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The UN projects India’s economy to grow by 6.6% in 2025, supported by strong private consumption, infrastructure investment, and export performance. 

India’s Economy to Expand 6.6% in 2025: UN

The UN projects India&rsquo;s economy to grow by 6.6% in 2025, supported by strong private consumption, infrastructure investment, and export performance. Inflation is forecast to decline to 4.3%, staying within the RBI&rsquo;s target range.

The Indian economy is projected to expand by 6.6 per cent in 2025, primarily supported by robust private consumption and investment, according to a United Nations report.
The report titled <a href="https://desapublications.un.org/publications/world-economic-situation-and-prospects-2025" target="_blank">'the UN World Economic Situation and Prospects 2025'</a> was released on Wednesday.
It also said that the near-term outlook for South Asia is expected to remain robust, with growth projected at 5.7 per cent in 2025 and 6.0 per cent in 2026, &ldquo;driven by strong performance in India as well as economic recovery in a few other economies&rdquo;, including Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
The Indian economy grew by 6.8 per cent in 2024 and is forecast to expand by 6.6 per cent in 2025. The Indian economy is projected to return to the 6.8 per cent growth in 2026.
&ldquo;The economy of India, the largest in the (South Asia) region, is forecast to expand by 6.6 per cent in 2025, primarily supported by robust private consumption and investment. Additionally, capital expenditure on infrastructure development is expected to have strong multiplier effects on growth in the coming years,&rdquo; the report said.
It added that strong export growth in services and certain goods categories, particularly pharmaceuticals and electronics, will bolster economic activity for India. On the supply side, expansion in the manufacturing and services sectors will keep driving the economy throughout the forecast period.
Meanwhile, favourable monsoon rains in 2024 have improved the summer-sowing areas for all major crops, boosting agricultural output expectations for 2025.
Investment growth has remained particularly strong in East Asia and South Asia, partly driven by domestic and foreign investments in new supply chains, particularly in India, Indonesia, and Vietnam, the report said.
In India, the public sector continues to play a pivotal role in funding large-scale infrastructure projects, physical and digital connectivity, and social infrastructure, including improvements in sanitation and water supply. Strong investment growth is expected to continue through 2025.
Consumer price inflation in India is forecast to decelerate from an estimated 4.8 per cent in 2024 to 4.3 per cent in 2025, staying within the 2&ndash;6 per cent medium-term target range set by the central bank. While decreasing energy prices have contributed to the ongoing decline, adverse weather conditions have kept prices of vegetables, cereals, and other staples elevated in 2024, resulting in spikes in the country&rsquo;s headline inflation in June and September.
It said that several developing economies, including China, India, and Mexico, have maintained robust investment growth, while African nations have faced limited public investment due to high debt servicing burdens, and Western Asia has experienced low investment growth amid subdued oil revenues.
Global economic growth is forecast at 2.8 per cent in 2025 and 2.9 per cent in 2026, largely unchanged from the rate of 2.8 per cent recorded in 2023 and estimated for 2024.
The positive but moderately slower growth projected for the two largest economies&mdash; China and the United States of America&mdash;will likely be complemented by mild recovery in the European Union, Japan, and the United Kingdom and strong performance in several large developing economies, notably India and Indonesia, it said.
China is facing the prospect of gradual economic moderation, with growth estimated at 4.9 per cent in 2024 and projected at 4.8 per cent in 2025. Public sector investments and strong export performance are partly offset by subdued consumption growth and lingering weakness in the property sector.
The Chinese authorities have stepped up policy support to lift property markets, address local government debt challenges, and boost domestic demand; the impacts of relevant initiatives are expected to be manifested over time, it said.
The shrinking population and rising trade and technology tensions, if unaddressed, could threaten the country&rsquo;s medium-term growth prospects, it said.
Among developing countries, robust momentum in India and modest growth acceleration in Africa, Western Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean will offset a slight moderation of growth in China.
The report noted that weaker external demand, persistent debt challenges, and social unrest and political turmoil in some economies may undermine the outlook for the South Asian region.
&ldquo;However, risks to the outlook are tilted to the downside owing to the possible escalation of geopolitical tensions, deceleration in external demand, ongoing debt challenges, and social unrest. In addition, as the region is highly vulnerable to the impact of climate hazards, extreme weather events pose a significant risk,&rdquo; it said.
It said that the labour market situation in developing countries remains challenging, with significant variations in the outlook driven by differing economic conditions and policy responses. Some economies have exhibited resilience, it said adding that employment indicators in India have remained robust.
In India, employment indicators have remained strong throughout 2024, with labour force participation near record highs, the report said, citing the Reserve Bank of India data.
Urban unemployment stood at 6.6 per cent during this period&mdash;virtually unchanged from the rate of 6.7 per cent recorded in 2023. Although there has been progress in female labour market participation in the country, substantial gender gaps remain.
Climate-related shocks have battered South Asia in 2024. During the first half of the year, several of the region&rsquo;s countries&mdash;including Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka&mdash;experienced heatwaves, droughts, and irregular rainfall patterns, which led to reduced crop yields and elevated food prices.
Additionally, extreme weather events have disproportionately affected poor rural households, leading to reductions in income and widening income inequality, the report said.

A polarised Security Council has failed to deal with current peace and security challenges, with Council members sharply divided on conflicts such as the Ukraine war and the Israel-Hamas war.

India’s Call for UN Reforms: A Vision for Global Relevance

A polarised Security Council has failed to deal with current peace and security challenges, with Council members sharply divided on conflicts such as the Ukraine war and the Israel-Hamas war.

