...about what I say, just watch what I do.'"North Korea ratcheted up its provocations this year after the U.N. Security Council tightened sanctions in response to the February nuclear test, its third since 2006. Pyongyang claims to have scrapped...
...planned an emergency national security council meeting Wednesday, and South...the launch within the U.N. Security Council.Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard-Smithsonian...follow quickly.The U.N. Security Council has imposed two rounds of sanctions...
...their dislike for the current Iranian government.A six-nation group - the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany - is negotiating with Iran about its nuclear program. But the six are not united.While the Western...
...observers expect a major breakthrough. Syria has the protection or Russia, a veto-wielding member of the U.N. Security Council, and has so far been impervious to international pressure.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow will...
...comprises the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council as well as Turkey and Arab representatives. We hope...and China. In February, both governments vetoed a Security Council resolution that would have called on Assad to step...
...exempted themselves from dispute resolution regarding territorial claims, military matters and areas where the U.N. Security Council has jurisdiction include: Norway, Russia, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Canada and China.So even if the U...
...talk to reporters.At the United Nations, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was expected to urge the Security Council later Thursday to set up a zone in Syria to protect thousands fleeing the civil war. But the initiative is almost...
...currently hold seats on the U.N. Security Council, have condemned the Houla massacre and supported a May 27 Security Council resolution that condemns the events...Houla and supporting the U.N. Security Council resolution, but have not taken...
...his diary entry of June 29, 1982, makes it clear that the problems went far beyond that: "Decided in (National Security Council) meeting - will not sign 'Law of the Sea' treaty even without seabed mining provisions."After taking office...
...sought-after concession.The latest round of talks in Moscow between Tehran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, plus Germany, provide us with some clues, and the news isn't good. Given the economic pain Tehran was already...
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