Tag: UN Security Council
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UN Security Council discusses crisis in Middle East as violence, deaths increase
The UN Security Council on Friday discussed the situation in the Middle East against the backdrop of escalating violence between Israeli settlers and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the relentless bombardment in the war-ravaged enclave. José Javier De La Gasca, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Ecuador,
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Ukraine war: Act for peace or ‘dissolve’ yourself – Zelensky tells Security Council
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the Security Council to act for peace or dissolve itself following the killing of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, which was prompted by Russia’s “fully-fledged invasion”. Zelensky, in an address to the Security Council on Tuesday in New York, described in stark detail what he said…
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UN Security Council adopts resolution to protect children in armed conflict
The Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution aimed at protecting children in armed conflict through a host of measures. Resolution 2427, which won unanimous approval of the 15 members of the council, strongly condemns the recruitment and use of children by parties to armed conflict as well as their re-recruitment, killing and maiming, rape…
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UN Peacekeeping Head advocates peaceful transition in DRC
Addressing the Security Council, the head of United Nations peacekeeping operations today urged the international community to push for a swift endorsement of the 31 December political accord in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and to put in place a transitional government of national unity. “The signing of the 31 December accord gives…
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Putin condoles Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has expressed his condolences to President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, over the death of Egyptian police officers and military personnel in a terrorist attack in El-Arish. TheNewsGuru reports that a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into an Egyptian security checkpoint outside a police building in northern…