As the United Nations prepares to celebrate its 80th anniversary next year, India stressed that reform is &ldquo;key&rdquo; to the organisation&rsquo;s &ldquo;relevance&rdquo; in addressing current and future global challenges, as world leaders signed off on an ambitious pact in 2024 to transform global governance and drive sustainable action.
When world leaders descended at the UN Headquarters in September for the high-level 79th session of the General Assembly, they adopted by consensus the landmark &lsquo;Pact of the Future&rsquo; &ndash; a document that covers themes from peace and security, sustainable development to climate change, digital cooperation, human rights, gender, youth and future generations, and transformation of global governance.
Underlining the need for reform, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t need a crystal ball to see that 21st Century challenges require problem-solving mechanisms that are more effective, networked and inclusive. We can&rsquo;t create a future fit for our grandchildren with systems built for our grandparents.&rdquo;
India has been at the forefront of years-long efforts calling for reform of the Security Council, including expansion in both its permanent and non-permanent categories, saying the 15-nation Council, founded in 1945, is not fit for purpose in the 21st Century and does not reflect contemporary geo-political realities. Delhi has underscored that it rightly deserves a permanent seat at the horse-shoe table.
A polarised Security Council has failed to deal with current peace and security challenges, with Council members sharply divided on conflicts such as the Ukraine war and the Israel-Hamas war.
Guterres noted that many of today&rsquo;s pressing issues were not foreseen when the UN&rsquo;s multilateral framework was created 80 years ago.
India&rsquo;s message to the international community was that reforms in global institutions are essential for global peace and development.
&ldquo;Reform is the key to relevance&hellip; Global action must match global ambition,&rdquo; Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his address to the UN&rsquo;s Summit of the Future, where the Pact was adopted.
Modi&rsquo;s clarion call for change from the UNGA lectern came amid ongoing global conflicts, including the Ukraine war entering its third year, the Israel-Hamas war, and escalating global threats like terrorism, climate crises, economic inequality, and attacks on women&rsquo;s rights.
Amid these global challenges, India consistently advocated dialogue and diplomacy to arrive at solutions and resolve conflicts. When Modi met Ukraine&rsquo;s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the Summit of the Future before wrapping up his three-day visit to the US, he reiterated India&rsquo;s willingness to play a constructive role in the quest for a peaceful resolution of the conflict through dialogue and diplomacy.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri emphasised Modi&rsquo;s commitment to finding a way forward and contributing in any way possible to a resolution of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
The Modi-Zelenskyy meeting was the third in about as many months. Modi met the Ukrainian leader in Kyiv in August, just weeks after he met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in July. In June, Modi held a bilateral meeting with Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Italy.
Modi held bilateral talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, expressing concern over the Gaza crisis and advocating a two-state solution for sustainable peace in the region.
Modi also met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia in October amidst heightened tensions between Iran and Israel. Modi emphasized the need for dialogue and diplomacy to de-escalate tensions in the volatile region.
Terrorism continued to pose a significant threat to peace and security globally in 2024.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar&rsquo;s General Assembly address in September marked a strong stance, explicitly condemning Pakistan&rsquo;s &ldquo;cross-border terrorism policy&rdquo; for the first time in six years from the UNGA lectern while delivering the national statement at the high-level General Debate.
He asserted that terrorism is antithetical to everything that the world stands for. &ldquo;When this polity instils such fanaticism among its people, its GDP can only be measured in terms of the radicalisation and its exports in the form of terrorism,&rdquo; Jaishankar said.
&ldquo;Pakistan&rsquo;s cross-border terrorism policy will never succeed. And it can have no expectation of impunity. On the contrary, actions will certainly have consequences. The issue to be resolved between us is now only the vacation of illegally occupied Indian territory by Pakistan. And of course the abandonment of Pakistan&rsquo;s longstanding attachment to terrorism,&rdquo; he said.
His statement echoed late External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj&rsquo;s 2018 address, which criticised Pakistan&rsquo;s continued glorification of terrorism.
&ldquo;Pakistan&rsquo;s commitment to terrorism as an instrument of official policy has not abated one bit&hellip; Pakistan glorifies killers; it refuses to see the blood of innocents,&rdquo; Swaraj had said in her powerful takedown of Pakistan from the UNGA podium.
The UN&rsquo;s ability to maintain peace and security remains under scrutiny as its Security Council grapples with polarization and fails to maintain international peace and security.
Pakistan, which has an &ldquo;all-weather ally&rdquo; in China, is set to sit at the Security Council horse-shoe table for a two-year term as an elected non-permanent member beginning January 1, 2025.
It should come as no surprise that Pakistan will use its UNSC tenure to raise the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and propose discussions at the multilateral forum on the bilateral issue, despite past failures to garner support from the wider UN membership.
Recalling the origins of the UN at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington DC 80 years ago, Jaishankar in his UNGA address stressed that reforming multilateralism is imperative to address today&rsquo;s dual crises of peace and prosperity.
&ldquo;The debates of that era centred around ensuring world peace, a prerequisite for global prosperity. Today, we find both peace and prosperity equally endangered,&rdquo; he said.
&ldquo;We see that vividly in every challenge and every crisis. Reforming multilateralism is, therefore, an imperative,&rdquo; Jaishankar said.
India&rsquo;s strong call for change resonates globally as the UN nears its 80th year, striving to remain relevant in a rapidly evolving world.
The world body also faces its litany of uncertainties with Donald Trump&rsquo;s return to the US President in 2025.
Known for his criticisms of the UN, Trump&rsquo;s first term from 2017-2021 saw the US withdraw from several UN agencies, including the Paris Climate Agreement, the UN Human Rights Council and UNESCO, and cut funding to the United Nations Population Fund, the organisation&rsquo;s reproductive health agency.
Following Trump&rsquo;s election victory, Guterres reaffirmed the importance of US-UN cooperation, expressing readiness to engage constructively with the incoming administration.
In his first term, Trump described the UN as hampered by &ldquo;bureaucracy and mismanagement&rdquo;, calling for reforms to advance its mission. The US remains the largest contributor to the UN, accounting for 22 per cent of the regular budget.
All eyes will be on how the relationship between the UN and the incoming Trump administration pans out given his past criticisms of the world body.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by Editorji News Desk and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Ahead of the vote, Israel's UN envoy Danny Danon said: "The resolutions before the assembly today are beyond logic. (...) The vote today is not a vote for compassion. It is a vote for complicity."

