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Sushma Swaraj`s UNGA address: As it happened
External Affairs Minister Sushama Swaraj on Thursday addressed the United Nations General Assembly.
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Hope that the United Nations will grow into exactly such a banyan tree: Sushma.
In the Eastern tradition, the Banyan is a tree that signifies wisdom, yet is non-judgmental and all-encompassing: Sushma.
We are very happy that text-based negotiations were adopted. We have to include more developing nations in the decision making structures of the Security Council: Sushma as per ANI
If security, development and international peace is to be maintained then Security Council needs to be reformed. As a woman and elected MP, it is my conviction that there is a shortcut to social change - empower the girl child: Sushma.
The driving force is the motto of sabka saath, sabka vikas, the welfare of all our people: Sushma.
If the response is serious and credible, India is prepared to address all other issues: Sushma.
Talks and terror cannot go hand in hand. Give up terrorism and let us sit down and talk: Sushma
Sushma while reacting to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's speech said that there is no need of four pointers to discuss terrorism. They are redudant. Only one pointer is important and that is give up terrorism: Sushma
Sushma: After 2008 Mumbai attacks, many people from different nations died. It's shameful for the international community that terrorist responsible for this is still at loose. Talks and terror do not go hand in hand.
India has been facing terrorism for 25 years. New York has faced terrorism as well. But nations supporting terrorism haven't been dealt with. Nations who support, train, help, terrorists need to be stood against by UN. We are still deciding what "terrorism" means, still defining it. There is no "good" terrorism or "bad" terrorism: Sushma
The future of the international community is now dependent on how we respond to the greatest threat that we face today which is terrorism: Sushma
We must ask ourselves if we have political will to craft alternatives to conflict and to pursue them with commitment: Sushma
Have we have been able to fulfill the purpose for which the UN was established? UN has failed to address new challenges to international peace: Sushma
Sushma Swaraj congratulates UNGA president, says she hopes that session will be as historic for outcomes.
She then recalled the message of the Mahatma, a day before his birth anniversary, the International Day of Non-Violence.
MEA Sushma Swaraj begins her address at United Nations General Assembly in Hindi. She pays tributes to Mahatma Gandhi.
Exercising India's Right of Reply during the General Debate of 70th session of UN General Assembly here late yesterday, First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN Abhishek Singh termed as "regrettable" Pakistan once again choosing to "misuse" the High Level Segment of the UN General Assembly session to "distort reality and portray a false picture of the challenges in our region".
Sharif, in his address to the General Assembly earlier in the day, had said that Pakistan is the "primary victim" of terrorism.
Singh retorted sharply that "in truth, it is actually a victim of its own policies of breeding and sponsoring terrorists. The heart of the matter is a state that regards the use of terrorism as a legitimate instrument of statecraft. The world watches with concern as its consequences have spread beyond its immediate neighbourhood.
Sharif had used the podium of the UN General Assembly to propose a four-point peace initiative with India, which includes steps to demilitarise Kashmir and an unconditional mutual withdrawal from Siachen Glacier.
On Sharif describing Pakistan as the "primary victim" of terrorism, Vikas Swarup said "Pakistan is not primary victim of terrorism but of its own policies. It is in fact the prime sponsor of terrorism."
(With Agency inputs)
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushama Swaraj on Thursday addressed the United Nations General Assembly.