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Obama, SKorea show united front against Pyongyang

...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...

http://juneauempire.com/2013-05-08/obama-skorea-show-united-front-against-pyongy
North Korea defies warnings, launches long-range rocket

...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...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-12-11/north-korea-defies-warnings-launches-lo
State
Easing sanctions will show good faith,could resolve nuclear standoff

...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...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-06-01/easing-sanctions-will-show-good-faith
Opinion
Turkey fortifies its border; bomb blast in Damascus

...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...

http://juneauempire.com/elizabeth-kennedy/2012-06-29/turkey-fortifies-its-border
Outside editorial: Moscow sends mixed signals on Syria

...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...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-07-05/outside-editorial-moscow-sends-mixed-
Opinion
Alaska editorial: Fuel regs show problem with Law of the Sea Treaty

...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...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-08-13/alaska-editorial-fuel-regs-show-probl
Opinion
Egypt leader in Iran: World must back Syria rebels

...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...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2012-08-30/egypt-leader-iran-world-must-back-syr
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Latin America too bland on Syria massacre

...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...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-06-05/latin-america-too-bland-syria-massacr
Opinion
Outside editorial: Still lost on the Law of the Sea Treaty

...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...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-06-06/outside-editorial-still-lost-law-sea-
Opinion
Sanctions on Iran may help, but economic pain can't be the sole pressure point

...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...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-07-10/sanctions-iran-may-help-economic-pain
Opinion

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