UNHCHR action on CAA is illegal, violates UN norms

Interestingly, India had objected to the establishment of a UNHCHR when it was proposed by the US at the Vienna Conference on Human Rights in July 1993 and the whole proposal was remitted to the......

Trump's Terminological Inexactitude on Kashmir

'Whether it was a habitual expression of post truth or an open offer to India and Pakistan, even Imran Khan could not have believed it,' says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan. IMAGE: Pakistan's Prime......

Kofi Annan: The 'teflon' UN secretary-general

'Kofi Annan will be remembered more for his Nobel Prize and related glory rather than Rwanda and Volcker,' notes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan with whom he worked in the UN. IMAGE: Former UN......

India-Pakistan fireworks at UN serve no purpose

‘Even the most appropriate responses will neither shame Pakistan, nor convince others about the genuineness of our position.’ ‘If we ignore Pakistan and direct our energies to......

Ghali's rules for economic reforms

Reform-minded members of the Manmohan Singh government could learn a lesson or two from what Egyptian Finance Minister Youssuf Boutros-Ghali told a gathering of business leaders here on how to......