Tag: #SecurityCouncil
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MoFA committee reviews UNSC resolutions on non-proliferation
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1 (APP): The status of implementation of UN Security Council’s resolutions on non-proliferation was reviewed by a committee of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) with focus on inter-agency coordination. The 5th meeting of the Committee for Coordination, Review and Monitoring (CRMC) held at MoFA on Tuesday and discussed measures to further enhance inter-agency…
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UN ups 2020 budget, includes funds for war crimes probes
United Nations, United States, Dec 28 (AFP/APP): The United Nations General Assembly on Friday adopted a $3.07 billion operating budget which for the first time includes funding for the investigation of war crimes in Syria and Myanmar. The budget represents a slight increase from 2019’s figure of $2.9 billion. The increase is due to additional…
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China raises Kashmir in UNSC, demands UN observers’ report on worsening situation
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 18 (APP): China expressed serious concern over the deteriorating situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) as it raised the issue in the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday and sought a detailed briefing by the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) on the disturbing developments there, diplomats said. Deployed…
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Pakistan questions India’s eligibility for UNSC’s membership
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 26 (APP): Pakistan has challenged India’s qualifications for permanent or non-permanent membership of the UN Security Council, saying that New Delhi was in “blatant” violation of the 15-member body’s resolutions aimed at settling the decades-old Kashmir dispute. Without naming India, which along with three other countries — Brazil, Germany and Japan (known…
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UN deputy chief calls for end of sexual violence in conflict
UINTED NATIONS, Oct 31 (XINHUA/APP):UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Wednesday urged the international community to “work harder to put an end to sexual violence in conflict.” In her remarks in the event to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the mandate on sexual violence in conflict, Mohammed warned that sexual violence in conflict has been…
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UN chief hopes to maintain ‘momentum’ in Western Sahara talks
United Nations, United States, Oct 3 (AFP/APP):UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he hopes to maintain the political “momentum” to seek a solution to the Western Sahara conflict, despite having not had a special envoy to the region for the past four months. In a report Wednesday, Guterres praised the progress made by the UN’s…
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UN Security Council Meeting: Shah Mehmood Qureshi Missing!
Pakistan requested for a Security Council meeting last Monday when Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi, presented a letter written by the Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to the president of the Security Council. The UN Security Council meeting will be held today to consider an illegitimate move by the fanatical Indian government…