World Mar 15 Proposed UN resolution backed by U.S. supports global efforts for immediate cease-fire in Gaza It was the third U.S. veto of a Security Council resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza, and has put President Joe Biden's administration at odds with much of the world, including many allies.
World Mar 08 UN Security Council urges Sudan’s warring parties to halt hostilities during holy month of Ramadan U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged both sides on Thursday to support a Ramadan cease-fire, warning that the nearly year-long conflict threatens the country’s unity and “could ignite regional instability of dramatic proportions.”…
Politics Feb 20 WATCH: U.S. casts lone veto against UN resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Gaza The Security Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday morning. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield says the U.S. will veto the resolution because it may interfere with ongoing U.S. efforts to arrange a deal between the warring parties that would bring at…
World Feb 14 UN chief warns climate chaos and food crises threaten global peace: ‘Empty bellies fuel unrest’ Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a high-level U,N. meeting Tuesday that climate disasters imperil food production and "empty bellies fuel unrest."…
World Jan 23 UN chief warns that Israel’s rejection of a Palestinian state solution threatens global peace Netanyahu's rejection of a Palestinian state in any postwar scenario has opened a wide rift with Israel's closest ally, the United States.
World Jan 20 UN report: Women and children are main victims of Israel-Hamas war, with 16,000 killed Women and children are the main victims in the Israel-Hamas war, with some 16,000 killed and an estimated two mothers losing their lives every hour since Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel, the United Nations agency promoting gender equality said Friday.
World Dec 22 Without call for suspension of hostilities, UN approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza The resolution is without the original call for an “urgent suspension of hostilities” between Israel and Hamas. Friday's vote in the 15-member council was 13-0 with the United States and Russia abstaining.
World Dec 21 WATCH: UN Security Council moves toward vote on Gaza humanitarian aid The United States, key allies and Arab nations are engaging in high-level diplomacy in hopes of avoiding another U.S. veto of a United Nations resolution on desperately needed aid to Gaza.
World Dec 19 UN Security Council continues tense negotiations on Gaza humanitarian resolution, trying to avoid U.S. veto A draft resolution Monday called for an "urgent and sustainable cessation of hostilities," but this language is expected to be watered down.
Politics Dec 18 UN Security Council to vote on resolution urging cessation of hostilities in Gaza to deliver aid Human Rights Watch accused Israel earlier Monday of deliberately starving Gaza’s population by blocking the delivery of water, food and fuel, a method of warfare that it described as a war crime.