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Talks between Tehran and the West were stalled for months over the question of uranium enrichment: Iran was allowed to do this under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NNPT) but forbidden to do so by UN Security Council resolutions. Full Article at Le Monde Diplo
BEIRUT: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Lebanese government on Monday it will be held accountable for any aggression from Hizbullah after allowing the resistance to retain its weapons. Full Article at Zawya.com
President Obama's new strategy in Afghanistan, which calls for an increase of 30,000 U.S. troops beginning in January, 2010, with an expected pullout 18 months later, has sparked a lively debate about whether the president has committed political... Full Article at Huffington Post
Bosworth is traveling with special envoy for six-party talks and will brief six-party nationsU.S. officials maintain Bosworth does not know in advance Pyongyang's positionTalks are highest-level discussions between two nations since Obama took... Full Article at CNN
A report from an independent group of experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo has found that military operations intended to dismantle the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, or FDLR, have been unsuccessful and that the rebels have... Full Article at Voice of America
Cadets listen to the President Obama's speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Dec. 1. Columnist Colbert King said he felt himself "drinking the Kool-Aid" afterward. Full Article at Richard Prince's Journal-isms
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council on Monday called for the holding of credible presidential elections in Cote d'Ivoire at the earliest date possible after the much-delayed polls were recently postponed again. Full Article at Xinhua
India and Russia signed key agreements on the civilian use of nuclear power and military and technical cooperation here on Monday, marking a strong consolidation of traditional ties between the two countries. Full Article at Indian Express
After months of halfhearted, fruitless attempts at engagement, the United States and its European partners are effectively re-enacting George W. Bush's Iran policy. Full Article at MyAntiWar.org
(AXcess News) New York - Calling it a "criminal attack," the United Nations Security Council on Friday afternoon condemned "in the strongest terms" the December 3 terrorist attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, which killed and injured innocent civilians at... Full Article at AXcess News
Moscow: India and Russia on Monday came out with a comprehensive joint declaration in which Russia said it considers India a "deserving and strong candidate for a permanent seat in an expanded UN Security Council". Full Article at DNA India
Much of the American public is skeptical about the value of Obama's plan, announced in his address of December 1, to send another 30,000 U.S. troops to fight an apparently endless war in Afghanistan, and with good reason. Full Article at Huffington Post
"Russia considers India a deserving candidate and strong candidate for a permanent seat in an expanded UN Security Council," according to a joint declaration signed in Moscow after summit talks between visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian... Full Article at New Kerala
* Felicien Kabuga is Rwanda's most-wanted man * Kenya says he was briefly detained in 1994 * Washington, U.N. urging Kenya to cooperate NAIROBI, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Kenya said on Monday that threats to refer it to the U.N. Security Council for... Full Article at Reuters Alert Net
Moscow: Terming India a "deserving candidate", Russia today backed its claim for a permanent membership in an expanded United Nations Security Council (UNSC) reflecting present-day realities. Full Article at DNA India
Today could mark an important step in the Middle East peace process. EU Foreign Ministers are to meet to consider a statement on East Jerusalem and a future Palestinian state. Full Article at UN-Truth
Moscow, Dec 7 (IANS) Describing India as a “deserving and a strong candidate”, Russia Monday backed India for a permanent seat in an expanded United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Full Article at Sindh Today
During his recent meeting with President Obama in Washington, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought to solidify a relationship transformed under the Bush administration from mere friendship to that of a ‘key ally’ that led to nuclear cooperation deal... Full Article at Dawn
SARAYEVO, December 7 (RIA Novosti) - China will be the first permanent member of the UN Security Council to present its arguments over the legitimacy of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia at the International Court of Justice... Full Article at RIA Novosti
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court at The Hague told the U.N. Security Council Friday that there have been some positive developments relating to his case against the President of Sudan for war crimes committed in the Darfur... Full Article at Voice of America
The nine person Security Council (安全保障会議, Anzen-Hoshō-Kaigi?) advises the prime minister on national security and the military. Full Article
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) talks with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon during an UN Security Council meeting, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama listens to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon addressing the UN Security Council, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama listens to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon addressing the UN Security Council, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.
View Photo »British Prime Minister Gordon Brown addresses the UN Security Council as US President Barack Obama and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon look on, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.
View Photo »British Prime Minister Gordon Brown addresses the UN Security Council as US President Barack Obama and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon look on, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama arrives to chair a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009. At Right is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.
View Photo »UN Security Council members vote to adopt a resolution under the chair of US President Barack Obama (Left-C) during Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama chairs a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009. The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution aimed at stemming the spread of nuclear weapons.
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama leaves the Security Council meeting on nuclear weapons, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 at the United Nations headquarters. the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a U.S.-sponsored resolution Thursday committing all nations to work for a nuclear weapons-free...
View Photo »Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev chairs the Security Council meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow July 28, 2009.
View Photo »Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin speaks to reporters after a Security Council meeting, Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at United Nations headquarters.
View Photo »Japanese Ambassador Yukio Takasu speaks to reporters after a Security Council meeting, Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at United Nations headquarters.
View Photo »NEW YORK - MAY 11: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon leaves a Security Council meeting May 11, 2009 at the United Nations in New York City.
View Photo »Japanese Ambassador to the UN Yukio Takasu arrives for Security Council consultations regarding North Korea's missile launch, at United Nations headquarters, in New York, April 5, 2009.
