Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought robust international collaboration as she placed a five-point proposal to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to protect the planet from the adverse impact of climate change
The report released on Tuesday said that in contrast to large swathes of the developing countries, “investment in South Asia, particularly in India, remains strong”.
The unanimity at the UN underscores the fears over AI’s potential to disrupt politics and society through deep fakes and spreading misinformation, and its more sinister capabilities in warfare, development of weapons and disrupting economies.
The Pakistani representative also introduced a strange element into the discussion, attacking the Council’s designation of international terrorists, claiming that the Council’s actions against terrorists are “arbitrary”.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought robust international collaboration as she placed a five-point proposal to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to protect the planet from the adverse impact of climate change
Ahead of India's turn on September 26 at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)n general debate, this year's 'non-assembly' of world leaders on New York's giant stage and the utter absence of gridlock and spectacle in Manhattan has turned the spotlight on the art of the pre-recorded 15-minute pitch at a time of global Zoom fatigue combined with the anxious wait for a still elusive COVID-19 vaccine
Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday called upon the rich nations to immediately return the stolen money of developing countries parked in their banks
Afghan President Ghani, speaking to the 75th UN General Assembly via video conference on Wednesday night said "the Afghan people have a clear and urgent priority: a ceasefire. An urgent end to the violence, will more than anything else, give us a chance to progress."
India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and the foreign misters of Brazil, Germany and Japan, whose countries make up the G4, met virtually on Wednesday and called for "decisive push" UN Security Council reforms
The potential of women as agents of change for climate mitigation and adaptation remain untapped. In terms of economic and social participation, their potential contribution to climate mitigation by being part of the economic cycle is not sufficiently exploited, writes Sanjukta Mukherjee for South Asia Monitor
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said that his country is against any country dominating the Indian Ocean and that it would stay neutral
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told the 75th General Assembly on Monday evening that the United Nations was now derided across the world as a “talk shop,” which could not implement its own resolutions
US President Donald Trump lashed out against China on Tuesday demanding that the UN hold Beijing responsible for the consequences of unleashing the plague of COVID-19 on the world
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is vying for the leadership of Islamic nations, brought up the Kashmir issue again at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday calling it a “burning issue.”
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday that COVID-19 presages crises yet to come, “a dress rehearsal for the world of challenges to come.”
Bhutanese Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering will address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 25, themed “The future we want, the United Nations we need
President Ashraf Ghani delivered a statement on Monday night at the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the UN, underscoring the important role of multilateralism, and particularly the UN, in addressing the challenges that continue to impact Afghanistan and the world
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, on Monday, reaffirmed Maldives’ commitment towards upholding the principles and values enshrined in the United Nations (UN) Charter, and continued support for efforts to fulfill objectives
In an under-four minute video message, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi showed United Nations the mirror and urged it to take a long, hard look at its "crisis of confidence" while ratcheting up the call for a new template of multilateralism that "reflects today's realities" on the first day of the United Nations high level week being live streamed to the world from the UN headquarters in New York City