The UNGA "decides to convene the high-level 2020 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans

India's Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin told the Security Council on Tuesday, "Peacekeeping today is in the domain of a vaguely defined no-man'sland.

"They, as well as those they inspire, represent a major transnational threat", he said on Tuesday at the launch of the UN  Countering Terrorist Travel Programme (CTTP).

"While protecting freedom of expression, we must also find ways to address incitement to violence through traditional and social media," General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces said

Breaking India into pieces is Azhar's dream, according to the Uddhav Thackeray-led party.

"Big, small, all join together. Masood Azhar designated as a terrorist in @UN Sanctions list. Grateful to all for their support," India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin tweeted.

The agency also identified several new or existing occupational risks of growing concern, that affect women more than men.

Observed by United Nations on Aug 21 to honour innocent victims of terror attacks around the world

Survivors accused traditional Dogon hunters of carrying out the deadly raid in Ogossagou, according to Boubacar Kane, the governor of Bankass district which covers the village. A security source told AFP the victims were shot or hacked to death with

Farhan Haq, the Deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, gave a grim report of the destruction left by the cyclone that hit parts of Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, Xinhua news agency reported.

Former IFS V P Haran says Organisations like UN, World Bank, IMF and others need to evolve with the changes in international relations

It is clear that China’s decision to shield Pakistan from the ignominy of global isolation is entirely guided by its strategic self-interests

The US, which is the number one financial contributor to the UN, said in December that it would cover no more than 25 percent of the UN's multi-billion-dollar peacekeeping budget, down from 28.47 percent.

India has been at the forefront of efforts at the UN to push for an urgent long-pending reform of the Security Council, emphasising that it rightly deserves a place at the UN high table as a permanent member.

People of all ages from different countries such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Israel took part in the protests, while some from Balochistan - a part of Pakistan, also expressed solidarity.

"Unfortunately, Pakistan has not taken action against LeT and JeM despite evidence. No one has been brought to justice for the Mumbai attack,” Alyssa Ayres said.

NHRC has its own investigating staff headed by a Director General of Police for investigation into complaints of human rights violations

Answering a reporter's question at his briefing on Thursday, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said: "We strongly condemn today's attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district".

The president of B'nai B'rith International, Charles Kaufman, said here on Monday that India lived up to the tradition of a nation of righteousness when thousands of Jews found safety .