India’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) Ruchira Kamboj said her country supports the efforts made by the UN Secretary-General in continuing the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
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India’s UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj assumes Chair of Commission for Social Development
India’s permanent ambassador to United Nations Ruchira Kamboj has assumed the chair of the 62nd Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) and stressed its crucial role in addressing social challenges.
‘Great enthusiasm’ for Yoga Day to be led by Modi at UN: Ruchira Kamboj
There is great enthusiasm among diplomats from around the world and UN officials for the International Day of Yoga celebrations to be led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, according to India’s Permanent Representative to UN, Ruchira Kamboj.
India ready to take its place at global top tables: Ruchira Kamboj
India is ready to take its place at the global top tables including G-20 and the UN Security Council presidency as the country is willing to bring solutions to the table, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ruchira Kamboj said on Thursday.
From Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit to Ruchira Kamboj: Indian women head top UN bodies
When Ruchira Kamboj takes the gavel on Thursday at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), she will be following in the footsteps of an illustrious Indian woman, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit who assumed leadership of a major UN body 69 years ago.
India’s Ruchira Kamboj highlights menace of new technology in terrorist hands
Ruchira Kamboj, Permanent Representative of the Government of India to the United Nations, highlighted the dangers and the menace of new technology being used by terrorists.
Ruchira Kamboj takes over as India’s Permanent Representative to the UN
Kamboj will take her seat at the Security Council, where India is an elected member, at a time of heightened international tensions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine with the body hobbled by permanent members’ veto powers.
Ruchira Kamboj is India’s new UN Permanent Representative
iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- India’s envoy to Bhutan Ruchira Kamboj[Above photo], a 1987-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, was Tuesday, June 21 appointed as India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. Kamboj will succeed T.S. Tirumurti as the Indian ambassador to the UN. “Ms. Ruchira Kamboj (IFS: 1987), presently Ambassador of India to […]
India’s dedication to multilateralism shines ahead of UN Summit of the Future
Ahead of the UN Summit of the Future, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj, has underscored India’s unwavering commitment to multilateralism.
India opposes introducing a ‘special envoy’ to combat Islamophobia at UN
Calling India “a proud champion of pluralism,” India’s Permanent Representative Ruchira Kamboj opposed the establishment of the post of “special envoy” on a special religion at the United Nations today.
India assails ‘disguised veto’ at UN Security Council anti-terrorism panel protecting Pak-based terrorists
India has assailed the secretive “subterranean” working of the Security Council sanctions committee on terrorism, accusing it of allowing a system of “disguised veto” in blocking the listing of Pakistan-linked terrorists. “For genuine, evidence-based listing proposals for globally sanctioned terrorists to be blocked. without giving any justification, is uncalled for and smacks of doublespeak when it comes to the council’s commitment in tackling the challenge of terrorism,” India’s Permanent Representative Ruchira Kamboj said on Monday.
At UNGA, India calls for “immediate de-escalation” in Gaza; reiterates two-state stand
India has called for an “immediate de-escalation and eschewing of violence” in Gaza but stopped short of specifically mentioning a ceasefire, which is now a broad demand across the UN but opposed by Israel. “In order to arrive at a lasting solution, we urge for an immediate de-escalation and eschewing of violence,” India’s Permanent Representative Ruchira Kamboj told the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Monday.
At United Nations, India decries primacy of open markets in food grains
India has decried the primacy of the concept of open markets in food grains amid warnings from United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres of a looming “hellscape of hunger” for the world’s poorest. “Open Markets must not become an argument to perpetuate inequity and promote discrimination” in the availability of food grain, India’s Permanent Representative Ruchira Kamboj told the Security Council on Tuesday.
In a turnaround, India votes for UNGA resolution for Gaza ceasefire
Faced with the “challenge” to “strike the right balance”, India on Tuesday joined the General Assembly’s call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza, reversing its earlier position of abstaining. After the resolution was adopted with 153 votes, India’s Permanent Representative to UN, Ruchira Kamboj, outlined the complicating factors, the terrorist attack on October 7 on Israel, the humanitarian crisis and the deaths of civilians and said, “Our challenge in this extraordinarily difficult time is to strike the right balance.”
