The United Nations Security Council on Monday endorsed a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program in return for sanctions relief, but it will be able to re-impose U.N. penalties during the next decade if Tehran breaches the historic agreement. The 15-member body unanimously adopted a resolution that was negotiated as[…]
The UN Security Council will vote on a resolution to blacklist the son of Yemen’s former president and a Houthi leader, and effectively impose an arms embargo on the rebels who rule most of the country, diplomats have said. The draft resolution, obtained early on Tuesday by the AP news[…]
A group of 21 international aid agencies criticised the UN Security Council for failing to implement its resolutions aimed at improving the humanitarian situation in Syria, calling 2014 “the worst year” of the crisis, a report said Thursday. The report found that despite three resolutions adopted by the council in[…]
The UN Security Council passed a resolution Sunday “deploring” the Houthi rebel group’s actions in Yemen and demanding the cessation of violence and active participation of all parties in UN-backed negotiations. The council, which met Sunday for an emergency session to pass the resolution, took action on the situation in[…]
The International Criminal Court said Wednesday that it had referred Libya to the UN Security Council for violating an obligation to hand over one of Muammar Gaddafi’s son for trial. “The chamber found that Libya has failed to comply with the requests by the court … to surrender Saif al-Islam[…]
A draft resolution to revive talks on a final Israeli-Palestinian settlement is expected be presented to the UN Security Council by the middle of the month, the Palestinian envoy to the United Nations said Monday. Palestinian representative Riyad Mansour said the text being shepherded by France is expected to lay[…]
The outspoken new U.N. envoy on Syria is briefing the Security Council for the first time after visiting key countries with influence on any possible solution to the deeply entrenched conflict. Staffan de Mistura is the third such envoy to try to bring the more than three-year civil war to[…]
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