UN Security Council

• Mexican leader calls on world’s richest to help poorest, stop slide into ‘barbarity’

  Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told the U.N. Security Council that this proposal could generate around $1 trillion annually, which should go directly to the world's poorest people.

  World

  Nov 9, 2021
  
• China, Russia urges U.N. to end sanctions on North Korea, citing economic woes

  The sanctions range from the export of seafood and textiles to a cap on imports of refined petroleum products and a ban on its citizens working overseas.

  World

  Nov 3, 2021
  
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• Myanmar anti-coup protesters face tear gas as UN envoy urges action

  The Feb. 1 military coup ousted the government of Aung San Suu Kyi after her National League for Democracy Party won 82 per cent of the vote in November elections.

  World

  Mar 5, 2021
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• UN Security Council holds emergency meeting on Myanmar coup but takes no action

  Diplomats said restoring democracy was the key element of a draft statement prepared for the council to release to the media after the closed-door meeting.

  Politics

  Feb 2, 2021
• Germany appeals for 2 Michaels’ release at final UN meeting, China says ‘good riddance’

  Germany's UN ambassador appealed for China to release Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor this Christmas at his final meeting of the UN Security Council.

  Canada

  Dec 22, 2020
• Bob Rae brings tough talk to United Nations diplomacy

  Two months after Canada lost the election to the United Nations Security Council, the country's new ambassador was there anyway, speaking frankly about the Syrian civil war. He wasn't making many new friends.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2020
• U.S. vetoes United Nations anti-terrorism resolution

  Four U.N. diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity because contacts have been private, said Monday a U.S. veto is likely because the Americans believe the resolution doesn't go far enough and left out the key element of repatriation.

  Politics

  Aug 31, 2020
• U.N. faces potential crisis as U.S. seeks to reimpose sanctions on Iran

  Last week, the U.S. lost its long-shot bid to indefinitely extend an international arms embargo on Iran and has now moved to a new diplomatic line of attack.

  World

  Aug 19, 2020
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• U.S. seeks more support from U.N. council to permanently extend Iran arms embargo

  A new, much shorter draft of the resolution circulated by the U.S. states that the arms embargo ``shall continue to apply until the Security Council decides otherwise.''

  World

  Aug 11, 2020
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• UN Security Council to vote on extending Iran arms embargo next week: Pompeo

  The arms embargo on Iran is currently set to end on Oct. 18 under Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, which U.S. President Donald Trump's administration quit in 2018.

  Politics

  Aug 5, 2020