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The country has probably refrained from using the same neutral stance in the case of Ukraine as it decided to vote for an open ballot India might have probably taken sides after all, when it comes to siding with Russia over the secret ballot at the recent UN General Assembly meeting on a resolution to denounce its annexation of four regions of Ukraine . The world’s second largest democracy has put its foot down and did not side with Moscow. The vote was on a bill put forward by Albania to denounce Russia’s ‘illegal so-called ‘referendums’ and ‘attempted illegal annexation’ of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia. India chose for an open recorded ballot as 106 of its other partnering member countries of the U, with just 13 nations really backing Moscow’s crazy idea. Some 39 countries have abstained from voting including Russia and China. Although Security Council votes are binding, permanent members have a veto. While votes at the General Assembly ar...

In the longest struggle against terrorism, The UN Security Council has finally announced the Yemeni Houthis as a terrorist organization, extending their arms embargo. With this, the council has actually expanded the existing arms embargo on Yemen as it adopted a draft resolution that now targets the leaders of the Houthi militia, including Abdulmalik Al-Houthi, to encompass the entire membership of the Iran-backed group. Houthis have been known to loot humanitarian aid apart from indulging in crimes against humanity. With this resolution, many other restrictions and changes follow. For one, financial sanctions and a travel ban on senior members of the Houthi militia remains renewed for an additional year. It also labels the Houthis as a terrorist group for the first time, following an ongoing series of cross-border drone and missile attacks targeting some key Middle Eastern nations apart from a wide range of violations affecting the Yemeni people and the international community. ...