India has strongly backed UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon's push for efforts to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction with the Conference on Disarmament (CD) giving it political impetus.

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In a remark that sparked outrage in the US, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that some segments within the US government orchestrated the 9/11 attack to reverse the declining American ec

The United Nations has called a special meeting of the General Assembly on Thursday to discuss the situation in flood-hit Pakistan and ask the member states to contribute expeditiously to help the aff

UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon discussed with US secretary of state Hillary Clinton the efforts of the Quartet to start direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has asked India and Pakistan to make renewed efforts to address outstanding issues, including Kashmir, on the basis of patience, perseverance and compromise.

Lieutenant-General Chander Prakash has been appointed the force commander for the UN peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) by UN chief Ban Ki-moon.

Pressing for UN Security Council reforms, India has suggested a compromise solution on the tricky issue of what kind of veto power the new permanent members should hold.

The UN Security Council on Wednesday slapped broader military and financial sanctions on Iran over its suspect nuclear programme, despite opposition from Brazil and Turkey.

The United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday afternoon for an emergency session to discuss Israel’s storming of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, Security Council diplomats said.