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Multilateralism Digest: September 2023 - Issue 9

I. India in the UN EAM addresses 78th UNGA Launch of a new India-UN initiative India suggests renaming of the G77 PBC needs better mandate, role Essentials for reform of UNSC working methods II. India’s G20 Presidency G20 Summit adopts New Delhi...

October 3 , 2023

Bharat’s G20 Presidency: An Ode to India-Africa Friendship

Under the framework of the Group of Twenty (G20) presidency, India hosted the final summit on September 9 and 10 in the presence of more than 40 world leaders, including the G20 Heads of State or their representatives.[1] And one major outcome of...

September 27 , 2023

The New Delhi G20 Summit: Reflections from India

An 83-paragraph G20 New Delhi Declaration was adopted by consensus at the opening session of the Summit on 9 September 2023, to the surprise of many observers of multilateral relations. The Declaration reflected a new multipolar response to global...

September 20 , 2023

China: Daily Scan, November 16, 2022

China's ex-senior provincial legislator prosecuted: Xinhuanet November 15, 2022 A public prosecution has been initiated against Sun Guoxiang, a former senior legislator of northeast China's Liaoning Province, over suspected bribe-taking. The...

November 16 , 2022

China: Daily Scan, November 15, 2022

4 weaknesses in China’s economy, from local government finances to poor regulation: South China Morning Post November 14, 2022 Deteriorating local government finances, weak banks and inadequate regulation are among the main risks facing China’s...

November 15 , 2022

China: Daily Scan, November 14, 2022

Xi Jinping presides over meeting of Standing Committee of Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee on COVID-19 prevention and control: Xinhuanet November 11, 2022 The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC)...

November 14 , 2022

West Asia Experts Group Meeting

The West Asia Experts Group Meeting was virtually held on 4 August 2021 by the Vivekananda International Foundation, the discussion was focussed on India-Turkey Relations; Turkey’s Foreign Policy and its Regional role. The key speakers in the...

August 6 , 2021

West Asia Review - November 2020

ABSTRACT: Even though sunset on Trump Presidency has begun the Middle East continued to engage his attention. His Secretary of State Pompeo visited the region especially Turkey, UAE, Saudi Arabia , Qatar and Israel to follow through the partially...

December 7 , 2020

COVID-19: Developments in West Asia

The West Asian region is presently one of the worst affected regions hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The UAE was the first state in the region to report a positive case. Iran subsequently, emerged as a major hotspot for the transmission of the virus...

April 3 , 2020