Prime Minister Manmohan Singh begins a hectic round of diplomacy here on Friday ahead of his address to the United Nations focusing on terrorism, the economic slowdown and the vexed Palestine issue.

Amid a last-ditch American effort to head off a Palestinian bid for membership in the United Nations, India has reiterated its absolute 'unequivocal support' for a Palestinian state.

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Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nepal and some of the world's other poorest countries helped lead the way in spending for maternal and child health over the past year , a new study says.

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President Barack Obama was to meet Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday as diplomats scrambled behind the scenes to convince the Palestinian leader to drop his bid for UN membership of a Palestinian state.

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US President Barack Obama on Wednesday warned that Iran and North Korea would face even deeper isolation if they failed to bring their nuclear programmes under international law.

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The United Nations on Friday eased sanctions against Libya and gave the country's UN seat to the former rebel government which toppled Muammar Gaddafi and is still battling his forces.

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The UN Security Council on Thursday joined UN chief Ban Ki-moon in strongly condemning the deadly terror attack in Delhi, saying such "heinous" acts of terrorism are "criminal and unjustifiable".

The UN Security Council has reaffirmed its primary responsibility for peacekeeping under the UN Charter with India highlighting the 'severe mismatch' between the resources and the mandates of peacekee

The United Nations today said it is 'temporarily' withdrawing some of its staff from Syria amid concerns over the violent crackdown on civilian demonstrators by the authorities in the country.

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India will focus on the issue of UN peacekeeping during its UN Security Council presidency for the month of August, Hardeep Singh Puri, permanent representative of India to the UN has said.

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