Geopolitics

UN should be ‘exemplary’ in defending judicial independence, top Judge tells Security Council

New York: The United Nations should be a role model when it comes to repelling attempts to weaken the rule of law and undermine independent judiciaries around the world, a senior UN judge told the Security Council on Tuesday. more

Eritrea sanctions lifted amid growing rapprochement with Ethiopia: Security Council

New York, A range of international sanctions imposed against Eritrea nearly a decade ago, were unanimously lifted by the Security Council on Wednesday, four months after the signing of an ...

Multilateralism more vital than ever, as World War centenary looms: Security Council

New York,With the centenary of the end of the First World War just days away, the Security Council reaffirmed the crucial importance of multilateralism – or international cooperatio ...

Security Council extends mandate of UN peace mission in Western Sahara by six months

New York, The United Nations Security Council, on Wednesday, extended the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), until 30 April next year.

‘Path to peace’ on Korean Peninsula only possible through diplomacy and full denuclearization: US tells Security Council

New York, If the leadership of North Korea follows a diplomatic path to end its nuclear weapons programme, then a “much brighter future lies ahead” for its people, the U ...

Restore hope that peace will come to the Middle East, UN negotiator urges Security Council

New York, Negative humanitarian, security and political developments in Gaza outweigh any positive news concerning the search for peace in the Middle East, the United Nations negoti ...

Adjust UN force in Abyei to current realities, peacekeeping chief urges Security Council

New York, Amidst an increase in criminal activity in the Abyei area, which is contested by Sudan and South Sudan, the United Nations top peacekeeping official on Thursday called for deplo ...

‘Time for important decisions,’ head of UN in Afghanistan tells Security Council

New York, With parliamentary elections one month away and a major ministerial conference planned for November in Geneva, the United Nation’s Special Representative for Afghanistan b ...

Yemen: UN envoy asks Security Council for more support ‘to move back’ to the negotiating table

New York,: United Nations Special Envoy Martin Griffith told the Security Council on Tuesday that he never expected an easy mission when he convened Intra-Yemeni Consultations in Geneva l ...

Pervasive corruption costs $2.6 trillion; disproportionately affects ‘poor and vulnerable’ says UN chief

New York, Corruption is present in all countries, “rich and poor, North and South, developed and developing,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to ...