UN Pushes for Gaza Ceasefire, Urges Humanitarian Aid Amid Ongoing Conflict

Ahead of the vote, Israel's UN envoy Danny Danon said: "The resolutions before the assembly today are beyond logic. (...) The vote today is not a vote for compassion. It is a vote for complicity."

The UN General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza, a symbolic gesture rejected by the United States and Israel.
The resolution -- adopted by a vote of 158-9, with 13 abstentions -- urges "an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire," and "the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages" -- wording similar to a text vetoed by Washington in the Security Council last month.
At that time, Washington used its veto power on the Council -- as it has before -- to protect its ally Israel, which has been at war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip since the Palestinian militant group's October 7, 2023 attack.
It has insisted on the idea of making a ceasefire conditional on the release of all hostages in Gaza, saying otherwise that Hamas has no incentive to free those in captivity.
Deputy US Ambassador Robert Wood repeated that position Wednesday, saying it would be "shameful and wrong" to adopt the text.
Ahead of the vote, Israel's UN envoy Danny Danon said: "The resolutions before the assembly today are beyond logic. (...) The vote today is not a vote for compassion. It is a vote for complicity."
The General Assembly often finds itself taking up measures that cannot get through the Security Council, which has been largely paralyzed on hot-button issues such as Gaza and Ukraine due to internal politics, and this time is no different.
The resolution, which is non-binding, demands "immediate access" to widespread humanitarian aid for the citizens of Gaza, especially in the besieged north of the territory.
Dozens of representatives of UN member states addressed the Assembly before the vote to offer their support to the Palestinians.
"Gaza doesn't exist anymore. It is destroyed," said Slovenia's UN envoy Samuel Zbogar. "History is the harshest critic of inaction."
'Price of silence'
That criticism was echoed by Algeria's deputy UN ambassador Nacim Gaouaoui, who said: "The price of silence and failure in the face of the Palestinian tragedy is a very heavy price, and it will be heavier tomorrow."
Hamas's October 2023 attack on southern Israel resulted in the deaths of 1,208 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. That count includes hostages who died or were killed while being held in Gaza.
Militants abducted 251 hostages, 96 of whom remain in Gaza, including 34 the Israeli military says are dead.
Israel's retaliatory offensive in Gaza has killed at least 44,805 people, a majority of them civilians, according to data from the Hamas-run health ministry that is considered reliable by the United Nations.
"Gaza today is the bleeding heart of Palestine," Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour said last week during the first day of debate in the Assembly's special session on the issue.
"The images of our children burning in tents, with no food in their bellies and no hopes and no horizon for the future, and after having endured pain and loss for more than a year, should haunt the conscience of the world and prompt action to end this nightmare," he said, calling for an end to the "impunity."
After Wednesday's vote, he said "We will keep knocking on the doors of the Security Council and the General Assembly until we see an immediate and unconditional ceasefire put in place."
The Gaza resolution calls on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to present "proposals on how the United Nations could help to advance accountability" by using existing mechanisms or creating new ones based on past experience.
The Assembly, for example, created an international mechanism to gather evidence of crimes committed in Syria starting from the outbreak of civil war in 2011.
A second resolution calling on Israel to respect the mandate of the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and allow it to continue its operations was passed Wednesday by a vote of 159-9 with 11 abstentions.
Israel has voted to ban the organisation starting January 28, after accusing some UNRWA employees of taking part in Hamas's devastating attack.

Afghanistan&rsquo;s Taliban rulers have issued the country&rsquo;s first set of laws that require a woman to conceal her face, body and voice outside the home.

UN denounces Taliban's 'vice and virtue' law that prohibits Afghan women from speaking

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have issued the country’s first set of laws that require a woman to conceal her face, body and voice outside the home.

Afghanistan&rsquo;s Taliban rulers have issued the country&rsquo;s first set of laws that require a woman to conceal her face, body and voice outside the home.

Afghanistan&rsquo;s Taliban rulers have issued the country&rsquo;s first set of laws that require a woman to conceal her face, body and voice outside the home.
The new law also adds some limitations for men. It says that males required to cover their bodies from their navels to their knees when they are outside their homes.
While the Taliban does not clearly state a punishment for offenders, detention is almost assured. Authorities will then decide on an appropriate punishment. The move has received foreign condemnation.
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In a post on X, the human rights body voiced concern over the use of UAPA to silence critics. It repeated a call to review the anti-terror law and release human rights defenders detained under it. 

