Under the Charter, the Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. It has 15 Members, and each Member has one vote. Under the Charter ...

The UN Security Council convened on Friday for a special ... “Before my release, Hamas took pleasure in showing me a picture of my brother Yossi,” he said. “They told me he was dead ...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council has agreed to a statement condemning widespread violence in Syria's coastal region and calling on Syria's interim authorities to ...

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In a briefing to the Security Council on Thursday, the UN Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel painted a mixed picture of the region, which is facing a growing terrorist threat but ...

Fu Cong (2nd R, rear), China's permanent representative to the United Nations, briefs reporters on the program of work of the Security Council for the month at the UN headquarters in New York ...

Picture: Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP CAPE TOWN - President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed the European Union (EU) shares South Africa's view that the UN Security Council needs to be reformed to make it ...

TASS/. China has taken over the rotating one-month presidency of the United Nations Security Council. The UN Security Council is expected to hold about two dozen open meetings and closed-door ...