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Significant increase in presence of ISIL-K in Afghanistan: India tells UNSC

India has told the UN Security Council that there is a significant increase in ISIL-K presence in Afghanistan, as it warned that linkages between proscribed outfits such as Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed and provocative statements by other terror groups pose a direct threat to the region's peace and stability. As we have repeatedly stated at the Security Council, India has direct stakes in ensuring the return of peace and stability, given our position as a contiguous neighbour and long-standing partner of Afghanistan, as well as our strong historical and civilisational linkages to the Afghan people, India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj said. Speaking at the UNSC briefing on Afghanistan Monday requested by Russia under the Chinese presidency of the Council, Kamboj underlined that on terrorism, the recent findings of the 1988 Sanctions Committee's Analytical Support and the Sanctions Monitoring Team Report indicate that the current .

India criticizes UN General Assembly decision to roll over IGN process

'We see this technical roll-over decision as yet another wasted opportunity to instill a breath of life into a process that has shown no signs of life or growth in over four decades'

Regret that state-sponsors of cross-border terrorism go 'scot-free': India

India said it regrets that state sponsors of terrorism are "allowed to go scot-free" for serious violations of international law and urged the international community to make them accountable

India at UNSC calls for elections in Libya, hopes issues resolve peacefully

R. Madhu Sudan, Counsellor at Permanent Mission of India to the UN reiterated the imperative for holding the Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Libya

Al-Qaida's links with Pak-based terror groups continue to strengthen: India

Al-Qaida's linkages with UNSC proscribed Pakistan-based terror groups like LeT and JeM has continued to strengthen, India's envoy to the UN said

UNSC resolution should guide world's response to Afghan crisis: India

India said that the global approach to address the Afghan crisis must be guided by the recent UN Security Council resolution demanding that territory of Afghanistan must not be used for terrorism

India urges UNSC to assess cost of 'actions and inactions' in Syria

India has urged the UNSC to assess the "costs of its actions and inactions" in Syria and said there is an urgent need to build consensus on the humanitarian situation and work to ameliorate sufferings

Address claims on chemical weapon use in Syria through consultation: India

India has told the UN that concerns and allegations over the use of chemical weapons in Syria should be addressed through consultation among all concerned parties

China says 'package solution' needed for UNSC reforms due to differences

The UN Security Council, as the core of the international mechanism for collective security, should be reformed to better fulfill its mandate under the UN Charter, Wang said

India demands tangible action for UNSC in line with Common African Position

India has demanded tangible action for UN Security Council reforms in line with Common African Position and not let the process be held hostage.The Permanent Mission of India at UN said in a tweet that India has demanded tangible action for UN Security Council reform in line with Common African Position, and not let the process be held hostage, as it has been over a decade, by those who do not want reform.The mission also attached a letter by Deputy Permanent Representative of India to President of UN General assembly which said that the "draft roll over text as it is now" does not reflect the progress made in the two meetings of IGN (inter-government negotiations) and does not even at the very minimum capture the growing support to the Common African Position and other issues of importance."As conveyed to you during our earlier meeting as a part of groups and in our last letter to you dated August 12 and also earlier to the IGN co-chairs on this matter, India is firm in its belief ...

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Pak gets backing only from China at UNSC meeting on Kashmir: Report

The UN Security Council held a rare meeting on Kashmir on Friday after India revoked the special status to Jammu and Kashmir, sparking a fresh row with Pakistan

Pakistan has to end terror for talks, says India after UNSC meet on Kashmir

Indian envoy to UN Syed Akbaruddin briefed the media following the conclusion of UN Security Council's rare closed door meeting to discuss revocation of Article 370

Dawood's activities from safe haven a real threat: India slams Pak at UNSC

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar has said that Pakistan's stand that Dawood was not present in the country exposed its "double standards".

India asks UN to focus on eliminating terror safe havens in Pakistan

"If we do so, the decay, which has been inflicted on Afghanistan, can be made reversible," he added