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UN Security Council stories: 75 news summaries

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UN Fails to
Break Kosovo Deadlock

Province plans to declare independence in coming weeks

Dec 20, 07 9:01 AM CST
(Newser) - The United Nations Security Council failed yesterday to break the deadlock in negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo, with one ambassador warning that "the status quo is unsustainable." The US and European Union are both arguing that the two parties remain irreconcilable and that further negotiations are worthless. Kosovo... More »

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United Nations • Serbia • Kosovo • UN Security Council

Sudan Making Peacekeeping 'Impossible'

Top UN official says Khartoum demands will make forces worthless

Nov 28, 07 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The UN's head of peacekeeping operations blasted the Sudanese government for intentionally restrictive demands that "would make it impossible for the mission to operate." Khartoum is refusing to admit non-African soldiers, withholding permission for night flights, and insisting on advance notice of all troop movements, the BBC reports.... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • Sudan • UN Security Council

US Sets 2-Week Deadline for
Iran Sanctions

Vows to push UN  for tougher nuke stance, faults  Russia, China

Nov 1, 07 4:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US vowed today to fight for new UN sanctions on Iran if its Mideast rival doesn’t stop nuclear activity within two weeks, Reuters reports. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns blamed Russia and China for delaying a third round of economic sanctions; those nations hold veto power on the... More »

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China • Iran • Russia • United Nations • economic sanctions • uranium enrichment • uranium • Nicholas Burns • UN Security Council

Council Upbraids Myanmar Junta

China doesn't block UN panel's stance

Oct 11, 07 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The UN Security Council unanimously condemned the Myanmar junta's violent suppression of pro-democracy protests in an official policy statement today, demanding the prompt release of all political prisoners and serious negotiations with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The council's first official action on Myanmar highlights a shift by China,... More »

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United Nations • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • Ibrahim Gambari • UN Security Council

Maliki Calls Summit to Heal Iraqi Cabinet

PM threatens to replace Sunnis with "alternative" ministers

Aug 12, 07 4:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq’s PM says he will try to salvage his disintegrating government by holding an emergency summit of cabinet members over the next couple of days. The BBC reports that Nouri al-Maliki is even warning Sunnis that he could refill his government with “alternative” ministers if they refuse to... More »

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Iraq • Iran • United Nations • genocide • Sunni • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • Kurds • Sunni Accordance Front • Iraq government • political factions • Iyad Allawi • UN Security Council

UN to Increase Iraq Presence

US praises decision, but adds it too will continue to be involved

Aug 10, 07 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The UN will expand its role in Iraq and try to help quell the sectarian violence that has hobbled the country, after a Security Council vote today. Iraq's government says it'll help peacekeepers mediate disputes between the feuding sectarian groups and among Iraq’s neighbors in the region; the blue... More »

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Iraq • United Nations • sectarian violence • Baghdad • United States • humanitarian crisis • Britain • UN Security Council

UN Offers to Boost Iraq Presence

New Baghdad compound and mediation aid also on the table

Aug 8, 07 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has offered to increase personnel in Iraq for the first time in more than 3 years and is seeking $130 million to build a reinforced compound in Baghdad for the growing UN mission. Ban faces a backlash from member states afraid of inheriting a... More »

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Iraq • United Nations • Baghdad • White House • Zalmay Khalilzad • Iraq war • UN Security Council • Ban Ki-Moon

Bush, Brown Back UN Iraq Force

Security Council resolution could mark beginning of exit strategy

Aug 3, 07 8:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US and UK have circulated a draft resolution to the UN Security Council that would greatly increase the UN's role in Iraq, writes the Times of London. The resolution follows Bush and Brown's meeting at Camp David and is seen as a step towards an exit strategy from Iraq... More »

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Iraq • United Nations • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • United States • Zalmay Khalilzad • Iraq exit strategy • George W. Bush • UN Security Council

UN OKs 26K Troops for Darfur

But force will have limited license

Jul 31, 07 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Security Council voted today to send as many as 26,000 soldiers and police to Sudan, Reuters reports. But the combined UN-African Union peacekeeping troops will have permission to use force only to defend civilians and humanitarian workers, a watering-down of proposals that would have allowed troops to seize... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • Sudan • Gordon Brown • African Union • UN Security Council

Sudan OKs Darfur Peace Talks

Foreign minister backs UN-AU initiative

Jun 18, 07 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Months of negotiations over the crisis in Darfur have culminated in agreements by the Sudanese government to participate in peace talks and to admit a joint UN-African union peacekeeping force to the region. Security Council reps visited Khartoum yesterday and nailed down details that addressed the government's concerns, Reuters reports—... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • Sudan • African Union • peacekeeping force • Oxfam • UN Security Council

Lebanese
Vow to Crush Militants

Refugee camp destroyed; residents caught as army fights Fatah al-Islam

Jun 3, 07 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Lebanese army vowed yesterday to continue its attack on Fatah al-Islam members holed up inside a Palestinian refugee camp in Beruit though the camp is now 60 percent demolished. As many as 25,000 of its 31,000 occupants have fled, the Guardian reports, and thousands remain trapped. More »

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Lebanon • Palestine • refugee camp • Fatah al Islam • Lebanese Army • Beruit • refugee • al-Qaeda • UN Security Council

UN Will Try Accused Assassins of Ex-Lebanese PM

Divided Security Council OKs tribunal

May 31, 07 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A UN tribunal will try suspects in the 2005 assassination of the ex-PM of Lebanon, raising fears of worsening unrest in the unstable country. Five members abstained from yesterday's Security Council vote, signaling a serious rift. And Syria, which has been implicated in the suicide truck-bomb attack that killed Rafik... More »

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United Nations • Lebanon • Syria • assassination • Fouad Siniora • Rafiq al-Hariri • UN Security Council

Bush Tightens Sudan Sanctions

Toughened economic measures thwart
UN negotiators,
draw China's ire

May 29, 07 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush ordered new, tougher sanctions against Sudan today, ratcheting up pressure on Khartoum to end violence in the Darfur region. In an effort to keep the government from exploiting US resources to carry out genocide, the measures beef up enforcement and increase the number of companies and individuals barred... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • genocide • Sudan • sanctions • George W. Bush • UN Security Council

Bush Prepares Iraq Plan That Includes UN

With troop surge faltering, new strategy spreads responsibility

May 23, 07 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four years after the US went into Iraq without Security Council support, the administration may be ready to ask the UN for help. The Guardian reports that a plan to "internationalize" the peace process reflects President Bush's concern about the 2008 elections and the apparent failure of the troop... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • United Nations • troop surge • Iraq pullout • Kofi Annan • UN Security Council

U.N.'s Worthless If It Can't Get Tough on Iran

U.N. Lawyers outraged at anemic repsonse to hostage-taking

Mar 30, 07 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran's taking hostages, and the the United Nations is merely "gravely concerned"? Two U.N. lawyers, writing in the LA Times, are disgusted. "The international community's failure to show immediate outrage at Iran's action is deafening," say David Rivkin and Lee Casey. "Ancient legal principles... More »

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Iran • United Nations • war • hostage • UN Security Council

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