World news about “UN Security Council” published by euronews.
Syria rejects widening of UN chemical weapons probe Syria has rejected calls by the UN which wants to widen its investigation into the use of chemical weapons in the country. There is currently an advance… 09/04/2013
UN relevance, strengths and flaws The 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly is underway in New York. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II, to serve cooperation in… 28/09/2012
UN Syria credibility in doubt The United Nations Security Council is facing scepticism over its effectiveness, as Syria fails to keep its promises. The deadline for the government to… 11/04/2012
US veto set to upset Palestinian UN move The admission of new members to the United Nations is decided by the General Assembly. Normally, if a state wants to join, it presents its application to… 17/09/2011
UN gives green light to Mali intervention forceThe United Nations Security Council has voted to send in an Africa-led military force to help counter al Qaeda and other Islamist militants in northern… 21/12/2012
UN gives ECOWAS green light to move into MaliECOWAS troops with UN backing may soon be on their way into northern Mali following agreement at the UN. West Africa’s regional bloc, meeting in Nigeria… 12/11/2012
Rwanda wins UN Security Council seatRwanda is to become one of five new non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. The decision to grant a two-year position in the 15-member… 19/10/2012
UN Security Council backs military action in MaliThe UN Security Council has called on African allies and the UN to present a specific plan for military intervention in Mali within 45 days. The 15-nation… 13/10/2012
Syrian rebels struggle to advance in AleppoSyrian rebels are struggling to advance in an Aleppo offensive which has seen fierce combat with few gains. In a move which looks to further complicate the… 28/09/2012
UN skips chance to agree Syria civilian safe zonesThe United Nations Security Council has failed to agree a plan for civilian safe zones within Syria to help residents escape the 17-month old uprising. But… 31/08/2012
Syria reportedly using war planes over AleppoReports say government war planes are being used for the first time over Syria’s second city Aleppo as the conflict there intensifies. On the ground… 24/07/2012
EU backs African stabilisation force for MaliAs Islamist extremists tighten their grip on northern Mali, the EU says it is ready to back the deployment of an African stabilisation force. Concerned by… 23/07/2012
Russia, China veto UN Security Council resolution on SyriaRussia and China vetoed a Western-backed U.N. Security Council resolution on Thursday that threatened Syrian authorities with sanctions if they did not stop… 19/07/2012
Russia and China veto UN over SyriaRussia and China have vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that threatened sanctions against Syrian authorities for a third time. The… 19/07/2012
Russia blocks UN draft resolution on SyriaIn keeping with its support for President Bashar al-Assad, Russia has refused to back a tougher UN draft resolution on Syria. The proposal, which would… 12/07/2012
Iran, Iraq back Syria peace plan, Annan saysUN and Arab League envoy on Syria Kofi Annan said on Wednesday that both Iran and Iraq back his peace plan to end the 17-month standoff between President… 12/07/2012
Syria at ‘tipping point’ says AnnanSyrian diplomats are being expelled from several western countries after a recent massacre left more than 100 people dead, many of them children. The… 30/05/2012
Annan to hold crucial talks with Assad after Houla massacreAmateur footage has been broadcast said to have been filmed as Friday’s massacre in the Syrian town of Houla unfolded. The Syrian government has denied its… 29/05/2012
Syria: Annan in Damascus to rescue peace planKofi Annan flew to Damascus to appeal to President Bashar al Assad and try to rescue his faltering peace plan. The UN and Arab league envoy has condemned… 28/05/2012
Russia’s Syrian concernThe Syrian government says it had no hand in the Houla atrocity, blaming terrorists. The head of the UN Mission in Syria named no culprit. Western and Arab… 28/05/2012
Russia and UK united in criticising SyriaBritain and Russia have joined the international condemnation of the latest massacre in Syria, in which over 100 adults and children lost their lives. Hopes… 28/05/2012
UN condemns Syrian government for Houla shellingProtests have erupted across Syria after Friday’s massacre of at least 100 people, many of them children, in the town of Houla. With international outrage… 28/05/2012
Amnesty: UN Security Council ‘unfit for purpose’Human rights watchdog Amnesty International, in its annual State of the World Human Rights report,lambasted the UN Security Council for being “tired, out of… 24/05/2012
Plan for Syria on track insists UNThe UN says the peace plan for Syria is on track despite numerous reports of violations on the ground. Activists claim that on Friday as many as 37 people… 05/05/2012
UN threatens Sudan and South Sudan with sanctionsThe United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution threatening both Sudan and South Sudan with sanctions if they don’t pull back from… 02/05/2012
Syria: UN monitor chief calls for help and cooperationThe Head of the UN ceasefire observers has arrived in Damascus. Norwegian Major General Robert Mood will be in charge of 30 observers initially, but this… 29/04/2012
Syria government accused of continuing shellingAmateur video uploaded on a social networking site purports to show Syrian government forces shelling the town of Douma for the second time this week, despite… 28/04/2012
Weapons bound for Syria seized in LebanonAuthorities in Lebanon have detained a ship carrying weapons believed to be for opposition fighters in Syria. The vessel began its journey in Libya… 28/04/2012
International patience ‘exhausted’ over SyriaFresh violence in several cities across Syria appears to have stretched international patience to the limit. UN chief Ban Ki-moon has directly accused… 27/04/2012
Gunfire breaks out in Syrian city during UN visitAmateur video has emerged, purporting to show a UN team in the Syrian city of Homs when gunfire rings out through the streets. The mission members are in… 22/04/2012
