The Latest Breaking News from Security Council

UK slams Russia for vetoing resolution urging immediate end to hostilities, talks to reach ‘national ceasefire’.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said Russia was ‘condemning black Africans to further killing, further rape, further starvation in a brutal civil war’.

Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Monday calling for an immediate end to hostilities in Sudan where a war between two rival generals has been raging since April 2023.

The UN Security Council on Monday will take up a draft resolution calling for an immediate end to hostilities in Sudan, where a war between two rival generals shows no sign of easing.

A U.S.-led statement approved by 10 of the 15 U.N. Security Council members condemned a recent North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile launch

The U.N. Security Council has voted to extend the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping force in the Western Sahara for another year Thursday with Algeria refusing to vote in protest at the resolution’s failure to include a reference to monitoring human rights in the disputed north African territory

UN Security Council expresses concern over Israeli ban on UNRWA, impacting vital humanitarian aid in Gaza.

Recent UN Security Council meeting sees Iran and Israel in heated exchange over escalating tensions in the region.

The UN Security Council expressed ‘strong concern’ as Israel has fired on and wounded UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon during intensified fighting, reiterating its support for their role in supporting security in the region

Security Council urges all parties to respect ‘safety, security of UNIFIL personnel and premises’ in southern Lebanon.

Strengthening Lebanon's army will be crucial to implementing a key United Nations Security Council resolution that aims to keep peace on the country's border with Israel, the United States and France have warned.