Context: The UN is preparing to select the 10th Secretary-General (UNSG), succeeding António Guterres. The choice comes amid rising conflicts, technological disruption, inadequate climate action and declining confidence in multilateral institutions.C...

Significance and Achievements of the United NationsEstablished in 1945: The United Nations (UN) was created after the Second World War to maintain international peace and security, promote cooperation and uphold international law. Despite its limitat...

Context: Growing disregard for international law, particularly by powerful states and authoritarian leaders, is weakening global peace, human rights protection and accountability.Prohibition on the use of force: A fundamental principle of internation...

Context: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government meeting in Tajikistan, raised the issue of terrorism, including cross-border terrorism originating from Pakistan. This was...

Context: India is seeking a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for 2028–29, with elections scheduled for June 2027; Tajikistan is also contesting despite being the expected consensus candidate from the Asia-Pacific group...

Context: The United Nations (UN) is facing declining authority as rivalry among major powers increasingly weakens multilateral cooperation and allows powerful States to bypass or obstruct UN institutions.For a rising power such as India, a weaker UN...

Context: India is set to participate in the P4M initiative at the United Nations, advocating stronger, more representative and effective multilateralism.P4M:Partners for Multilateralism — an open, flexible framework supporting UN and multilateral ins...

Context: The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), in its first review of India since 2007, expressed “grave concern” over reports of violence and discrimination by law-enforcement agencies against minority ethnic and ethno...

Context: The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), in its first review of India since 2007, expressed “grave concern” over reports of violence and discrimination by law-enforcement agencies against minority ethnic and ethno...