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UN envoy pushes for end to foreign fuelling of Libya conflict

The acting UN Libya envoy urged the Security Council on Tuesday to pressure foreign actors to stop helping the North African country’s warring parties, warning that the flood of weapons and mercenaries will only intensify fighting. The oil-producing state descended into chaos after the NATO-backed overthrow of leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Since 2014, Libya has been split with the internationally recognised government controlling the capital Tripoli and the northwest, […]

20 May 2020

International News

UNSC to vote Friday on proposed arms embargo on S.Sudan

The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Friday on a U.S.-drafted resolution that would impose an arms embargo on South Sudan, five years after civil war broke out in the country, diplomats said on Thursday. A resolution needs nine votes in favor and no vetoes by Russia, China, Britain, France or the United States. Diplomats said they believed the United States had enough votes for the measure […]

13 July 2018

International News

U.N. Security Council extends South Sudan sanctions through mid-July

The U.N. Security Council voted on Thursday to renew some sanctions on South Sudan through mid-July and to consider imposing travel bans and asset freezes on six South Sudanese leaders if the country’s conflict does not stop by June 30. The resolution, approved by a 9-0 vote with six abstentions, was a watered-down version of a draft measure proposed by the United States, whose ambassador, Nikki Haley, wrote in The […]

1 June 2018

International News

US readies response to Syria attacks after UN clash with Russia

US President Donald Trump cancelled his first official trip to Latin America this week in order to focus on responding to a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, the White House said on Tuesday, as rival US and Russian drafts to establish a UN investigation failed to pass at the Security Council. The US draft resolution aimed to establish a year-long probe to ascertain blame for chemical weapons attacks in […]

11 April 2018

International News

Palestinians turn to UN General Assembly over Jerusalem

The UN General Assembly will hold an emergency meeting after the US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution rejecting the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The request for the General Assembly meeting was put forth by a bloc of Arab nations, Turkey and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which bills itself as "the collective voice of the Muslim world". US President Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem as the […]

19 December 2017

International News

Aleppo evacuation monitors to be voted on Sunday by UN Security Council

The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Sunday on a French-drafted resolution aimed at ensuring that UN officials can monitor evacuations from besieged parts of the Syrian city of Aleppo and the protection of civilians who remain. The draft text, seen by Reuters on Saturday, also "emphasizes that the evacuations of civilians must be voluntary and to final destinations of their choice, and protection must be provided […]

18 December 2016

security council

UN envoy pushes for end to foreign fuelling of Libya conflict

UNSC to vote Friday on proposed arms embargo on S.Sudan

U.N. Security Council extends South Sudan sanctions through mid-July

US readies response to Syria attacks after UN clash with Russia

Palestinians turn to UN General Assembly over Jerusalem

Aleppo evacuation monitors to be voted on Sunday by UN Security Council

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