- Canada loses bid for seat on the United Nations Security Council https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-loses-bid-for-seat-on-the-united-nations-security-council-1.4988540 20 comments worldnews
- United Nations Security Council adopts resolution against ISIL http://english.irib.ir/news/world/middle-east/item/194025-united-nations-security-council-adopts-resolution-against-isil 8 comments worldnews
- New Zealand, Angola, Malaysia, Spain and Venezuela have all been elected to the United Nations Security Council http://abcnews.go.com/us/wirestory/venezuela-zealand-join-security-council-26242673 5 comments worldnews
- Russia backs India and Brazil for permanent seats in the United Nations Security Council http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/russia-backs-indias-bid-for-a-permanent-unsc-seat/article7551058.ece 461 comments worldnews
- The United Nations believes that Hezbollah violated Security Council Resolution 1701 when it attacked an Israeli convoy in the Shebaa Farms last month http://www.dailystar.com.lb/news/lebanon-news/2015/mar-06/289825-kaag-hezbollahs-shebaa-raid-violated-resolution-1701.ashx 30 comments worldnews
- The United Nations Security Council needs to authorize military action to prevent the spill of the FSO SAFER https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/the-united-nations-security-council-needs-to-authorize-military-action-to-prevent-the-spill-of-the-fso-safer/ 11 comments politics
- Ethnic Cleansing in Western Tigray: “Do African lives not matter?” asked Linda, United States ambassador to the United Nations, in a United Nations Security Council meeting. https://tghat.com/2021/05/15/ethnic-cleansing-in-western-tigray/ 240 comments worldnews
- UN Security Council turns down request for Nord Stream inquiry | United Nations News https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/27/un-security-council-turns-down-request-for-nord-stream-inquiry 30 comments worldnews
- Ireland and Norway elected to serve a two-year term on United Nations Security Council http://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0616/1147864-un-security-council-vote/ 27 comments europe
- China hurdle out of the way, UNSC to discuss Covid-19 pandemic this week; China, which held the United Nations Security Council’s presidency in March, had blocked an effort to discuss Covid-19 pandemic https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/china-hurdle-out-of-the-way-unsc-to-discuss-covid-19-pandemic-this-week/story-fe1gv73hbr1u5zd2hf1ajo_amp.html 16 comments worldnews
- WHO chief to UN Security Council regarding Ebola: "This is likely the greatest peacetime challenge that the United Nations and its agencies have ever faced. Everything now is unprecedented." http://www.who.int/dg/speeches/2014/security-council-ebola/en/ 3 comments worldnews
- United Nations Security Council turns eye to Venezuela crisis — "In Venezuela, we are on the verge of humanitarian crisis," U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-un-iduskcn18d24j 17 comments worldnews
- Russia cast a second veto in as many days at the United Nations Security Council on Friday to block the renewal of a probe to identify the perpetrators of chemical weapons attacks in Syria. http://www.france24.com/en/20171118-syria-renew-gas-attack-probe-un-security-council-russia-blocks-second-time-chemical-weapons 1676 comments worldnews
- National Security Council: North Korea's nuclear weapons development may be designed to take over arch-rival South Korea and coerce the United States into abandoning its close ally http://www.independent.ie/world-news/north-korea-weapons-may-be-tactic-for-takeover-of-south-35672056.html 3 comments worldnews
- Hours after US-led coalition airstrikes reportedly killed dozens of Syrian troops, the US and Russian ambassadors to the United Nations chastised each other outside an emergency Security Council meeting. http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/17/middleeast/syria-claims-coalition-airstrike-hit-regime-forces/index.html/ 16 comments politics
- World powers are poised to forge a single resolution at the United Nations Security Council to declare a common war against Isis and “eradicate” jihadists in Iraq and Syria http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/isis-world-powers-plan-united-nations-security-council-resolution-to-declare-war-against-group-in-a6741181.html 128 comments worldnews
- Russia Vetoes UN Move to Condemn Srebrenica Massacre as Genocide: Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Wednesday that would have condemned the Srebrenica massacre as a genocide to mark the 20th anniversary of the killing of 8,000 Muslim men and boys http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russia-vetoes-un-move-to-condemn-srebrenica-massacre-as-genocide/525293.html 4 comments worldnews
- China delays a U.S. request for a United Nations Security Council committee to blacklist 33 ships, 27 shipping companies, and a Taiwan man for violating international sanctions on North Korea. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-un/at-u-n-china-delays-u-s-bid-to-blacklist-ships-companies-over-north-korea-iduskcn1ge2z5 31 comments worldnews
- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley: UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Ukraine-Russia tensions https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/418168-haley-un-security-council-to-hold-emergency-meeting-on-ukraine-russia 1214 comments worldnews
- Until very recently, when people gathered to do the math on United Nations Security Council reform, it was always a given that France had the weakest claim to permanent membership on the council. This week, at least, things look different. Why France, and why now? http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/ancien-regime-change/ 26 comments worldevents
- The Trump administration is barring Iran’s top diplomat from entering the United States this week to address the United Nations Security Council about the U.S. assassination of Iran’s top military official in Baghdad, violating the terms of a 1947 headquarters agreement . https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/06/trump-administration-blocks-iran-foreign-minister-zarif-addressing-un-security-council/ 7794 comments worldnews
- UN warns climate change a national security threat; U.S. ignores link | More than 80 of the 193 UN member states spoke at the daylong council meeting and virtually everyone except the United States agreed that climate change was happening https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-un-warns-climate-change-a-national-security-threat-us-ignores-link/ 502 comments worldnews
- It's Not Just America Losing Patience With North Korea: The United Nations Security Council has unanimously passed a new round of sanctions on the country following its most recent nuclear test https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/09/un-north-korea/539355/?utm_source=feed 9 comments politics
