 10, 2020

New Delhi: The Ladli Foundation Trust, a social organization known for its unique efforts for the upliftment of women and needy people at the grassroots across the country, has been given the status of Special Consultative Institution in the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC). During the UNGA in January, a number […]

The U.S. reckoning on race, seen through other nations’ eyes

11:43 pm September 27, 2020

Washington: It’s not only in the United States where protests against racial injustice are part of the national conversation. A handful of America’s critics have taken note too, using recent months’ demonstrations and graphic images of police violence to denounce the country at the United Nations’ gathering of world leaders this year. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani invoked the killing of George […]