Representatives of six major powers ended a meeting in New York Saturday to mull a response to Iran's nuclear defiance without reaching agreement, ...
The UN Security Council slapped Wednesday an arms embargo on Eritrea and targeted sanctions on its leaders for aiding Somali rebels and refusing ...
The US seemed set on invading Iraq regardless of what the UN Security Council thought, Britain's then ambassador to the UN said Friday, calling the war "legal but of questionable legitimacy." It appeared to be "preparing for conflict" despite British efforts to ...
The European Union's Swedish presidency said Tuesday that it was 'premature' to recognise a Palestinian state, even as its leaders prepare to seek such recognition at the UN Security Council. "I don't think we are there yet," Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, ...
The United States voiced opposition Monday to unilateral Palestinian moves to seek recognition for an independent state, saying negotiations with Israel were the best way forward. A State Department spokesman reiterated US commitment to a future Palestinian state but poured cold water ...
The Palestinians intend to ask the UN Security Council to recognise their independence, a senior official said on Sunday amid mounting frustration with the stalled peace process. "We have reached a decision... to go to the UN Security Council to ask for ...
UN experts say Ivory Coast arms embargo and ban on diamond exports are being violated The government and former rebels in Ivory Coast have repeatedly violated a U.N. arms embargo — and a ban on diamond exports is being flouted with help ...
Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic has written to the UN Security Council asking it to "honour" an immunity agreement he claims was made on its behalf, a court document stated Friday. "Dr Radovan Karadzic ... has requested the United Nations Security ...
UN rights council endorses Gaza war crimes report that suggests Hague tribunal prosecution The U.N. Human Rights Council voted Friday to endorse a Gaza war crimes report that calls on Israel and Hamas to carry out credible investigations into alleged abuses — ...
Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo on Friday became candidate to succeed himself in a presidential election slated, amid mounting dates over the date, for November 29. Gbagbo's mandate ran out in 2005 while his west African country was divided between the government-held ...
A senior US State Department official traveled to the Middle East this week to press for enforcement of sanctions against North Korea's nuclear program, the State Department said Friday. Philip Goldberg held talks in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday and will ...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who last year made an abortive White House bid, said here Wednesday she enjoyed her role as president...of the UN Security Council. "I kind of like being president," she quipped as she chaired a council meeting ...
