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July 15, 2026, 09:32 AM - 3 min read
He argued that the Council's shortcomings stem from its outdated structure and said, "The underlying reason for the inadequacies of the Security Council is evident. An eighty-year-old architecture designed for the 1940s is ill-equipped to address contemporary challenges. As a collective, the UN has not been able to move the needle on reforming the Security Council. The discussions so far have been limited to an endless cycle of prepared statements under the IGN framework. Action points 39 to 41 have largely remained on paper. This is untenable and must change."
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July 14, 2026, 07:31 PM - 3 min read
"We do want India as a non-permanent member. We also discussed with India bigger changes in the structure of the Security Council of the United Nations. The problem is, and has always been, that in order to make changes, all members have to agree. And since every member has a veto, there's always somebody who doesn't want to change because they like to have a small club than a larger club... We certainly support India in this quest," he added.
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June 4, 2026, 10:25 AM - 3 min read
"We look forward to working closely with each of you during your 2027-28 term and wish you all success,” he added.
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May 21, 2026, 04:38 PM - 4 min read
India accused Pakistan at the UN Security Council of a “long-tainted” record of genocidal acts and targeting civilians within and beyond its borders.
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March 12, 2026, 10:03 AM - 5 min read
Iran’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani described the Council’s action as “unjust and unlawful", inconsistent with the United Nations Charter and international law, and an action that completely disregards the established principles governing the determination of acts of aggression and breaches of the peace.
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March 8, 2026, 05:13 PM - 2 min read
Speaking to the media, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov argued that while international law might still exist "de jure" on paper, it has vanished "de facto" in practice.
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January 22, 2026, 01:22 PM - 3 min read
Earlier in November, the UN Security Council authorised the Board of Peace to serve as a transitional body to oversee a US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
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January 16, 2026, 02:50 PM - 3 min read
The American envoy renewed threats against the Islamic Republic as officials from the US and Iran faced each other, along with Iranian dissidents who rebuked the government’s bloody crackdown on protesters that has led to the killing of at least 2,637 as per estimates by human rights watch groups
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January 15, 2026, 01:38 PM - 4 min read
Authorities in Iran reopened the country’s airspace to passenger airlines on Thursday, nearly five hours after closing it over concerns of a possible military attack by the United States
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January 13, 2026, 03:50 PM - 3 min read
At a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Monday, US deputy ambassador Tammy Bruce accused Russia of escalating the war in Ukraine and jeopardising ongoing peace negotiations
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December 16, 2025, 03:27 PM - 3 min read
At the United Nation’s Security Council meeting, India dismissed Pakistan’s debate on the issue of Jammu & Kashmir and its resolution in accordance with the UN Charter, saying it will counter “Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in all its forms and manifestations with all its might”
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September 28, 2025, 03:54 PM - 3 min read
The United Nations snapback sanctions on Iran came into effect at midnight GMT for the first time in a decade after the last attempt to resume nuclear negotiations with Western powers failed.
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