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The United Nations Security Council met to consider a resolution condemning construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. This came after President-elect Donald Trump called on…

John Ging, the operations director for the United Nations Humanitarian Affairs Coordination Office, delivered a report to the United Nations Security Council on the worsening humanitarian…

The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting on Syria following reports of increased fighting, executions and up to 50,000 civlians still estimated left in Aleppo. Following the meeting, the…

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew led a meeting of U.N. Security Council finance ministers on ways to cut off ISIS financing. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamic State of…

The 15-member U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution condemning ISIS,* calling them "a global and unprecendented threat to international peace and security". Following the…

The United Nations Security Council held a meeting to hear from the Palestinian and Israeli ambassadors on recent violence in the West Bank and Jerusalem. Ambassador Mansour said that Israel was to blame for the…

The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to endorse the Iran nuclear agreement. The 15-member body adopted the resolution that was negotiated as part of an agreement reached…

The United Nations Security Council held a meeting on Israeli-Palestinian relations and to vote on a peace agreement proposal, which would call on Israel to end its occupation of…

The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting on Ukraine as Russian combat troops, tanks, and artillery moved into the country. This portion of the meeting includes the representatives of Russia and Ukraine. Russia’s…

Secretary John Kerry chaired a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at the U.N. headquarters in New York City. The U.S. was attempting to build a coalition of nations to combat ISIS*…

The United Nations Security Council met following reports that close to 1,000 Russian troops had entered Ukraine. NATO released satellite images showing “additional evidence” that Russian…

Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin spoke with reporters about the situation in Ukraine, including a Russian convoy reportedly carrying humanitarian aid that crossed the Ukrainian border. He…

The U.N. General Assembly held an informal plenary meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza. Speaking from Egypt, Robert Serry, the U.N. coordinator for Middle East Peace Process, said…

Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin spoke with reporters about the situation in Ukraine and the investigation into the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight near the border with Russia. He denied…

The United Nations Security Council held a meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Gaza Strip.

The United Nations Security Council held a meeting on the situation in Ukraine following the downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet in eastern Ukraine near the border with Russia. Members approved a…

The United Nations (U.N.) Security Council held an emergency meeting on the Malaysia Airlines plane that was shot down in Ukraine. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power said the…

Members of the United Nations Security Council met about the escalating violence between Israel and Palestine in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian representative said Israel was waging war on his people,…

The United Nations Security Council held a meeting on Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. This was the 13th time the Security Council had met to address the unrest in Ukraine. Security Council members condemned the…

The United Nations Security Council held a meeting on Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. The exchanges between the ambassadors of Ukraine and Russia became heated as each presented his…