Tag: UN Security Council
Palestine statehood: World awaits UN Security Council vote
The UN Security Council will vote later Tuesday on a draft resolution on Palestinian statehood, Jordan’s ambassador and diplomats said.…
Five countries set to join UN’s ‘top table’
Years of campaigning for a seat at the world’s “top table” come to a head this week when elections are…
Nigeria wants UN sanctions on Boko Haram
Nigeria has asked the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Boko Haram, the armed Islamist group that claimed the…
Chibok Girls: UN rules out military intervention
A top United Nations envoy has ruled out a military intervention by the UN to rescue no fewer than 200…
UN Security Council condemns schoolgirls kidnap
The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned the abduction of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls Friday, as the world body’s secretary…
Saudi Arabia Rejects Security Council Seat
Saudi Arabia, in an unprecedented show of anger at the failure of the international community to end the war in…
AU may ask ICC defer trial of Kenyan leaders
African Union chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has asked U.N. Security Council envoys how they might react if asked to defer the…
Egypt massacre: France, Britain urge for UN meeting
France, Britain and Australia jointly requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the deadly violence in…
UN approves first ‘offensive peace keepers’ for DR Congo
The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously approved the first-ever “offensive” UN peacekeeping brigade to battle rebels groups in Democratic…
Malian rebels derail peace talks
One of the armed Islamist groups occupying northern Mali, Ansar Dine, said Thursday it was revoking a pledge to end…