UN Human Rights Office urges India to drop cases against Arundhati Roy over Kashmir comments

In a post on X, the human rights body voiced concern over the use of UAPA to silence critics. It repeated a call to review the anti-terror law and release human rights defenders detained under it.&nbsp;

The top UN human rights official on Thursday voiced concern over the use of anti-terror law in India to silence critics and urged authorities to drop cases against author Arundhati Roy over comments on Kashmir.
"#India: We are concerned by the use of #UAPA anti-terror law to silence critics. Repeat call for review of law &amp; release of human rights defenders detained under it. Urge authorities to drop cases against&rdquo; Arundhati Roy and Sheikh Showkat Hussain over comments on Kashmir,&rdquo; the UN Human Rights Office, led by High Commissioner Volker Turk, said in a post on X.
Earlier this month, Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena accorded sanction to prosecute Roy and former Central University of Kashmir professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for allegedly making provocative speeches at an event in 2010.
Roy, a Booker Prize-winning author, and Hussain had been named in an FIR registered on October 28, 2010. The two had allegedly made provocative speeches at a conference organised under the banner of &lsquo;Azadi &ndash; The Only Way&rsquo; on October 21, 2010, in New Delhi.
Roy, 62, was on Thursday honoured with the prestigious Pen Pinter Prize 2024 for her "unflinching and unswerving" writings. The prize, established in 2009 by the charity English PEN, defends freedom of expression and celebrates literature in memory of Nobel-Laureate playwright Harold Pinter.&nbsp;
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Isreal calls for sanctions on Iran, while Tehran wants punitive action to stop Gaza 'genocide'.

UN calls for de-escalation, as Israel and Iran trade barbs at Security Council meet

Isreal calls for sanctions on Iran, while Tehran wants punitive action to stop Gaza 'genocide'.

Israel and Iran accused one another Sunday at the United Nations of being the main threat to peace in the Middle East, each calling on the Security Council to impose sanctions on their sworn enemy.
"The mask is off. Iran, the number one global sponsor of terror, has exposed its true face as the destabilizer of the region and the world," Israel's UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan told an emergency meeting of the Security Council convened after Tehran's unprecedented attack on Israel overnight.
"The mask comes off and the gloves must come on," he said, imploring the body to "take action."
Erdan asked the Security Council to designate the Revolutionary Guards, the Islamic Republic's ideological army, as a terrorist organization and to "impose all possible sanctions on Iran before it's too late."
In particular, he referred to the "snapback" mechanism that allows members of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal -- which the United States exited in 2018 -- to reimpose international sanctions against Tehran.
Addressing the emergency meeting, Iran's UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani insisted the Islamic republic was exercising its "inherent right to self-defense."
"The Security Council... failed in its duty to maintain international peace and security," Iravani said.
Therefore, Tehran "had no choice" but to respond, he said, adding that his country does "not seek escalation or war," but will respond to any "threat or aggression."
He also lashed out at Israel.
"It is time for the Security Council to shoulder its responsibility and address the real threat to international peace and security," Iravani said.
The body "must take urgent and punitive measures to compel this regime to stop a genocide against the people of Gaza."
Late Saturday, Iran launched a direct attack on its arch foe Israel for the first time, firing more than 300 missiles and drones.
Nearly all were intercepted by Israel and others, including the United States, Jordan and Britain.
Iran said its attack came in response to a deadly April 1 air strike on Tehran's consulate building in Syria's capital Damascus that was widely blamed on Israel.
That attack killed seven Iranian Revolutionary Guards, including two senior generals.
On Sunday United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged restraint, telling the emergency meeting that "neither the region nor the world can afford more war."
"Now is the time to defuse and de-escalate," he said.
Guterres also repeated his condemnation of Iran's strikes on Israel, and the attack on Iran's consulate in Damascus.
"It's time to step back from the brink," Guterres said.
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A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made these remarks while he was responding to a question on the political unrest in India ahead of the upcoming national elections

'Hope everyone's rights protected in India': UN on Kejriwal's arrest

A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made these remarks while he was responding to a question on the political unrest in India ahead of the upcoming national elections

A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said we very much "hope&rdquo; that in India and any country that is having elections, people&rsquo;s "political and civil rights" are "protected" and everyone is able to vote in a "free and fair" atmosphere.
Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric made these remarks on Thursday while he was responding to a question on the &ldquo;political unrest&rdquo; in India ahead of the upcoming national elections in the wake of the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the freezing of the opposition Congress Party's bank accounts.
&ldquo;What we very much hope that in India, as in any country that is having elections, that everyone's rights are protected, including political and civil rights, and everyone is able to vote in an atmosphere that is free and fair,&rdquo; Dujarric said at the daily press briefing Thursday.
The response from the United Nations comes a day after the US also reacted to a similar question on Kejriwal&rsquo;s arrest and freezing of the Congress party&rsquo;s bank accounts.
On Wednesday, hours after India summoned a senior US diplomat to protest remarks on Kejriwal's arrest, Washington reiterated that it encourages fair, transparent, timely legal processes.
On the US diplomat being summoned in Delhi, US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not going to talk about any private diplomatic conversations. But of course what we have said publicly is what I just said from here, that we encourage fair, transparent, timely legal processes. We don&rsquo;t think anyone should object to that, and we&rsquo;ll make the same thing clear privately.&rdquo; Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officials summoned Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Gloria Berbena to their office in South Block in the Indian capital. The meeting lasted for more than 30 minutes.
On Thursday, India said the US State Department's recent remarks on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal are "unwarranted" and asserted the country is "proud of its independent and robust democratic institutions" and committed to protect them from any form of undue external influences.
Any "external imputation" on India's electoral and legal processes is "completely unacceptable", MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in New Delhi during his weekly press briefing.
In India, legal processes are driven "only by the rule of law", Jaiswal said on Thursday.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had said in a statement that India took strong objection to the remarks of the Spokesperson of the US State Department about certain legal proceedings in India.
&ldquo;India&rsquo;s legal processes are based on an independent judiciary which is committed to objective and timely outcomes. Casting aspersions on that is unwarranted,&rdquo; the MEA had said. &nbsp; The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Kejriwal in a money laundering case linked to the excise policy 'scam'.
The case pertains to alleged corruption and money laundering in formulating and executing the Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22 which was later scrapped.&nbsp;

The World Meteorological Organization has issued a warning that cautions against rapidly rising temperatures this year.