Security Council gives go-ahead for Syria observer missionThe deployment of 300 UN military observers to monitor a fragile week-old ceasefire in Syria has moved a step closer after the three-month mission finally got… 21/04/2012
UN Security Council to vote on Syria observersSyria’s ceasefire began over a week ago but images of violence persist and the death toll continues to rise. Today the UN Security Council is set to vote on… 21/04/2012
Iran ready to resolve nuclear issues, says ministerIran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Monday that Tehran was ready to resolve all nuclear issues if Western sanctions are lifted. He called for… 16/04/2012
North Korea launch condemnedNorth Korea’s decision to go ahead with the launch of a long-range rocket has been almost universally condemned. The White House says it has left Pyongyang… 13/04/2012
Syria: Security Council statement fails to halt bloodshedViolence continues to rage in Syria, where a United Nations Security Council call for an end to the bloodshed has fallen on deaf ears. At least 70 people… 22/03/2012
No agreement on UN Syria statement – yetRussia has suggested it is ready to back a UN statement supporting Kofi Annan’s mission to end the violence in Syria. While two rounds of talks have so far… 21/03/2012
Arab League set to appeal for international peacekeepersArab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo are set to call on the U.N. Security Council to send an international peace keeping force to Syria. Reports say the… 12/02/2012
Syria renews Homs bombing as Lavrov lands for talksRussia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has arrived in the Syrian capital for talks aimed at ending the bloody crackdown on a popular revolt. State… 07/02/2012
US closes Damascus embassy over security fearsThe United States has closed its embassy in Syria due to the recent upsurge in violence. All staff have been pulled out of the country including the … 06/02/2012
Syria forces ‘massacre’ anti-Assad activistsSyrian government troops have killed more than 250 people in the city of Homs, opposition activists said. They said shelling started on Friday and the… 04/02/2012
UN Security Council to vote on Syria as Homs suffersYet another crackdown on the city of Homs has left at least 217 people dead, claims the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Syrian forces are said to have… 04/02/2012
Russia and China oppose Arab League plan for Syria at UNA day of diplomatic discussion on Syria at the UN Security Council ended without agreement as Russia and China remained opposed to move for a regime change in… 01/02/2012
UN remains split over SyriaThe UN is divided over how to end the violence in Syria. A special session of the 15-nation Security Council had been asked to consider a resolution backing… 01/02/2012
Syria showdown – on the streets and at the UNAs street battles rage at the gates of Damascus, a diplomatic battle over Syria is looming at the UN. President Assad’s forces have fought back against… 30/01/2012
Russia rejects UN Syria move but says ready to talkAs Arab League observers begin a new mission in Syria, the UN Security Council has been considering a draft resolution against Damascus. It follows calls by… 28/01/2012
All Iranian diplomatic staff ordered to leave UKYou have 48 hours to pack up and leave Britain. That is what the UK has told the Iranian government today after the British embassy and a separate… 30/11/2011
UN veto on Syria ‘sad day for human rights’While Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may be relieved following the result of a UN security council vote, there has been outrage across Europe and in the… 05/10/2011
US outraged as Russia, China veto Syria condemnationRussia and China have used their veto against a European-drafted UN resolution condemning Syria. The move split the Security Council, revealing a fundamental… 05/10/2011
Israel accepts proposals for peace talksIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is ready to accept proposals from the so-called Quartet of mediators to aim for peace with the Palestinians… 25/09/2011
Libyan forces arrive in Gadaffi hometownForces from Libya’s National Transitional Council said on Saturday they had begun swarming into Muammar Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte. Officials said … 25/09/2011
Abbas sees UN taking weeks, not months on bidMahmoud Abbas says he expects the Security Council to finish debating the Palestinians’ bid for full UN membership within weeks, not months. The clock is… 24/09/2011
Optimism in the West BankThere is optimism in the West Bank about the possibility of becoming a recognised sovereign state. The majority are positive, despite the strong opposition… 24/09/2011
What now for the Palestinian request?Mahmoud Abbas presented the Palestinian request for statehood to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday afternoon. Within hours, it was transmitted to the… 24/09/2011
UN adopts its first clear condemnation of SyriaThe UN Security Council has condemned human rights violations and the use of force against civilians by the Syrian government. The watered-down statement… 04/08/2011
Syrian forces tighten grip on HamaSyrian security forces pushed into the city of Hama on Tuesday, witnesses said, to quell violence the government is blaming on armed gangs. State television… 02/08/2011
UN troops to keep peace in Sudan’s Abyei regionThe United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to send a 4,200-strong Ethiopian peacekeeping force to Sudan’s disputed Abyei region. It said it was… 28/06/2011
Fear of Russian veto in UN vote on SyriaMoscow is yet to say if it will veto a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Syria, but it has spoken of its opposition to it. A vote on a… 09/06/2011
Russia voices opposition to any UN Syria resolutionThe risk of a Russian veto was always there as four Western nations handed the UN Security Council a draft resolution condemning the Syrian crackdown. Now… 09/06/2011
UN Security Council debate on Syrian unrestBritain, France, Germany and Portugal have put forward a UN Security Council resolution aimed at condemning Syria’s crackdown on protesters. London says it… 09/06/2011
