The U.S. vetoed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that demanded an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza.

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations castigated his Iranian counterpart, Amir Saeid Iravani, during a tense Security ...

Former U.S. ambassador to the UN reveals why Security Council remains ineffective on Gaza, highlighting Russian and Chinese ...

The U.N. Security Council met on Sunday to discuss U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites as Russia, China and Pakistan ...

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the inadequate representation of Global South nations in global institutions at the ...

Here’s How Security Council Elections Work. There are 15 members of the United Nations Security Council. Five of them are permanent: the USA, China, the UK, France, and Russia. These “P-5” countries ...

Seventy-seven years into its troubled existence, the United Nations Security Council confronts a consequential decision: Transform or die. The choice was vividly illustrated in the first weeks of ...

Five countries won seats on the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday in uncontested elections and will start serving two-year terms in January on the U.N.’s most powerful but deeply ...

It is election season at the United Nations. On June 7 the General Assembly will pick new members to join the Security Council. The results of some (but not all!) of these elections are foreordained — ...

A country led by an accused war criminal is now in charge of the United Nations Security Council. Hard as it is to believe, it’s Russia’s turn to assume presidency of the powerful body ...