UN climate agency issues ‘red alert’, says 2024 may break heat records

The World Meteorological Organization has issued a warning that cautions against rapidly rising temperatures this year.

The UN weather agency is sounding a &ldquo;red alert&rdquo; about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice, and warning that the world's efforts to reverse the trend have been inadequate.
The World Meteorological Organization said there is a &ldquo;high probability&rdquo; that 2024 will be another record-hot year.
The Geneva-based agency, in a &ldquo;State of the Global Climate&rdquo; report released Tuesday, ratcheted up concerns that a much-vaunted climate goal is increasingly in jeopardy: That the world can unite to limit planetary warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) from pre-industrial levels.
&ldquo;As Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, I am now sounding the red alert about the state of the climate,&rdquo; said Celeste Saulo.
The 12-month period from March 2023 to February 2024 pushed beyond that 1.5-degree limit, averaging 1.56 C (2.81 F) higher, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Service.
It said the calendar year 2023 was just below 1.5 C at 1.48 C (2.66 F), but a record hot start to this year pushed beyond that level for the 12-month average.
Omar Baddour, WMO's chief of climate monitoring, said the year after an El Ni&ntilde;o event &mdash; the cyclical warming of the Pacific Ocean that affects global weather patterns &mdash; normally tends to be warmer.
&ldquo;So we cannot say definitively about 2024 is going to be the warmest year. But what I would say: There is a high probability that 2024 will again break the record of 2023, but let&rsquo;s wait and see,&rdquo; he said.
The latest WMO findings are especially stark when compiled in a single report. In 2023, over 90% of ocean waters experienced heat wave conditions at least once. Glaciers monitored since 1950 lost the most ice on record. Antarctic sea ice retreated to its lowest level ever.
Saulo called the climate crisis &ldquo;the defining challenge that humanity faces&rdquo; and said it combines with a crisis of inequality, as seen in growing food insecurity and migration.
WMO said the impact of heatwaves, floods, droughts, wildfires and tropical cyclones, exacerbated by climate change, was felt in lives and livelihoods on every continent in 2023.
But the agency also acknowledged &ldquo;a glimmer of hope&rdquo; in trying to keep the Earth from running too high a fever. It said renewable energy generation capacity from wind, solar and waterpower rose nearly 50% from 2022 to a total of 510 gigawatts.
The report comes as climate experts and government ministers are to gather in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, on Thursday and Friday to press for greater climate action, including increased national commitments to fight global warming.
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A UN official said that new mothers should be wrapping their arms around their babies and not their body bags.&nbsp;

'Stillborns, sickly newborns': UN official 'terrified' for new mothers, babies in Gaza

A UN official said that new mothers should be wrapping their arms around their babies and not their body bags. 

A UN official said that new mothers should be wrapping their arms around their babies and not their body bags.&nbsp;

The humanitarian situation in Gaza is a "nightmare" for mothers and babies, with doctors reporting small and sickly newborns, stillbirths and women forced to undergo C-sections without adequate anesthesia, a UN official said Friday.
"I'm personally leaving Gaza this week terrified for the one million women and girls of Gaza... and most especially for the 180 women who are giving birth every single day," Dominic Allen, UN Population Fund (UNFPA) representative for the state of Palestine, said in a video news conference from Jerusalem.
"Doctors are reporting that they no longer see normal-sized babies," &nbsp;Allen said after visiting hospitals still providing maternity services in the north of Gaza, where need is especially great.
"What they do see though, tragically, is more stillborn births... and more neonatal deaths, caused in part by malnutrition, dehydration and complications."
The numbers of complicated deliveries are roughly twice what they were before the war with Israel began -- with mothers stressed, fearful, underfed and exhausted -- and caregivers often lacking necessary supplies.
"We have had reports of insufficient anesthetic being available" for Caesarean sections, "which again is unthinkable."
"Those mothers should be wrapping their arms around their children," he said. "Those children should not be wrapped in a body bag."
Israel has defended its policies as it pursues its stated goal of destroying Hamas, saying the UN should send more aid to the war-ravaged territory, pushing back on reports by the UN and NGOs that cumbersome Israeli inspections are blocking food and other essentials.
Allen said Israeli authorities had refused to allow in some UNFPA supply shipments, such as kits for midwives, or had removed supplies like flashlights and solar panels.
"It's a nightmare which is much more than a humanitarian crisis," he said. "It is a crisis of humanity... beyond catastrophic."
What he saw while driving through Gaza, he said, "really broke my heart."
Everyone he passed or spoke to, Allen said, "was gaunt, emaciated, hungry" and exhausted from the daily struggle to survive.
At one military checkpoint, he said, he saw a boy who appeared to be about five years old walking with his hands held high, clearly frightened, as his slightly older sister followed behind, holding a white flag.
The war began October 7 when a surprise attack by Hamas militants resulted in about 1,160 deaths in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of official figures.
Israel's retaliatory campaign has killed at least 31,490 people in Gaza, most of them women and children, according to the health ministry.

5 men in a row spoke at the opening on a UN meeting women empowerment and equality.&nbsp;

UN meet on women equality begins with 5 male speakers, attendees baffled

5 men in a row spoke at the opening on a UN meeting women empowerment and equality. 

