As India assumes the month-long presidency of the UN Security Council, the international community has “very high expectations” from it, New Delhi’s envoy to the United Nations, Hardeep Singh Puri said on Tuesday.

A major share of heroin in South Asian market went to India's local criminal groups, a UN annual drug report said on Thursday.

"In 2009, the total value of the South Asian heroin estimated at $1.9 bi

The UN Security Council on Friday split the international sanctions regime for the Taliban and Al Qaeda to encourage the Taliban to join reconciliation efforts in Afghanistan.

A new condom home delivery service in India and the production of billions of extra contraceptives around the world highlight the breakthrough of condoms in helping put a brake on the AIDS pandemic, e

The curtains came down on India's second summit with Africa, with New Delhi pledging $5.7 billion for 80 capacity-building institutions across the continent and the African Union declaring support for

The UN General Assembly has elected 15 countries, including India, to the Human Rights Council, filling the latest slate of rotating council candidates, Xinhua reported.

The new members elected by th

India has contributed $1 million to the core voluntary budget of UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, or UN Women, for the year 2011.

India's Permanent UN Representative Hardee

United Nations: The United Nations on Tuesday suspended Libya from its main human rights body over Moamer Kaddafi's crackdown on protests amid warnings of new Security Council action against the regim

United Nations: The UN Security Council on Saturday may adopt sanctions against Libya aimed at stopping the bloodshed in the country, Brazil's Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti said.

Brazil holds

United Nations: The UN Human Rights Council has unanimously passed a resolution recommending suspension of Libya from the Geneva-based body and decided to conduct an independent probe into violatio