United States President Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday to cut aid to countries that vote against the US position on Jerusalem in the United Nations. Leading into the UN General Assembly (UNGA) emergency session called for by Palestine after the US vetoed a Security Council resolution that...
Russia appointed Vasily Nebenzya to be the next Russian permanent representative to the United Nations in New York, local media reported on Thursday.
Nebenzya served earlier as a deputy foreign minister of Russia. The position of Russia’s ambassador to the UN was left empty after the...
United Nations urged North Korea on Monday to stop conducting ballistic missile tests since they "threaten regional and international security."
"We call on the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] to stop further testing and allow space to explore the resumption of meaningful dialogue,"...
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday the US is “ready” to work towards diplomatically ending the conflict in Syria which has been going on since 2011 and called on Russia to join the efforts of the “civilized world” to solve...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres asked all parties in the conflict in Syria to exercise “restraint to avoid any acts that could deepen the suffering of the Syrian people.”
Guterres added that risks of conflict escalation are very high.
The UN Security Council will meet later in the day to...
The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting later in the day following North Korea’s latest ballistic missile test, Sputnik reported on Monday citing a source in the UN. The meeting was requested by South Korea, the United States and Japan.
Earlier in the day, Pyongyang...
Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, passed a bill on Monday that aims to legalize settlements on Palestinian land, local media reported. The bill proposes to give rights on privately owned Palestinian land that settlements have been built on, to the Commissioner of Government Property, while the Palestinian...
Iran’s Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan confirmed on Wednesday that the country performed a ballistic missile test recently, but denied that it breached United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2231, Tasnim News Agency reported.
“The recent (missile) test was in line with our...
United Nations (UN) Security Council (SC) adopted on Saturday the resolution to support the ceasefire in Syria, according to TASS. The report also stated that the council agreed to the peace talks between Syrian government and rebel groups in Astana, Kazakhstan, in early 2017.
Russia and...
An advisor to United Nations Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, Vitaly Naumkin, told Russian media that the Astana talks should take place soon. Precisely, the UN expects the Russia, Turkey and Iran brokered talks to start before Donald Trump takes over the presidency of the United States on...
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