5 men in a row spoke at the opening on a UN meeting women empowerment and equality.&nbsp;

The UN's preeminent body promoting equality for women and girls opened its annual meeting Monday with five male speakers in a row &ndash; a lineup that made some of the men uneasy and was somewhat baffling to the hundreds of women in the packed General Assembly chamber.
Achim Steiner, the head of the U.N. Development Program and the last of the male speakers, said when he stepped to the microphone: &ldquo;I am very conscious of the fact that I am yet another man standing at this podium addressing you.&rdquo; He said he had two choices: &ldquo;Don't speak or stand up&rdquo; and support gender equality.
Croatia's UN Ambassador Ivan &Scaron;imonovic, the third male speaker representing the U.N. Economic and Social Council, apologized for the absence of the council's president, a woman, who had a family emergency. So, he said, &ldquo;you are getting the male vice president, adding to the agenda disbalance of this opening.&rdquo; The first woman to speak was sixth in line, Chetna Gala Sinha, who represented civil society and was loudly cheered when she was called to the podium.
Sinha moved from Mumbai to a drought-prone village in India's Maharashtra state three decades ago and helped local women start a bank. Now, she said, &ldquo;our women want to go from microcredit to micro-enterprise&rdquo; so &ldquo;there has never been a better time to invest in women&rdquo; &mdash; a theme of this year's meeting of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, along with addressing poverty.
After a speech by a young woman from Malawi representing youth, the commission's chair, Philippines U.N. Ambassador Antonio Lagdameo, invited the head of the U.N. agency promoting women's rights and gender equality to take a seat on the podium.
Sima Bahous, the executive director of UN Women, began by saying: &ldquo;It's great to be here. I feel the energy in the room is getting better as we see more women coming to the stage.&rdquo; The audience applauded loudly.
Almost every speaker &mdash; male and female &mdash; spoke of the plight of women and girls caught in conflict, especially in the Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza.
Lagdameo, the commission chair who opened the meeting, asked participants to express solidarity with all women and girls in conflict situations. &ldquo;Our thoughts are with you as we strive for peace,&rdquo; he said.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the second speaker, told the meeting that women and girls are suffering most &ldquo;from wars waged by men,&rdquo; singling out Gaza.
He noted Ramadan, the Muslim holy month that started Monday in Gaza, should be a time of compassion, but instead families are struggling to survive. He reiterated his call for a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza and a silencing of guns in all conflicts including Sudan.
Last week Guterres said achieving legal gender equality could take 300 years, and on Monday he cited two worrying trends: Patriarchy is regaining ground as autocrats and populists attack women's freedoms and their sexual and reproductive rights, and the domination of digital technologies and artificial intelligence by men is leaving women's needs and rights ignored.
Bahous told the commission that a backlash against gender equality is rising &ldquo;with a ferocity and anger that is unfamiliar to many of us,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Peace feels painfully distant, war painfully prevalent, suffering painfully ubiquitous.&rdquo; If spoken commitments to equality could be matched by funding in budgets, &ldquo;more than 100 million women and girls could be lifted out of poverty," she said. She added that closing gender gaps in employment could boost gross domestic product per capita by 20%.
The U.N. Development Program's Steiner told the commission: &ldquo;We have to face a harsh truth, gender inequality and the poverty experienced by so many women and girls are not inevitable outcomes of the crisis we face, but rather a consequence of systemic failures." Solving the problem of over 300 million women and girls living in extreme poverty can only be solved by making gender equality &ldquo;a core value&rdquo; at every stage of public financing, he said.

The International Organization for Migration said the total number of deaths in 2023 was nearly 20% more than the previous year.

Over 8,500 migrants died worldwide last year, a record since UN started counting in 2014

The International Organization for Migration said the total number of deaths in 2023 was nearly 20% more than the previous year.

A total of 8,565 migrants died on land and sea routes worldwide last year, the UN migration agency said Wednesday, a record high since it began counting deaths a decade ago.
The International Organization for Migration said the biggest increase in deaths last year was on the treacherous Mediterranean Sea crossing, to 3,129 from 2,411 in 2022. However, that was well below the record 5,136 deaths recorded on the Mediterranean in 2016 as huge numbers of Syrians, Afghans and others fled conflicts toward Europe.
IOM said the total number of deaths among migrants in 2023 was nearly 20% more than the previous year.
It said most of the deaths last year, about 3,700, came from drowning.
The count also includes migrants who vanished &mdash; often while trying to cross by sea &mdash; and are presumed dead even if their bodies were not found.
The Geneva-based migration agency cautioned that the figures likely underestimate the real toll, and factors such as improved data collection methods play a part in its calculations.
"Every single one of them is a terrible human tragedy that reverberates through families and communities for years to come,&rdquo; IOM Deputy Director General Ugochi Daniels said in a statement.
Overall, the biggest jump in deaths in recent years was in Asia, where 2,138 migrants died last year, 68 more than in 2022. That was primarily because of increased deaths among Afghans fleeing to places like neighboring Iran and among Rohingya refugees on maritime routes, IOM spokesperson Jorge Galindo said in an email.
IOM said a record number of deaths also occurred in Africa last year &mdash; 1,866 &mdash; mostly in the Sahara Desert and along the sea route to the Canary Islands.
The agency cited difficulties in data collection in remote areas, such as in the dangerous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama, where many migrants pass from South America on their way north.
IOM's Missing Migrants project, which tallies the figures, was set up in 2014 after a surge in deaths in the Mediterranean and an influx of migrants on the Italian island of Lampedusa off Tunisia.&nbsp;
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UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has said that India, Brazil, Germany and Japan should have permanent membership of UNSC.

India, Brazil, Germany, Japan should be permanent members of UNSC: UK

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has said that India, Brazil, Germany and Japan should have permanent membership of the UNSC.