- Congressional Republicans are prepping legislation to slash US funding to the United Nations, saying it's the right response following last month's Security Council vote condemning Israeli settlements http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/05/politics/republican-legislation-defund-un/index.html 24 comments worldnews
- Russia vetoed a British-sponsored draft resolution in the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday condemning the Srebrenica massacre of 1995 as a “crime of genocide,” marking a new low in relations among world powers. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/09/world/europe/russia-vetoes-un-resolution-calling-srebrenica-massacre-crime-of-genocide.html?partner=rss&emc=rss 6 comments worldnews
- China told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that "territorial integrity" should be respected after Moscow held controversial annexation referendums in Russia-occupied regions of Ukraine. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-told-the-united-nations-security-council-on-tuesday-that-territorial-integrity-should-be-respected-after-moscow-held-controversial-annexation-referendums-in-russia-occupied-regions-of-ukraine/ar-AA12jYey?cvid=3afb11f025cb49d4a793a7cb9aaf3253&ocid=EMMX 1206 comments worldnews
- Ukrainian Armed Forces units operating in and around Popasna on Wednesday destroyed a 25-man unit of probable mercenaries from Libya, based on identification documents and other evidence found with their bodies, said Oleksiy Danilov, head of Ukraine’s National Security Council https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/ukrainian-officials-dozens-of-rf-mercenaries-from-libya-syria-russia-killed-in-popasna-attacks.html 37 comments worldnews
- The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to elect Germany, Belgium, South Africa, the Dominican Republic and Indonesia for a two-year term in the Security Council starting on Jan. 1, 2019. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-election/u-n-security-council-elects-five-members-for-two-year-term-iduskcn1j4258 21 comments worldnews
- The United Nations Security Council failed on Saturday to condemn the violence and unrest in Turkey after Egypt objected to a statement that called on all parties to "respect the democratically elected government of Turkey," diplomats said http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-un-iduskcn0zw0zn?il=0 9 comments worldnews
- Iran is taking same path to nuclear weapons as North Korea, says Ban Ki-Moon: Iran is using the same methods as North Korea to develop its nuclear capabilities, requiring "firm, decisive and effective" action by the Security Council, the United Nations secretary general has warned. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/9873953/iran-is-taking-same-path-to-nuclear-weapons-as-north-korea-says-ban-ki-moon.html 23 comments worldnews
- United Nations Security Council lectures US ambassador Nikki Haley on purpose of UN after America's Iran demands - Organisation reaffirms support for multilateral nuclear agreement, while Iranian ambassador delivers lengthy history on popular revolt in US http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/united-nations-security-council-us-ambassador-nikki-haley-iran-protests-russia-black-lives-matter-a8145271.html 207 comments worldnews
- Russia prevented the United Nations Security Council from thanking outgoing Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon specifically for promoting gay rights during his decade in office, diplomats said http://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-lgbt-iduskbn1432ak 14 comments worldnews
- "Henry Siegman, a former head of the American Jewish Congress, has urged US President Barack Obama to push the United Nations Security Council to seek an end to the Israeli occupation and pave the way for Palestinian statehood." http://www.dawn.com/news/1183252 3 comments politics
- The United States and Russia both said on Thursday they could not support a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Libya at this time, diplomats said, as mortar bombs crashed down on a suburb of the Libyan capital, Tripoli. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-un/u-s-russia-say-cannot-support-a-u-n-call-for-libya-truce-diplomats-iduskcn1ru2ml?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews 9 comments worldnews
- U.N. Security Council to meet over U.S. Golan Heights decision - The United Nations Security Council will meet later on Wednesday, at the request of Syria, over U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-golanheights-un/un-security-council-to-meet-over-us-golan-heights-decision-iduskcn1r81ny 4 comments worldnews
- Russia told Britain at the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that “you’re playing with fire and you’ll be sorry” over its accusations that Moscow was to blame for poisoning a former Russian spy and his daughter. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-russia-salisbury-un/youll-be-sorry-russia-tells-britain-at-u-n-nerve-agent-attack-meeting-iduskcn1hc2m2?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews 140 comments worldnews
- "Saudi Arabia stunned the United Nations and even some of its own diplomats on Friday [18 October 2013] by taking the unprecedented step of rejecting a highly coveted seat on the Security Council it had won for the first time just a day earlier." http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/19/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-rejects-security-council-seat.html?pagewanted=all 4 comments worldnews
- Syrian forces retake rebel-held areas of Hama province: In a new advance, Syrian regime troops have regained several villages from rebels in central Hama province. The gains came ahead of a United Nations Security Council vote on Syria http://www.dw.com/en/syrian-forces-retake-rebel-held-areas-of-hama-province/a-35997076 4 comments worldnews
- The United States and Russia are waging rival campaigns at the United Nations Security Council over the type of ballistic missile fired by North Korea earlier this month as the U.S. pushes to impose stronger sanctions on Pyongyang over the test. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missile-un-iduskbn1a50aa 2 comments worldnews
- Putin's Op-ed to the NYT 9/11/2013: "We need to use the United Nations Security Council... Under current international law, force is permitted only in self-defense or by the decision of the Security Council. Anything else is unacceptable under the United Nations Charter." http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/opinion/putin-plea-for-caution-from-russia-on-syria.html?pagewanted=print 51 comments worldnews