Tag: Security Council

Addressing the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday (12 August) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticised it as being “an outdated structure” with a “lack...

June 7, 2022 was "an historic date," according to Mozambique's Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Pedro Comissário Afonso, when his country won its...

Two Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries want the United Nations (UN) Security Council (SC) reformed to make it a “representative organ” and one...

UN chief Antonio Guterres assailed what he called "an epidemic of coup d'états" on Tuesday and urged the Security Council to act to effectively...

Despite an overall decrease in maritime traffic due to the COVID-19 pandemic, piracy and armed robbery of ships rose by 20 % in the...

Was it irresponsible for the UN to not intervene, considering the AU’s inability to resolve the dispute? Diplomatic efforts to resolve the long-simmering dispute between...

The United Nations Security Council approved on Friday the appointment of veteran diplomat Jan Kubis as the UN Libya envoy, diplomats said, nearly a...

The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has closed nine field offices since peaceful transfer of power in the 2018 presidential...

Just hours after the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist, Tehran demanded the United Nations Security Council condemn the killing and take action...

Highlighting the importance of the UN Security Council in addressing peace and security challenges in an increasingly complex world, the President of the General...

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the leader of a Central African Republic-based militia group, the Treasury Department said, accusing the leader,...

In January 2021, Kenya will replace South Africa as one of the three elected African members (A3) on the United Nations Security Council, joining...

Kenya was elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, defeating Djibouti for an African country designated seat. UN member states chose the country...

As the UN prepares for the 20th commemoration of UN Peacekeepers Day on 29 May, the Security Council heard a senior South African diplomat...

The UN Security Council is considering a British-drafted resolution demanding a ceasefire in Libya and calling on all countries with influence over the warring...

The UN Security Council expressed "grave concern" over the security situation and human rights abuses in central Africa and has tasked the...

The UN Security Council welcomed warming ties between Eritrea and Ethiopia, but diplomats said it stopped short of pledging it could review...

he 193-member United Nations General Assembly elected Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru and Poland to the Security Council for a two-year...

The United Nations doubts the willingness of the South Sudan government to co-operate with the deployment of thousands more peacekeepers and urged...

Delivering his first formal briefing to the Security Council, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres underlined the need for new, strengthened efforts to...

Congolese President Joseph Kabila warned against foreign "interference" in the country's political crisis, in an address to parliament in which he also...

The United Nations Security Council pushed for a peaceful transition of power in Congo during a weekend visit aimed at averting violence...

The United Nations Security Council has called on countries emerging from conflict and all those assisting them to prioritise development of domestic...

Warning that terrorists and other armed groups appear to have reorganised "and gained some ability to operate" amid the already fragile security...

The Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Thursday urging the United Nations to consider establishing a full-fledged peacekeeping force in virtually...

Togo defeated Mauritania in the third round of an election to the 15-nation UN Security Council for 2012 and 2013. The small West...

Mining companies would be banned from investing in Eritrea's potentially booming minerals sector under a draft UN resolution that Security Council members...

The United Nations committee entrusted with helping countries tackle terrorism today voiced concern at the close connection between terrorists and transnational organized...

The Palestinians' initiative to seek UN recognition as a state, which goes to the Security Council faces an uphill struggle to...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he expected the Security Council to finish debating his nation's application for full United Nations membership in...

The United Nations and its diplomatic partners seeking a resolution to the Libyan crisis today urged the Security Council to release assets...

Condemning the continued flow of weapons that it said violated its arms embargoes on Somalia and Eritrea, the Security Council extended for...

The UN Security Council will later today debate the issue of organised crime as a threat to international peace. The issue has...

The Security Council extended for another year the United Nations political mission in Burundi, calling for full support for next year's elections...

The UN Security Council exempted the government of Liberia from an arms embargo slapped on the West African country six years ago...

The United Nations Security Council extended and expanded the arms embargo and related sanctions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),...

The US envoy to the United Nations sharply criticized Khartoum over a UN report that accused the Sudanese army of harassing and...

The Security Council renewed for another 12 months the authorization for States and regional organizations fighting piracy off the Somali coast to...