United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Archives

Why is HB Report on 1962 War Not Being Declassified?

Col Rajinder Singh - October 14, 2024

Did the HB Report on the 1962 war suggest the war might have been triggered by India provoking China through its ‘Forward Policy’ launched in 1954? Under this policy, Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru...

INS Arighat: India’s Nuclear Command Gets Undersea Boost

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - September 27, 2024

On August 29, 2024, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched India’s second Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear (SSBN) submarine at Visakhapatnam at the secretive Ship Building Centre in the Eastern Naval Command. INS Arighat, which translates...

United Nations’ Summit of the Future to Decide the Future of the UN

Lt Gen Ashok Bhim Shivane - September 23, 2024

the United Nations’ (UN) Summit of the Future scheduled for September 22-23, is the most important event of the year. It aims to establish a future course for the UN as the world negotiates...

Israel’s Gaza War Turning Downhill?

Ravi Srivastava - April 13, 2024

Serious Concerns: When the Israeli drones struck the World Central Kitchen (WCK) food cars in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, the destruction proved an extreme low for Israel’s campaign. It wasn’t the first or isolated...

NSA Ajit Doval Highlights Need to Shun Double Standards at NSA SCO Meet in Astana

Admin - April 4, 2024

Astana: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval led a delegation at the 19th Meeting of Secretaries of the Security Council of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Astana. In his address, Doval highlighted the need to...

Comment from a Country that has a Truly Abysmal Human Rights Record is Not Merely Ironical but Perverse: India on Pakistan at UN

Admin - February 29, 2024

Geneva: In a befitting reply to Pakistan, India exercised its 'Right of Reply' in response to references to New Delhi stating that the nation that has institutionalised the systemic persecution of its minorities and...

Terrorism in J&K: India Must Shed its Defensive Mentality

Lt Gen Prakash Katoch - January 14, 2024

The terrorist ambush of two army vehicles in the Surankote area of the Poonch-Rajauri sector on December 21, 2023, has brought the focus on terrorism in J&K again. The terrorists took away the weapons...

EAM Jaishankar, UK MoS – Security Discuss Ways to Make India-UK Partnership More Productive

Admin - August 11, 2023

New Delhi: As part of the move to boost Indo-UK relations, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on August 10 met the UK's Minister of State for Security Tom Tugendhat and discussed ways to make...

Birds of Mass Destruction

Lt Gen Prakash Katoch - May 11, 2022

The protracted Ukraine War has gone murkier with Russian forces in Ukraine claiming to have come across US-aided bio-labs developing dangerous pathogens. Not many are aware that the US Department of Defence (DoD) had...

Deciphering India’s Stand in the Russo-Ukraine War

Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja - May 5, 2022

On February 24, 2022, after weeks of playing guessing games with the world’s imagination, and Ukraine’s speculations, Moscow let loose its firepower against Ukraine. The “he will – he wouldn’t” assumptions amongst the arm-chair...

Is Antonio Guterres America’s puppet?

Lt Gen Prakash Katoch - April 29, 2022

On April 26, 2022, India took a position opposing the adoption of the resolution on standing mandate for the General Assembly (GA) meeting in case of use of ‘veto’ by the UNGA. The resolution text...

United Nations and Conflict Management – The Way Ahead

Maj Gen Rajan Kochhar - March 31, 2022

In the backdrop of the present conflict between Russia and Ukraine, there has been a debate on the relevance of the United Nations and its role in addressing the conflicts worldwide. A review is...

Pakistan’s Efforts to Raise Kashmir at UN Through China Fails Again

Admin - January 16, 2020

New Delhi: Pakistan's efforts to raise Jammu and Kashmir at the UN Security Council through China crumbled once again on January 15 as most members of the top world body said it was not...