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North Korea ends war armistice

March 17, 2013

North Korea has confirmed the end of the 60-year-old armistice signed after the end of the Korean War, and warned of “merciless” military retaliation against its enemies. The North has annulled the 1953 armistice in protest over joint South Korea-US ..

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Asoke Kumar Mukerji – The next Permanent Representative of India to the UN

February 20, 2013

Asoke Kumar Mukerji, currently Special Secretary at headquarters, has been appointed as the next Ambassador/Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations at New York.

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UN supports French military intervention in Mali

January 15, 2013

The United Nations has backed France for providing military aid to Mali to push back Islamists which are advancing their control to other parts of the country including northern and western regions. What is happening in Mali? Mali gained independence ..

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5% increase in U.N. budget, India to pay more

January 6, 2013

The United Nations General Assembly cleared the $5.4 billion budget for 2012-13 which is 5% more than the previous budget. India, Brazil, China and other emerging countries will pay more to the U.N. The Assembly adopted a range of Fifth ..

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Russia puts condition to supports Geneva plan

January 3, 2013

Moving a step closer towards seeking solution of Syria crisis, Russia and Lakhdar Brahimi (the U.N. and Arab League envoy on Syria) supported the Geneva plan. But Russia has agreed to this with a condition. What condition does Russia put ..

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Pakistan recognizes Kosovo as an Independent State

January 2, 2013

Pakistan became another country to officially recognize Kosovo as an independent state. Kosovo had declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. With this Pakistan became the 98th sovereign state among 193 UN-member states to recognize Kosovo. In September 2012, Kosovo declared ..

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UN to resume debate on Arms Trade Treaty, US Gun association opposes

December 29, 2012

The U.N. General Assembly voted in favor of resuming debate on a draft international Arms Trade treaty to regulate the $70 billion global trade in conventional arms. The US has voted in favor as it was under tremendous pressure after ..

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New UN telecommunication treaty inked amid splits

December 19, 2012

89 member countries on UN signed the first new U.N. telecommunications treaty introduced by U.N.’s International Telecommunications Union or ITU since the Internet age amid disapproval from the U.S. and other Western nations which refused to join. Why the US ..

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CAG Vinod Rai re-elected as chairman of UN external auditors panel

December 18, 2012

Vinod Rai who is current Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has been re-elected as the chairman of the panel of external auditors of the United Nations (UN). What the panel is all about? The panel which was formed in 1959 ..

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US extends Iran sanction waivers to India, others

December 15, 2012

The US announced the extension of its waiver exempting nine countries including India, China from the American sanctions regime directed against the Iranian oil trade. India got the waiver as it had significantly reduced the crude export from Iran. Previous ..

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