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UNSC sans India is useless

Sitting at the head of the high table, the UN Security Council, this month, India on Friday was quite blunt in calling for its reform, and its own ascension as a permanent member: The UNSC in its pres

France to call UN Security Council meet on Syria

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France, which is taking over the UN Security Council's rotating presidency in August, will call an emergency ministerial meeting on Syria, French foreign minister Laurent Fabius said Monday.

Annan asks UNSC to speak in one voice over Syria

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Kofi Annan, the joint special envoy of the UN and the Arab League on the Syrian crisis, said on Friday that he has urged the UN Security Council to exhibit unity in its attempt to put an end to Syrian

Clinton urges UNSC to act 'fast' on Syria

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The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has urged the UN Security Council to act 'fast' on Syria, and make it clear to its regime that the international community views its actions as a 'threat' t

Pak says India played big role in its bid for UNSC seat

Asserting that "friends were no longer friends of the country", Pakistan on Saturday said India had played a "major" role in supporting its successful bid to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.

Pakistan thanks India for helping it to UNSC seat

Pakistan on Saturday said India played a major role in supporting its successful bid to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.

"Many of the countries that Pakistan considered frien

Pakistan gets seat on UN Security Council

Pakistan was on Friday elected to the powerful UN Security Council as a non-permanent member for a two-year-term beginning on January 1, 2012, putting it in the club of 10 nations which currently incl

India closer to UNSC seat

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Much effort has been directed in the past six months at securing for India the status of a permanent member of the UN Security Council, sources said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s addres

India highlights 'severe mismatch' in UN peacekeeping

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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

UN Security Council backs new term for Ban

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The UN Security Council on Friday threw its crucial support behind Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to win a second term at the head of the global body.

The 15-member council held a private meeting to d

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