MOSCO MOSCOW | TASS | Russia believes that Brazil, India and African countries should be represented in the UN Security Council on a permanent basis, this will ensure the representativeness of the global majority, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in an interview. “Countries such as India, Brazil, as well …
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The emergence of a new world order produces stresses and strains COMMENT | ANTHONI VAN NIEUWKERK | There is growing global consensus among the members of the United Nations that the UN Security Council, responsible for maintaining international peace and security, requires reform or restructuring to reflect the current balance of …
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MOSCOW | TASS | Washington’s position on the Red Sea in the UN Security Council was only a pretext for escalation in the region, Russia condemns the US and UK strikes on facilities in Yemen, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a briefing. “We are concerned that the US …
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NEW YORK | TASS | Russia has requested a meeting of the UN Security Council in connection with supplies of Western weapons to Ukraine, a source in the world organization told TASS on Friday. “A meeting on the supply of Western weapons has been requested for January 22,” he said. …
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New York, US | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the UN Security Council have warned that the crisis in Sudan could take a regional dimension with dire consequences. The council meeting on Wednesday has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and the guarantee of the humanitarian workers and …
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Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan on Tuesday called on the UN Security Council to lift the sanctions imposed on it since 2005. The demand was made by Sudan’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Al-Sadiq when meeting with the ambassadors of the permanent and non-permanent member states of the Security Council, …
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UN Security Council renewed an arms embargo on South Sudan United Nations | Xinhua | The UN Security Council on Thursday adopted a resolution to renew for a year, till May 31, 2023, an arms embargo against South Sudan as well as targeted sanctions of travel ban and asset freeze against …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda on Wednesday urged African countries to remain united as the continent continues to push for reforms at the UN Security Council. Henry Okello Oryem, Uganda’s minister of state in charge of international affairs, made the call here while opening a meeting of senior officials from …
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Country says no need for the UN to intervene but welcomes AU mediation Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ethiopian Ambassador to Uganda Alemtsehay Meseret said the issue of filling the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was on the agenda of the UN Security Council. This was during a press briefing …
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United Nations, United States | AFP | Germany and Estonia submitted Tuesday a resolution to the UN Security Council on a ceasefire in various conflicts around the world during the coronavirus pandemic, to replace one drafted by France and Tunisia that the United States has blocked. Encompassing five major points — …
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