The Vatican recently disowned the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ that it was associated with for several centuries. This comes a year after the much-discussed apology of the Pope to the indigenous Canadian population. The Vatican has only renounced the...
Afghanistan
Children bearing the brunt of Afghanistan crisis: UNICEF - UN
This year, some 2.3 million Afghan boys and girls are expected to face acute malnutrition. Of this number, 875,000 will need treatment for severe acute malnutrition, a life-...
Contents
INDIA IN THE UN
INDIA’S G20 PRESIDENCY
MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS
PLURILATERAL DEVELOPMENTS
PEACE AND SECURITY
MISCELLANEOUS
I. INDIA IN THE UN
India participates in LDC5
The Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least...
Afghanistan
U.N. urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women – The Hindu
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh...
Afghanistan
UN agency: Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in aid for 2023 - Yahoo
Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in humanitarian aid from the international community this year for nearly 24 million people in need, the U.N.'s humanitarian affairs...
Afghanistan
India invited to join regional group on Afghanistan: Lavrov
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that India has been invited to join the core group of four countries neighbouring Afghanistan that say they seek to bring...
Afghanistan
Leaked document shows ISIS re-emergence in Afghanistan – News Nation
ISIS is re-emerging in Afghanistan, and using the country as a safe haven to coordinate its terrorist activity. This was revealed because of reports that were included...
Afghanistan
Taliban recognition not a focus of Afghanistan meeting, says UN - Aljazeera
A UN-convened meeting on Afghanistan next month will not focus on the possible international recognition of the Taliban administration, a UN spokesperson has...
Afghanistan
US watchdog ‘cannot assure’ Afghanistan aid not going to Taliban - Aljazeera
The head of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has decried a lack of transparency from United States agencies that he said has...
Afghanistan
‘Regular assistance’ for Afghanistan ‘on hold’, says ADB – The Hindu
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) continues to “monitor” the situation in Afghanistan as it “maintains a hold” on the finances for infrastructure projects in the...