UN Security Council

Joumblatt Unveils Initiative for Implementation of 1701

During meetings with the crisis cells in West Aley and Choueifat-Khaldeh on Monday, former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Joumblatt presented a national initiative aimed at halting the ongoing Israeli aggression against Lebanon. The central focus of the plan is the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which calls ...

UNSC Condemns Iran's Israel Attack, Calls For End of Hostilities

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned Iran's missile attack against Israel, following criticism by Israel that he hadn't specifically called out Tehran when he initially condemned the "broadening conflict." "As should have been obvious yesterday in the context of the condemnation I expressed," Secretary-General Guterres told an ...

Russia Criticized at UN Security Council Over Ukraine Strikes

Russia came under fire at the UN Security Council on Tuesday for conducting "systemic attacks" on Ukraine's medical facilities after a wave of deadly strikes across the country. President Volodymyr Zelensky said 38 people across Ukraine were killed — including four children — and 190 were wounded in the wave of nearly 40 missiles that ...

Greece, Pakistan, Somalia, Among Incoming UN Security Council Members

Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia were elected by secret ballot Thursday at the United Nations General Assembly to serve on the Security Council for the 2025-2026 term. The top UN panel, charged with maintaining international peace and security, is comprised of 15 nations, including five veto-wielding permanent members: Britain, ...

UN Security Council: Haiti's Situation Is 'Critical'

Haiti's spiraling security situation has become "critical,” said the UN Security Council on Wednesday, March 6, as armed gangs threaten a full-scale civil war. The UN Security Council expressed its concern over the deteriorating situation in violence-gripped Haiti on Wednesday, as Washington ramped up pressure on absent Prime Minister Ariel ...

Questions Arise Over Russia's Plane Crash Narrative

Uncertainties persisted on Thursday surrounding the military plane crash that Russia claimed resulted in the deaths of numerous captured Ukrainian soldiers ahead of a planned prisoner exchange, with Moscow and Kyiv trading accusations at the UN Security Council. Russia blamed Ukrainian forces for downing the IL-76 transport plane over the ...