India's UNSC presidency to mark arrival of Mahatma Gandhi's bust at UNHQ

UN Security Council meeting to discuss ongoing peacekeeping mission in Mali

UN Designates Pakistan’s Abdul Rehman Makki as Global Terrorist | Oneindia News *International

The United Nations Security Council, UNSC late on Monday night listed Abdul Rehman Makki, a Pakistan-based terrorist, as a global terrorist under its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee. This comes as a huge win for India and the world’s war on terror as China was forced to remove the technical hold and list him under the UNSC’s ISIL and Al-Qaida sanctions committee. #AbdulRehmanMakki #GlobalTerrrorist #UNSC

S Jaishankar interviewed in Austria, speaks on 'undiplomatic' words against Pakistan | Oneindia News

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that he could have used much harsher words for Pakistan for its role in promoting cross border terrorism. His statement came in the context of his veiled attack on Pakistan at the UN Security Council held under the Indian presidency in December, when he termed the nation as ‘epicentre of terrorism’. Jaishankar is in Vienna on the second leg of his two-nation tour. On Monday, during a joint press briefing with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, he said that the impacts of cross-border terrorism cannot be limited within a region. #SJaishankar #Vienna #AlexanderSchallenberg

This Day in History: Gandhi Is Assassinated

This Day in History:, Gandhi Is Assassinated. January 30, 1948. The political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement was assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu fanatic. Known as Mahatma, or “the great soul,” Gandhi’s methods of civil disobedience influenced leaders of civil rights movements around the world. He organized his first campaign of satyagraha, or mass civil disobedience, in 1906 while working as a lawyer in South Africa. Five years after returning to India, Gandhi launched a new satyagraha in 1919 in protest of Britain’s mandatory military draft of Indians. For the next two decades, he led fasts, marches, worked for India's poor and was often imprisoned. In 1942, Gandhi launched the “Quit India” movement, which called for a total British withdrawal from India. On August 15, 1947, Britain agreed to create the two new independent states of India and Pakistan. When he was killed, Gandhi was on a vigil to heal the religious strife between Hindus and Muslims in his country

10 True Champions of Human Rights (Human Rights Day)

, 10 True Champions, of Human Rights. There have always been individuals around the world who chose to fight fiercely for peace and progress. In honor of Human Rights Day, here are ten true champions who dedicated their lives to helping others. . 1. Nelson Mandela. 2. Eleanor Roosevelt. 3. César Chávez. 4. Muhammad Yunus. 5. Martin Luther King Jr. . 6. Desmond Tutu. 7. Oscar Arias. 8. Mahatma Gandhi. 9. José Ramos-Horta. 10. Harriet Tubman