Small-state implications and responses

Since the commencement of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the Russian military invasion of Ukraine has been a severe setback to international peace and business. This trend in principle, especially for minor States, casts doubt on the collectiveness and efficacy of multilateral bodies like the Unit...

INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER S JAISHANKAR SPEAKS WITH HIS US COUNTERPART ANTONY BLINKEN

Highlights

• The South-Asian country joined as a non-permanent member of the global body on January 1, 2021

• As per the political analysts, the reference to immediate and extended neighborhood by Jaishankar would be covering Pakistan, Afghanistan and also China

China says that lifting some UN sanctions against NKorea might help break the deadlock

China and Russia are pressing the UN Security Council (UNSC) to lift certain sanctions against North Korea to ease the humanitarian concerns of the country and "break the deadlock" in the stalled denuclearization talks between Washington and Pyongyang, China's UN ambassador said on ...