Asoke Kumar Mukerji

India asks UNSC to enforce resolutions on countering terrorism

India's UN Ambassador Asoke Kumar Mukerji has asked the UN Security Council (UNSC) to enforce without exception its resolutions on countering terrorism.

India urges Israel, Palestine to resume peace process

India has called upon Israelis and Palestinians to resume the peace process as “dialogue remains the only viable option”.

UN posthumously awards 8 Indian soldiers among 106 peacekeepers

The United Nations honoured 106 peacekeepers, including eight Indian soldiers, who lost their lives in peacekeeping operations.

UN Security Council no longer reflects contemporary reality: India

India has pressed hard for comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council

Inclusive growth should be guiding objective of UNDP: India

India has stressed that eradication of poverty and inclusive growth should be the "singular guiding" objective of the activities of the UNDP particularly in the post-2015 development agenda.

India to seek re-election to UN Human Rights Council

India has said it will seek re-election to the UN's human rights body this year and would continue to strongly push for early reform of the powerful Security Council.

India seeks expansion of UN Security Council

India has underlined the need for expansion of the UN Security Council saying that no change in its composition in decades is an "unnatural situation of stagnation" in a dynamic and rapidly changing international environment.