UN Security Council to meet Friday over Lebanon pager blasts
The United Nations Security Council will meet on Friday over the pager blasts in Lebanon targeting militant group Hezbollah, ...
Weaponizing ordinary devices violates international law, United Nations rights chief says
The United Nations human rights chief says weaponizing ordinary communication devices represents a new development in warfare ...
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The UN Security Council
The Security Council, the United Nations’ principal crisis-management body, is empowered to impose binding obligations on the 193 UN member states to maintain peace. The Security Council’s ...
Ukraine's Zelenskiy to address UN Security Council on Tuesday
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will on Tuesday address a meeting of the United ...
United States Backs Africa’s U.N. Security Council Bid, With a Catch
The announcement provides U.S. support to permanent council seats for African nations, though not new veto powers. But the ...
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A United Nations fit for the future
The United Nations must evolve to remain relevant, becoming a more agile, inclusive, and responsive body, writes Euan ...
UN’s pact to protect future generations will be undermined by Security Council’s veto and its use in cases of mass atrocity
(THE CONVERSATION) World leaders will gather at the United Nations on Sept. 22-23, 2024, where they are set to adopt the Pact for the Future – an ambitious plan for how to best reform the U.N., and ...
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US backs 2 permanent seats for African nations on the UN Security Council
While Security Council resolutions are legally binding, they are often ignored by targeted countries. Virtually all countries agree that nearly eight decades after the United Nations was ...
Lebanon’s foreign minister urges U.N. Security Council to condemn deadly explosions
Lebanon’s foreign minister is warning the U.N. Security Council that if it doesn’t condemn this week’s deadly explosions and ...