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly called for an expansion of the United Nations Security Council, backing India&rsquo;s bid for a permanent membership of the UN body, along with Brazil, Germany and Japan.
He emphasised that Africa deserves a louder voice on the world stage.
In his opening remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations on Tuesday, Cleverly said, &ldquo;I will summarize by saying that the challenges the world presents us are legion. But we do have the opportunity to make positive progress. We do have the opportunity to get the Sustainable Development Goals back on track.&rdquo;
&ldquo;It is going to mean that we work with our traditional friends and allies, but it also means that we have to give voice to the emerging powers in the world. The UK has encouraged an expansion of the United Nations Security Council for example, we believe that India, Brazil, Germany and Japan should have permanent membership, and Africa really deserves a louder voice on the world stage,&rdquo; he added.&nbsp;
Notably, reforms in the global systems have been an issue continuously raised by India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at global fora. During his concluding address at the G20 Leaders Summit in Delhi, PM Modi reiterated his stance of making global systems in accordance with the &ldquo;realities of the present&rdquo; and took the example of the United Nations Security Council.
Further, in his address at the Council on Foreign Relations, Cleverly spoke about his visit to Beijing. He said he spoke with the Chinese government about areas where the two nations &ldquo;have deep, deep disagreements.&rdquo;
He spoke about China&rsquo;s treatment of the Uyghur Muslim minority in Xinjiang, their failure to abide by the commitment to freely enter Hong Kong and their &ldquo;aggressive posture&rdquo; across the Taiwan Strait.
Cleverly said he engaged with them on some of the issues, which included economic recovery, after the conference, and how to take benefit from artificial intelligence.
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Multiple such incidents have been reported from Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir.

UN Security Council: India complains about Pakistan drones dropping weapons

Multiple such incidents have been reported from Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir.

Amid rising incidents of weapons being dropped into India by drones from Pakistan, Delhi raised the issue at a United Nations Security Council Open Debate.
Ruchira Kamboj, India's permanent representative to the UN said that such acts are not possible without help of the neighbouring country's government.
Multiple such incidents have been reported from Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. Many drones have been shot down by Indian security forces.
They are usually found to be carrying weapons or illegal drugs.
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Jaishankar said India's expertise in the field of statistics, diversity and demography has earned it the seat on the UN Statistical Commission.

India elected to UN Statistical Commission for 4-year-term

India has been elected to the highest statistical body of the UN for a four-year term beginning January 1 next year.

Jaishankar said India's expertise in the field of statistics, diversity and demography has earned it the seat on the UN Statistical Commission.

India has been elected to the highest statistical body of the UN for a four-year term beginning January 1 next year.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said this on Twitter.
"India elected to the highest UN statistical body for a 4-year term beginning on 1 January 2024! Congrats Team @IndiaUNNewYork for coming through so strongly in a competitive election," he said.
Jaishankar said India's expertise in the field of statistics, diversity and demography has earned it the seat on the UN Statistical Commission.
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Several posters alleging harassment of minorities and women were put up at a square outside the UN building in Geneva coinciding with a session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

India summons Swiss envoy over anti-India posters in Geneva

India on Sunday summoned the Swiss ambassador and lodged a protest over the issue of putting up "unfounded and malicious anti-India" posters in front of the UN building in Geneva, according to news reports.

Several posters alleging harassment of minorities and women were put up at a square outside the UN building in Geneva coinciding with a session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

India on Sunday summoned the Swiss ambassador and lodged a protest over the issue of putting up "unfounded and malicious anti-India" posters in front of the UN building in Geneva, official sources said.
Swiss ambassador to New Delhi Ralf Heckner conveyed to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) that he would convey India's concerns to Berne with all the seriousness it deserves, they said.
Several posters alleging harassment of minorities and women were put up at a square outside the UN building in Geneva coinciding with a session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
"The embassy has conveyed India's concerns to Berne with all the seriousness it deserves," Heckner said in a brief statement.
A purported video of the posters in front of the UN building was also circulating on social media.
"The secretary (West), MEA, today called in the Swiss ambassador and raised the issue of unfounded and malicious anti-India posters in front of the UN building in Geneva," said a source.
"The Swiss Ambassador said that he would convey India's concerns to Berne with all the seriousness it deserves," it said.
The envoy said the posters in Geneva are part of the space provided to all, but in no way endorse the claims, nor reflect the position of the Swiss government, the sources added. &nbsp;It is learnt that similar posters were put up in the past as well during sessions of the UNHRC.
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Experts say that a global oceans treaty is needed to actually enforce the U.N. Biodiversity Conference’s recent pledge to protect 30% of the planet’s oceans, as well as its land, for conservation.

UN: nations reach accord to protect marine life on high seas

The treaty also establishes ground rules for conducting environmental impact assessments for commercial activities in the oceans.

For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas - nearly half the planet's surface - concluding two weeks of talks in New York.
The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea came into force in 1994, before marine biodiversity was a well-established concept.
An updated framework to protect marine life in the regions outside national boundary waters, known as the high seas, had been in discussions for more than 20 years, but previous efforts to reach an agreement had repeatedly stalled. The unified agreement treaty was reached late Saturday.
The treaty also establishes ground rules for conducting environmental impact assessments for commercial activities in the oceans.
&ldquo;It means all activities planned for the high seas need to be looked at, though not all will go through a full assessment,&rdquo; said Jessica Battle, an oceans governance expert at the Worldwide Fund for Nature.
Many marine species - including dolphins, whales, sea turtles and many fish - make long annual migrations, crossing national borders and the high seas. Efforts to protect them - and human communities that rely on fishing or tourism related to marine life - have previously been hampered by a confusing patchwork of laws.
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&ldquo;This treaty will help to knit together the different regional treaties to be able to address threats and concerns across species' ranges,&rdquo; said Battle.
That protection also helps coastal biodiversity and economies, said Gladys Mart&iacute;nez de Lemos, executive director of the nonprofit Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense focusing on environmental issues across Latin America.