India to chair 62nd UN Commission for Social Development in 2024
India’s permanent representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj, on Monday chaired a member-state briefing in preparation for the 62nd UN Commission for Social Development in February 2024. Taking to X, ‘India at UN’ shared details about the briefing in a post, saying, “India led an insightful member state briefing in preparation for the 62nd UN Commission for Social Development in Feb 2024. Together, we aim to foster global cooperation for a more inclusive and sustainable future.”
India reiterates sovereign, independent state of Palestine at UN
India advocates for the resumption of direct negotiations towards establishing a sovereign, independent and viable state of Palestine living within secure and recognized borders side by side at peace with Israel, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj said at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Monday.
Chandrayaan-3: India’s UN envoy spells out nation’s space goals for humanity
“By aiming for the moon, India has not only reached it, but also set our sights on the limitless possibilities that lie ahead (and) as the saying goes, ‘To infinity and beyond’,” India’s Permanent Representative Ruchira Kamboj said on Wednesday. While the successful landing of the Chandrayaan-3 on the moon “symbolises the aspirations of 1.4 billion Indians,” she added on Wednesday that “it’s a historic moment for humanity as we venture into uncharted territory near the moon’s South Pole”.
India responds to Pakistan attack in UN General Assembly with biting sarcasm
India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Ruchira Kamboj offered Pakistan the “utmost sympathy” for what she described as its mindset of ignorance and inability to comprehend the culture of peace. In a voice dripping with sarcasm, she blew off a Pakistani attack on India at the General Assembly on Wednesday saying: “We have nothing but the utmost sympathy for such a mindset that utters falsehoods repeatedly, arising undeniably out of ignorance, and a total lack of appreciation for a culture of peace.”
India questions fundamental structure of United Nations Security Council
India’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj questioned the fundamental structure of the Security Council and asked that by making five members more equal than others, does principal organ be considered as inclusive.
India, Belgium, South Africa launch the Group of Friends on Science for Action in UN
Permanent UN Representatives of India, Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, Ambassador Philippe Kridelka, of Belgium, and Ambassador Mathu Joyini of South Africa, announced the creation of a Group of Friends on Science for Action in presence of the President of the General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi on 12 April.
Countries using cross-border terrorism should be held accountable: India
India has called for international solidarity to hold responsible under international law the countries that use cross-border terrorism. India’s Permanent Representative Ruchira Kamboj told the UN Security Council on Thursday, “States that use cross-border terror to serve narrow political purposes must be held accountable”.
Pressing UNSC reforms, India highlights consensus in G20 with broader membership
Arul Louis (IANS)- Pressing the case for Security Council reforms, India has highlighted the consensus arrived at the more representative G20 Summit on issues that could not make it through the UN’s highest decision-making body stuck in a “cold war” mode. “We are all aware that issues on which the United Nations Security Council has […]
With remarkable unanimity, UNGA adopts India-backed landmark resolution on AI safeguards
Setting aside their polarizing differences, all 193 countries joined to adopt a landmark resolution backed by India, aiming to keep the world safe from the excesses of artificial intelligence (AI). The UN General Assembly’s resolution passed unanimously on Thursday stressed “the urgency of achieving global consensus on safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems” in the face of “potential risk for accidents and compound threats from malicious actors”.
‘Can’t be my way or highway’: India slams UFC model on UNSC reforms
India on Tuesday slammed the Uniting for Consensus (UFC) model on United Nations Security Council reforms, citing that it won’t empower Africa or Global South nations or change permanent seat membership. The UFC, which comprises 12 countries and two observers, including a P5 nation, stands against the idea advocated by a majority of the UN member states — which is an expansion in the permanent and non-permanent categories of an expanded Security Council.
Ex-UN Secy Gen Ban Ki-moon gets Power of One Award from New York-based Diwali Foundation
Accepting the Power of One Award from the New York-based Diwali Foundation USA, former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the global organisation is indispensable at a time when crises are tearing the world apart. After receiving the award on Monday, he said that crises like in the Middle East and Ukraine have kept nations and people apart and hindered global cooperation and progress. “But it is exactly at times such as these that the work of the UN is indispensable.”