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Thank you, Mr President. Mr President, I would like to offer my thanks to the Prosecutor, Madame Bensouda, for briefing us today on her 21st report on...

Follow RT on By Dr. Karin Kneissl, Austria's former minister of foreign affairs. In June 2020, Dr. Kneissl published her book titled ‘Diplomacy Makes History – The Art of Dialogue in Uncertain Times’ (Olms Verlag, Hildesheim). The central point of the book is “Diplomacy means commitment to dialogue – no matter the circumstances.” Over recent months, we have witnessed an escalation of economic sanctions, incendiary remarks by global leaders and mass expulsions of diplomats. The situation has been spiraling out of control. Now, there seems to be a demand for talks, as sugge...

March 5, 2021 As India and Pakistan recently decided to cease-fire along the contentious Line of Control, there are tell-tale signs of Pakistan feeling the heat under the Biden administration. The out-of-the-blue decision to scale down hostilities at the de facto border with India indicates Islamabad can no longer afford to maintain its belligerent posture as the US could be tightening the noose around the country. Here’s an analysis of three reasons why India will bask in glory under the Biden administration while Pakistan will feel left out. 1. US-India Partnership The India-US partnersh...

The UN Security Council room seen in 2017. — AFP/File ISLAMABAD: Pakistani diplomats believe that India getting chair of three United Nations Security Council (UNSC) committees could be looking ominous, but may not be quite as much. India, which is on the Security Council as a non-permanent member for 2021-22, has been given the Taliban Sanctions Committee, Counter-Terrorism Committee and Libya Sanctions Committee. The announcement was immediately seen as a diplomatic setback for Pakistan because many believed that Delhi would use its presence in the Counter-Terrorism Committee to malig...

A ruling party’s senator shamed the opposition for the hue and cry over ‘rule through ordinances’. — APP/File ISLAMABAD: A ruling party’s senator shamed the opposition for the hue and cry over ‘rule through ordinances’, saying the PPP government led by Benazir Bhutto promulgated as many as 357 ordinances in three years — from Oct 1996 to Nov 1996. Senator Waleed Iqbal, while taking part in a discussion on the issue in the lower house, said Senator Mian Raza Rabbani, who was now raising questions over constitutional power of the president, was law minister at that time. He said...