As the world's leaders converge on Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt to iron out the path forward for humanity, the stakes have never been higher. Is there still time to save the world? 

Decoded: World leaders converge at COP27 as time runs out to save the world

As the world's leaders converge on Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt to iron out the path forward for humanity, the stakes have never been higher. Is there still time to save the world?&nbsp;

Have we crossed the point of no return? Is it, indeed, too late to save the world? This seemed to be the question on everyone&rsquo;s mind at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP27, hosted this year at Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt. On a sombre and alarming note, Alok Sharma, the President of last year&rsquo;s conference, began with a wake up call for world leaders, reminding everyone of the havoc that climate change has wrought in the past year.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres also did not mince his words.
This rhetoric is not new. In October, the UN had said that current plans submitted by governments would lead to a temperature rise of about 2.5 degrees celsius, condemning the world to a catastrophic climate breakdown.
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At COP26 in Glasgow, countries agreed to limit global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, a threshold set out in the 2015 Paris climate agreement, which would avoid the worst ravages of climate change. Even a fraction of a degree more can lead to many more lives lost. China, the United States, Europe and India have all failed to reduce their emissions enough to meet their Paris Agreement goals.
The inequality that led to and is propagated by climate change was at the forefront of COP27. Poorer nations, which have historically contributed the least to climate change, but bear the brunt of its most devastating consequences today, are seeking more reparations from rich countries, many of which have grown their economies and amassed wealth by burning fossil fuels.
The Indian contingent at COP27 was led by Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav, who also campaigned for a new fund for addressing loss and damage. India has launched the LiFE - Lifestyle for Environment movement, which encourages people the world over to live a lifestyle that is in tune with our planet and does not harm it.
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Climate cooperation has also been harmed by the Ukraine-Russia war, which has thrown global markets in turmoil in addition to causing widespread damage and loss of life in Ukraine. It has led to a global energy crisis and driven up the price of food, fuel and fertilisers.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the gathering virtually, stressing that there can be no global climate policy without peace.
The message from Climate scientists and experts is clear - time is running out, and fast. The goal of limiting temperature rise to 1.5C, in order to avoid large scale damage, may already be unreachable. At COP27, most agreed that if humanity is to save itself, drastic action is required, and required immediately.&nbsp;

The report said that a lack of effective security strategy by the Taliban is allowing greater freedom of movement to terror groups.

This Indian neighbour named 'primary terrorist threat source' in UN report

The report said that a lack of effective security strategy by the Taliban is allowing greater freedom of movement to terror groups.

A year and a half after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, a United Nations report has called the country the primary source of terrorist threat for Central and South Asia.
The report, issued on 14 February 2023, said that a lack of effective security strategy by the Taliban is allowing greater freedom of movement to ISIS, al-Qaeda, and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists.
ISIS' off-shoot ISIL-Khorasan is portraying itself as the "primary rival" to the Taliban, the 31st report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team (ISIL, Al-Qaida) said.
&ldquo;Its main goal is to portray the Taliban as incapable of providing security in the country. By targeting diplomatic missions, ISIL-K seeks to undermine the relationship between the Taliban and neighbouring countries,&rdquo; it said.
(With agency inputs)
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First batch of aid from the United Nations reached rebel-held areas in Syria.

Turkey-Syria earthquake: over 21,000 dead so far; US announces $85 million aid; WHO chief to visit

First batch of aid from the United Nations reached rebel-held areas in Syria.

Four days after a major earthquake, the scale of devastation in Turkey and Syria continues to grow larger.
The death toll crossed the 21,000-mark by the morning of 10 February 2023 even as search and rescue operations continued to find survivors.
First batch of aid from the United Nations reached rebel-held areas in Syria, days after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake. World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also announced a visit to Syria.
Meanwhile, the United States of America announced $85 million in aid for Turkey and Syria.
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In June last year, India resumed its diplomatic presence in Kabul by deploying a technical team in its embassy in the Afghan capital.

ISIS threatening attacks on Indian diplomatic mission in Afghanistan: UN on Khorasan terror offshoot

In June last year, India resumed its diplomatic presence in Kabul by deploying a technical team in its embassy in the Afghan capital.

ISIS terrorist group's Khorasan offshoot has threatened terrorist attacks against embassies of India in Afghanistan, a report by United Nations Secretary-General has warned. Terrorists of the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant-Khorasan (ISIL-K) have also threatened attacks on embassies of China and Iran in Afghanistan.
The objective of the attacks is to undermine the relationship between the Taliban and UN member-states in the region, the report said. ISIL-K is positioning itself as the "primary rival" to Taliban, and wants to portray Taliban as incapable of providing security in the region, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned.
In June last year, India resumed its diplomatic presence in Kabul by deploying a technical team in its embassy in the Afghan capital, over 10 months after it pulled out its officials from the mission following the Taliban's capture of power. The reopening of the embassy took place after an Indian team led by senior Ministry of External Affairs official J.P. Singh had visited Kabul and met acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi and some other members of the Taliban dispensation.
The report of the Secretary-General further added that an attack in September last year on the Russian Embassy in Kabul was the first against a diplomatic presence in Afghanistan since the takeover by the Taliban. In December, ISIL-K claimed attacks against the Embassy of Pakistan and a hotel frequented by Chinese nationals.
&ldquo;Apart from high-profile attacks, ISIL-K conducted near-daily attacks targeting Shia minorities, which also served to undermine the Taliban&rsquo;s authority and challenge their nascent security agencies,&rdquo; the report said.
(With PTI inputs)
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