Iran, meanwhile, has promised to help the Americans leave the region.
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has said the five permanent members of the UN Security Council would not accept the demand for veto powers made by India and other aspiring members.
Annan's visit comes at a critical juncture with the Millennium Review Summit to be held in New York in September, the External Affairs Ministry said on Saturday.
Five Indian peacekeepers have been honoured posthumously by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.
Managing director of Tata Steel B Muthuraman and vice chairman of Goldman Sachs group Suzanne Nora Johnson are among the 20 business labour and civil society leaders named by the UN to serve on Global Contact group.
He is currently the second Indian to hold the rank of Under Secretary-General.
The UN appeal comes after Suu Kyi's house arrest was extended for another year by the military regime in Myanmar.
Sharma was confident that New Delhi would occupy its rightful place on the UNSC.
The two captains have been selected to become spokesmen for 'Sport for Development and Peace' at the United Nations.
Nambiar is no stranger to the UN.
Freedom of speech is not a license, says UN boss.
Talking of missed opportunities to strengthen the NPT regime, he said, "We cannot afford any more such squandered chances."
Volcker, former Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, is quoted as having admitted in a Los Angeles Times interview that he had agreed to change the language of his controversial report
Before releasing the September report on Annan, Volcker met Annan and his lawyer to discuss the harsh conclusion.
If nuclear weapon states take the plea that they need them for their own defence, they cannot tell the non-nuclear weapon states that they don't need them for the same purpose, he said.
Addressing a press conference shortly after being sworn in as the eighth secretary general on Thursday, he also did not agree with his predecessor Kofi Annan's criticism of the US for its "go-it-alone" diplomacy at the cost of multilateralism.
He expressed hope for positive changes in a world that faced a myriad of daunting challenges, ranging from poverty to global warming and terrorism.
Chinmaya R Gharekhan's book The Horseshoe Table An Inside View of the UN Security Council was launched at the United Nations bookshop.
Take more steps towards reform: Rice tells UN
Bush, US State Department express disgust at media images.
Six Indian-American Malayalees and a US citizen will be honoured by an Indian-American organisation in US for their outstanding achievements in their fields of specialisation.
After travelling to many European nations, Yoga exponent Baba Ramdev is now set to fly to the United Nations to deliver a lecture on poverty alleviation.
South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon is set to be formally appointed the eighth UN secretary general at the world body's General Assembly meeting on Friday
Annan has said that the international community must bring Iraq back from the brink.
In the first of several straw polls, members will be given three choices - encourage, discourage and no opinion.
The issue of veto came up for discussion during the talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Japanese counterpart Junichiro Koizumi, who is on a two-day visit to India, in New Delhi.
During the 35-minute meeting between the two, Kalam suggested the launch of an India-UN partnership for Afro-Asian development for providing urban amenities in rural areas.
The United Nations secretary general welcomed India's offer of ceasefire in the Siachen area.
"The introdution of this landmark bus service is a tangible achievement of the composite dialogue between India and Pakistan," Annan said in a statement on Wednesday.
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