International news brief: World leaders joined US in seeking reforms in UNSC and more

International

oi-Madhuri Adnal

Washington,
Sep
23:
A
number
of
world
leaders
have
joined
the
United
States
in
seeking
reforms
in
the
UN
Security
Council
and
including
India
as
one
of
its
permanent
members,
giving
momentum
to
the
demand
for
expansion
of
the
powerful
wing
of
the
United
Nations.

Japanese
Prime
Minister
Fumio
Kishida
stressed
reforming
the
United
Nations,
including
its
security
council
”to
return
to
the
vision
and
principles
of
the
UN
Charter,
with
the
strengthening
of
the
UN’s
functions,
including
disarmament
and
non-proliferation”.

‘Knocking
on
famine’s
door’:
UN
food
chief
wants
action
now

The
UN
food
chief
warned
Thursday
that
the
world
is
facing
”a
perfect
storm
on
top
of
a
perfect
storm” and
urged
donors,
particularly
Gulf
nations
and
billionaires,
to
give
a
few
days
of
profits
to
tackle
a
crisis
with
the
fertilizer
supply
right
now
and
prevent
widespread
food
shortages
next
year.

At
UNSC,
US
calls
on
world
to
tell
Russia
to
stop
its
nuclear
threats

”Otherwise,
there’s
gonna
be
chaos
all
over
the
world,”
World
Food
Program
Executive
Director
David
Beasley
said
in
an
Associated
Press
interview.

Beasley
said
that
when
he
took
the
helm
of
WFP
five-and-half
years
ago,
only
80
million
people
around
the
world
were
headed
toward
starvation.
”And
I’m
thinking,
‘Well,
I
can
put
the
World
Food
Program
out
of
business,”’ he
said.

Mexico
wants
UN
panel,
including
secretary-general
Guterres,
Pope,
PM
Modi,
borker
peace
between
Russia,
Ukraine

Mexico
has
proposed
to
the
United
Nations
to
set
up
a
committee
that
would
include
India’s
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi,
Pope
Francis
and
UN
Secretary-General
Antonio
Guterres
to
mediate
permanent
peace
between
Russia
and
Ukraine.

The
proposal
was
put
forward
by
Marcelo
Luis
Ebrard
Casaubón,
the
foreign
minister
of
Mexico,
while
participating
in
a
UN
Security
Council
debate
on
Ukraine
in
New
York.
This
came
days
after
Modi,
who
met
Putin
on
the
sidelines
of
the
22nd
meeting
of
the
Shanghai
Cooperation
Organization
in
Uzbekistan’s
Samarkand,
told
the
Russian
leader
that
“today’s
era
is
not
of
war”.

Norway’s
prime
minister
on
Ukraine:
‘The
war
has
to
stop’

Norway’s
prime
minister,
Jonas
Gahr
Støre,
believes
the
world
–
with
one
notable
holdout
–
is
on
the
same
page:
“The
war
has
to
stop.”
“I
heard
it
from
China.
I
heard
it
from
India.
I
heard
it
from
African
colleagues.
And
I
think
that’s
an
important
message
because
Russia
has
tried
to
say
No,
there
are
different
views,'” Støre
told
The
Associated
Press
on
Thursday,
following
the
morning’s
UN
Security
Council
meeting.
“And
of
course,
countries
word
their
opinions
in
different
ways.
But
in
this
there
has
been
consistency.
The
war
has
to
stop.”

India
takes
swipe
at
China
at
UNSC,
politics
should
not
block
sanctioning
of
terrorists

As
a
NATO
member
whose
border
with
Russia
stretches
well
over
100
miles
(just
under
200
kilometers),
Norway’s
geographical
and
geopolitical
location
has
proved
relevant
in
the
context
of
the
crisis.
It’s
also
an
elected
member
of
the
Security
Council.
Støre
had
a
blunt
assessment
of
the
way
Russian
President
Vladimir
Putin
has
tried
to
justify
Russia’s
actions.