India at UN (Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, New York)

Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, Permanent Representative, spoke today at the Debate on Peacebuilding & Sustaining Peace and attended the PBC Annual Session marking 20 years of the United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture during the inaugural Peacebuilding Week.

He highlighted:

➡️ Peacebuilding must be demand-driven & anchored in national ownership.

➡️ Partnerships should rest on trust, dignity & equality, and move beyond donor-recipient approach.

➡️ True test of peacebuilding: building national capacity & institutional resilience.

➡️ 🇮🇳 remains committed to the Women, Peace and Security Agenda especially in Peacebuilding

Full statement here: https://pminewyork.gov.in/IndiaatUNGA?id=NTU5MQ

Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, Permanent Representative shared 🇮🇳’s views on protecting education for Children Affected by Armed Conflict at the Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict at the United Nations Security Council.

➡️ Emphasized the primary responsibility of the State to protect children’s rights, including their right to education and referred to 🇮🇳’s own constitutional guarantee of free & compulsory education for every child up to 14 years of age.

➡️ Outlined 🇮🇳’s sustained investment in facilitating education for refugees and displaced communities from across our neighbourhood as well as rebuilding education infrastructures for them.

➡️ Presented the example of DIKSHA — 🇮🇳’s national digital education platform, where technology can bridge the gap for children locked out of classrooms.

➡️ Emphasized that education of children in war-torn regions is an imperative and not a charity.

Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, Permanent Representative, delivered 🇮🇳’s statement on ‘Bridging the Implementation Gap: Security Council Resolutions and Maintenance of International Peace and Security’ at the United Nations

Full statement here: https://pminewyork.gov.in/IndiaatUNGA?id=NTU4OQ

Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, Permanent Representative, delivered 🇮🇳’s national statement at the High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS.

➡️ Reiterated 🇮🇳’s renewed commitment to ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 and touched upon 🇮🇳’s efforts towards this goal through the implementation of the National AIDS and STD Control Programme.

➡️ Underscored the importance of equitable access to affordable medicines, diagnostics and emerging technologies as well as the flexibilities under TRIPS Agreement to ensure access to life-saving drugs.

Full statement here: https://pminewyork.gov.in/IndiaatUNGA?id=NTU4Ng

Excerpts from remarks by PM Narendra Modi on
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Be more flexible at 40 than at 20, more energetic at 50 than at 30, and healthier at 70 than at 50.

Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, Permanent Representative, delivered 🇮🇳’s statement at the Interactive dialogue by the co-chairs of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI at the United Nations.

Full remarks here: https://pminewyork.gov.in/IndiaatUNGA?id=NTU4NQ