Financial contributions to the UN by big and powerful developing countries like China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Nigeria and the oil-rich countries of the Middle East must increase so that the developing world has a solid voice.

UN General Assembly should have the power to overrule the resolutions of the Security Council as it is failing to take actions necessary for global peace, Prime Minister's International Affairs Adviser Gowher Rizvi said yesterday.

The UN Security Council has said it is alarmed by ties between Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militants and the Islamic State (IS) group.