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Western arms for Ukraine make 'nuclear apocalypse' more likely: Russia's Medvedev

A member of Russian President Vladimir Putin's powerful Security Council on Tuesday warned that the more destructive the weapons that the West supplied to Ukraine, the higher the risk of "nuclear apocalypse".

Reuters

UN Security Council to meet on Sudan as a million are displaced by violence

The United Nations has called an emergency Security Council meeting on the fighting in Sudan, which has displaced an estimated one million people since it broke out a month ago.

Radio France Internationale

Putin touts cooperation with ex-Soviet states in Security Council meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin told members of his Security Council that their video meeting on Monday should discuss the benefits of cooperation among former Soviet states.

Reuters

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Exclusive-IAEA chief aims to present Zaporizhzhia deal to UN this month -diplomats

U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi plans to present an agreement with Russia and Ukraine on protecting the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to the U.N. Security Council this month, indicating a deal is close, four diplomats have told Reuters.

Reuters

UN Security Council Holds Another Emergency Meeting On Israel-Gaza Hostilities

Ambassadors to the United Nations, landed safely in Tel Aviv, experiencing life in a city under attack

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UN says Taliban envoy can meet Pakistan, China ministers next week

A U.N. Security Council committee on Monday agreed to allow the Taliban administration's foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to travel to Pakistan from Afghanistan next week to meet with the foreign ministers of Pakistan and China, diplomats said.

Reuters

Security Council Lauds Saudi-Omani Efforts to Achieve Peace in Yemen

The members of the Security Council welcomed the recent visit to Sanaa by the Saudi Arabian and Omani delegations. In a statement, the Council hailed the Saudi-Omani ongoing support to the mediation efforts of the United Nations.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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UN Security Council Unanimously Condemns Taliban's Crackdown on Women's Rights

The UN Security Council unanimously condemned on Thursday a Taliban administration ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations in Afghanistan and called on Taliban leaders to "swiftly reverse" a crackdown on the rights of women and girls. The resolution - drafted by the United Arab Emirates and Japan…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Security Council set to condemn Taliban crackdown on Afghan women

The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on Thursday to condemn a ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations in Afghanistan and call upon the Taliban administration to "swiftly reverse" its crackdown on the rights of women and girls.

Reuters

Russia claims world facing ‘even more dangerous’ period than Cold War

A string of UN Security Council members, including the United States, France and Britain, condemn Russia for its war on Ukraine during meeting

The Independent UK

UN Chief Warns Sudan Violence Risks ‘Catastrophic Conflagration’

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that the violence in Sudan "risks a catastrophic conflagration within Sudan that could engulf the whole region and beyond" and called on Security Council members to exert maximum leverage. "We must all do everything within our power to pull Sudan back from the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Chief Criticizes Russia at UN Meeting Chaired by Lavrov

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a meeting chaired by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday that Moscow's invasion of Ukraine is "causing massive suffering and devastation to the country and its people" and fueling "global economic dislocation triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic." "Tensions between major powers are at an…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Latest on Ukraine: Russia runs U.N. Security Council as China runs damage control

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Russia's UN council presidency is most contentious in memory

The Russian presidency of the U.N. Security Council has been the most contentious in the memory of longtime U.N. diplomats

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Ex-Colombia rebel urges armed groups to support government

A former Colombian rebel leader who now heads a political party has addressed the U.N. Security Council for the first time

Reuters

US, Britain walk out at UN on Russian wanted for war crimes

The United States, Britain, Albania and Malta walked out on Russia's envoy for children's rights - whom the International Criminal Court wants to arrest on war crimes charges - as she spoke by video to U.N. Security Council members on Wednesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin: Reason to Believe Western Intelligence Involved in Ukrainian ‘Terrorism’

Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a televised meeting with officials on Wednesday that there was reason to believe Western intelligence agencies were involved in what he said were sabotage and terrorist acts carried out by Ukraine. In a meeting of the Kremlin's Security Council with the heads of the…

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Russia-Ukraine war: anyone supporting Moscow in conflict is an ‘accomplice’, Macron says during China visit – as it happened

French president and EU leader in Beijing for meeting with Xi Jinping

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Britain blocks UN webcast of Russian meeting on Ukraine

Britain has blocked the U.N. webcast of an informal Security Council meeting on Ukraine on Wednesday at which Russia's commissioner for children's rights - whom the International Criminal Court wants to arrest on war crimes charges - is due to speak.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Rejects US Claims its UN Council Presidency is a Joke

Russia’s UN ambassador on Monday dismissed US and European Union descriptions of its presidency of the Security Council this month as an April Fool’s joke and announced a meeting to be chaired by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on defending the principles of the UN Charter, which Moscow is widely accused…

The Independent UK

Russia rejects US claims its UN council presidency is a joke

Russia’s U.N. ambassador is dismissing U.S. and European Union descriptions of its presidency of the Security Council this month as an April Fool’s joke

Reuters

Russian charged with war crimes may brief U.N. Security Council

Russia's commissioner for children's rights, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges, is likely to brief an informal meeting of the U.N. Security Council this week, according to a note seen by Reuters on Monday.

Radio France Internationale

Ukraine cries shame as Russia takes UN Security Council chair

On 1 April, Russia took up the presidency of the 15-nation UN Security Council. Ukraine's foreign minister described the situation as "the worst joke ever for April Fool's Day".

Radio France Internationale

Who are the armed groups ravaging the eastern DRCongo?

The United Nations Security Council has "strongly condemned" violence perpetrated by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo and has demanded that militia groups disband. Which militia are involved, and who controls them?

Radio France Internationale

UN Security Council meets to consider 'alarming' violence in DRC

On the eve of a Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a quarterly report by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres deplores a sharp increase in violence in the east of the country, with at least 700 civilians murdered by militia groups since December.

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