The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), charged with ensuring international peace and security, accepting new members to the United Nations and approving any changes to its charter. Its powers include the establishment of peacekeeping operations and international sanctions as well as the authorization of military actions through resolutions – it is the only body of the United Nations with the authority to issue binding resolutions to member states. The council held its first session on 17 January 1946.
The listing of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN Security Council has been termed as a "significant achievement" by the member nations in.. Firstpost - Published
The G5 Joint Force was set up by the Sahel countries - Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Niger - two years ago, but it's still barely operational, lacking funding and key equipment.
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Reuters reports North Korea said on Tuesday the seizure of one of its cargo ships by the United States was an illegal act that violated the spirit of a summit pact between the two countries’ leaders...
According to Business Insider, "The United Nations Security Council removed language on sexual and reproductive health from a resolution about rape as a weapon of war, after the United States..
The United States is reportedly threatening to veto a resolution in the United Nations Security Council that would prevent rape as a weapon of war and terrorism. Business Insider reports that the..
According to Reuters, a U.S. threat to veto U.N. Security Council action on sexual violence in conflict was averted on Tuesday after a long-agreed phrase was removed because President Donald Trump’s..
According to Reuters, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Iran will ask the international community to take a position on the U.S. designation of its Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist..
According to Reuters, unpublished reports by Moscow to the United Nations Security Council said that Russia sent home nearly two-thirds of some 30,000 North Koreans working there during 2018. The..
According to Reuters, the United Nations Security Council will meet later on Wednesday, at the request of Syria, over U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over..
According Reuters, Russia sent home nearly two-thirds of some 30,000 North Koreans working there during 2018 and China repatriated more than half of those employed there but did not specify a figure,..
According to Reuters, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “clear that the status of Golan has not changed,” after U.S. President Donald Trump recognized the Golan Heights as..
According to Reuters, gunmen killed at least 134 Fulani herders in central Mali on Saturday, the deadliest such attack of recent times in a region reeling from worsening ethnic and jihadist violence...
At least 134 Fulani herders were killed in central Mali on Saturday, the deadliest attack in the region in recent times. Rough cut (no reporter narration)
The United Nations said on Friday at least 18 health centers have been attacked in the past three weeks in northwestern Syria, prompting a confrontation between western powers and Russia and Syria at.. Reuters - Published
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