View Photo »U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice arrives for Security Council consultations regarding North Korea's missile launch, at United Nations headquarters, in New York, April 5, 2009.
View Photo »French Ambassador to the UN Jean-Maurice Ripert arrives for Security Council consultations regarding North Korea's missile launch, at United Nations headquarters, in New York, April 5, 2009.
View Photo »Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, speaks the Security Council at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Friday, April 3, 2009.
View Photo »Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev chairs the Security Council meeting in Moscow March 24, 2009. Russia broke off talks with Ukraine on Tuesday after Kiev angered the Kremlin by asking the EU to modernise its pipeline network which carries 80 percent of Russian gas supplies to Europe.
View Photo »Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev chairs the Security Council meeting in Moscow March 24, 2009. Russia broke off talks with Ukraine on Tuesday after Kiev angered the Kremlin by asking the EU to modernise its pipeline network which carries 80 percent of Russian gas supplies to Europe.
View Photo »Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C) chairs a Security Council meeting in Moscow on March 24, 2009. Medvedev is set to meet US President Barack Obama at the G-20 summit in London next week.
View Photo »Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) chairs a Security Council meeting in Moscow on March 24, 2009. Medvedev is set to meet US President Barack Obama at the G-20 summit in London next week.
View Photo »Russian President Dmitry Medvedev chairs a Security Council meeting in Moscow on March 24, 2009. Medvedev is set to meet US President Barack Obama at the G-20 summit in London next week.
View Photo »Russian President Dmitry Medvedev chairs a Security Council meeting in Moscow on March 24, 2009. Medvedev is set to meet US President Barack Obama at the G-20 summit in London next week.
View Photo »A North Korean soldier guards an army installation on the banks of the Yalu River at the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, October 10, 2006.
View Photo »Iraqi Islamic party MP Omar al-Juburi, takes part in a meeting of the judiciary committee to discuss electoral law in Baghdad on November 17, 2009.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama listens to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon addressing the UN Security Council, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.
View Photo »Russia considers India a deserving candidate and strong candidate for a permanent seat in an expanded UN Security Council
The recent resolution by the [International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s] Board of Governors on Iran's peaceful nuclear activities and other anti-Iran resolutions by the UN Security Council have all been adopted under US pressure
China [is] the fourteenth largest contributor to UN peacekeeping operations, providing more troops, police and observers to UN operations than three other permanent members of the UN Security Council: Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The interest in Africa and Latin America of late is really motivated by Australia's desire to be elected to the UN Security Council. What can we offer to Africa and Latin America in an already crowded space, where other major donors are dominant?
a broad range of issues of mutual concern, including efforts to strengthen the bilateral relationship between the United States and Lebanon, achieve a comprehensive regional peace, and implement relevant UN Security Council resolutions
the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon, so that … there will be no weapons or authority in Lebanon other than that of the Lebanese state.Nasrallah also indicated that Hezbollah, would not comply with U.N. Security Council 1701 which demands that it give up its weapons.
Continuous coverage in the lead-up to discussions on [East Timor] at the U.N. Security Council in February 2010 is welcomed to show that the international community supports the calls of the victims on the ground, and to remind U.N. Security Council members that the view of the [East Timor] government i...
Russia believes there is still more room for talks on the nuclear program, and that the Iran Six [the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany] should show more perseverance in finding a compromise
this would be yet another serious violation of Iran's clear obligations under multiple UN Security Council resolutions.
Prime Minister Singh also used words, very diplomatically, to again call attention to the need 'to reform the United Nations and its Security Council'. That should include, in my view, adding India as a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
A constructive agreement between Tehran and five-plus-one [the permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany] is of high importance and we do not want the thing to escalate at all ... I think there is still good scope to continue negotiations.
Today, we call it the law of the jungle. Such measures will destroy the very foundation of the UN Security Council and the IAEA.
would be yet another serious violation of Iran's clear obligations under multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions and another example of Iran choosing to isolate itself.
India wants the US to invest, India wants the US to keep its markets more open, India wants more visas for its professionals, India wants us to be helpful on Kashmir and in dealing with Pakistan, India wants US support for membership of the UN Security Council, India wants this and India wants that. Tel...
The Iranian nation without a doubt knows that legally its nuclear file has no flaws and wants as soon as possible the case to be returned to the IAEA from the UN Security Council.
As the resolution makes clear, Iran needs to comply with its obligations both to the IAEA and to the UN Security Council ... Unless it does this, it remains impossible for the international community to have any confidence in Iranian intentions.
serious concern that Iran continues to defy the requirements and obligations contained in the relevant IAEA Board of Governors and U.N. Security Council Resolutions.
The IAEA appeal insistently urges Tehran to abide by UN Security Council resolutions and to ensure transparency for restoring confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of the Iranian nuclear programme
underscores broad consensus in calling upon Iran to live up to its international obligations and offer transparency in its nuclear program. It also underscores a commitment to strengthen the rules of the international system, and to support the ability of the IAEA and UN Security Council to enforce the ...
The Russian delegation supports the draft resolution by the Board of Governors that was presented by Germany, with regard to the implementation of a safeguards agreement, linked to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, as well as the relevant provisions of UN Security Council resolutions on Iran
The strongly worded statement would pave the way for a U.N. Security Council resolution against Iran which is to be issued by the end of the current Christian year
They're expressing displeasure with Iran, but whether that translates into a U.N. Security Council resolution is another matter
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