The Latest Breaking News from UN Security Council

Ukraine news from February 17: Russian deputy foreign minister says claims it plans to invade are ‘baseless’.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the UN Security Council on Thursday that Russia must abandon the "path of war" and urged Russia to declare unequivocally that it would not invade Ukraine. Hours earlier, Moscow expelled the US deputy chief of mission in a move the White House slammed…

An agreement has been reached in principle on a UN-coordinated proposal that would transfer more than 1 million barrels of crude oil from a tanker that has been moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen since the 1980s to another ship, the UN humanitarian chief said Tuesday. Martin Griffiths told…

The controversial gathering was held in the aftermath of Ireland winning a seat on the UN Security Council in 2020.

The UN Security Council, in a statement issued on Friday, called on the Lebanese authorities to investigate the attacks against the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and to bring those involved to justice. The members of the Security Council “deplored the incidents that took place on 22 December…

The UN Security Council on Friday called on Lebanese officials to implement much needed reforms and hold free and fair elections. In a statement, Council members “reiterated with urgency the need to implement previously outlined, tangible reforms which are necessary to help the Lebanese population.” An economic meltdown has sank…

The proposals exchanged by Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib and his Kuwaiti counterpart, Sheikh Ahmad Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah, reveal Beirut’s disregard for the role played by Hezbollah and the items linked to the implementation of UN Security Council resolutions 1559 and 1701. Kuwait’s proposal includes 12-confidence building measures to…

The United States has requested an emergency meeting on Thursday of the UN Security Council on North Korea, which launched its most powerful missile since 2017 last weekend, diplomatic sources said Tuesday. The meeting is expected to be held behind closed doors. It is up to Russia, the president of…

The UN Security Council voted Monday to extend its political mission in Libya for just three months after a dispute between the West and Russia over the appointment of a new top UN envoy for the North African country, which is trying to form a united government after 10 years…

The US, UK and other allies say they are prepared to introduce sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin should the country invade Ukraine, after a crisis meeting of the UN Security Council overnight.

‘Imagine how uncomfortable you would be if you had 100,000 troops sitting on your border,’ US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield tells security council members