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The 17th BRICS Summit has made a strong case for India and Brazil to become permanent members of the United Nations Security ...

The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution Friday seeking "urgent steps" to expand aid in Gaza, but could not secure the unanimous support needed to call for an immediate cease-fire.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The U.N. Security Council met on Sunday to discuss U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites as Russia, China and Pakistan proposed the 15-member body adopt a resolution calling ...

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 ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — 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 ...

The United Nations Security Council will not improve or become more equitable if it is expanded. By Angela McArdle On 8/10/23 at 7:00 AM EDT The U.N. Security Council Should Be Expanded.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council adopted a watered-down resolution Friday calling for immediately speeding aid deliveries to hungry and desperate civilians in Gaza but without the ...

Only nine months ago, Sierra Leone returned as a non-permanent member of the Security Council after an absence of 53 years. Twenty-five years ago, our shattering civil war was among the thorniest ...

The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution in New York on Monday, calling for immediate and urgent days-long humanitarian pauses in the Israel-Hamas war.

W hen the Security Council was founded as part of the United Nations in 1945, it was built as “an extension of the powers that defeated Hitler and Japan,” and a way to “lock in place the ...

The 17th BRICS Summit called for UN Security Council reforms, advocating permanent membership for India and Brazil and ...