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UN resolution stories: 8 news summaries

 Obama-Led 
 Security Council 
 OKs Nuke Resolution 

US-drafted measure strengthened by Obama appearance at meeting

Sep 24, 09 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The UN Security Council today adopted a US-drafted resolution that outlines much of President Obama’s plan to rid the world of nuclear weapons. The president’s attendance at the meeting of heads of state—just the fifth in UN history—underscores the centrality of the issue for his administration.... More »

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China • Iran • nuclear proliferation • Russia • North Korea • United Nations • nuclear weapons • UN Security Council • UN resolution • Obama administration • President Obama • head of state

 UAE Seizes Ship Bringing 
 N. Korean Arms to Iran 

Shipment violates UN ban on weapons exports from Pyongyang

Aug 28, 09 9:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities in the United Arab Emirates today seized a ship carrying weapons from North Korea to Iran, the Financial Times reports—a violation of United Nations resolutions barring Pyongyang from exporting arms. The shipment was headed for a company linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, which has previously been banned... More »

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Iran • North Korea • ship • Pyongyang • embargo • United Arab Emirates • UN resolution • arms embargo

 Nuclear N. Korea 
 a 'Grave Threat': Obama 

S. Korean, US leaders say UN resolution must be enforced

Jun 16, 09 12:00 PM CDT
(AP) - A nuclear-armed North Korea poses a "grave threat" to the world and cannot achieve its own security by building illegal weapons, President Obama said today. With South Korea’s president at his side in the Rose Garden, Obama said they agreed that a new UN resolution seeking to halt... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • nuclear weapons • Lee Myung-bak • UN resolution • President Obama

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 UN Condemns 
 N. Korea's Rocket Launch 

Statement demands end to nuclear program, proposes more sanctions

Apr 13, 09 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A week after North Korea's rocket launch, the UN Security Council today condemned the action, demanding an end to missile tests and vowing to expand sanctions against the reclusive nation. The statement, agreed upon by all 15 members and read at a formal meeting of the UN's most powerful body,... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • nuclear weapons • sanctions • missile • UN resolution

 Israeli Pummels Gaza, Pauses 

Air strikes hit 40 targets overnight

Jan 10, 09 6:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel continued to pound Gaza last night and this morning as air strikes hit 40 targets and killed 15 Hamas fighters, CNN reports. Attacks were halted for the 3-hour pause this afternoon to allow Gaza residents to restock supplies, the third such pause in the two-week-old conflict. Health workers say... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • Arab Israeli conflict • airstrike • casualties • UN resolution

Russia Blocks UN Effort to End Georgia War

Moscow refuses call
to withdraw troops
to pre-conflict lines

Aug 20, 08 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia has rejected a draft Security Council resolution seeking to end the violence in Georgia, reports the BBC, by rejecting the UN body's call to return to its pre-conflict positions. Russia, which wants to keep its troops inside South Ossetia, said that the clause contradicts last week's ceasefire. Moscow holds... More »

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Russia • United Nations • Condoleezza Rice • Georgia • ceasefire • NATO summit • UN Security Council • UN resolution

 Russia, China Nix
 UN Embargo on Zimbabwe

US-led resolution would have imposed sanctions, restrictions on Mugabe

Jul 11, 08 6:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russia and China today threw out a UN resolution to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe for its violent presidential election, Reuters reports. Nine countries supported the US-backed sanctions, which would levied an arms embargo and restricted the travel and finances of officials, including President Mugabe. But five nations voted against it,... More »

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China • Russia • United Nations • Zimbabwe • United States • Zimbabwe elections • UN Security Council • UN resolution

Bush Demands Action Against Zimbabwe

Calls election a 'sham,' orders sanctions; Rice vows UN resolution

Jun 28, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington is seeking ways to punish Robert Mugabe for his violent "sham" of an election, President Bush said today. Bush has ordered Condoleezza Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to work up sanctions against Zimbabwe, which ran a runoff ballot yesterday with Mugabe the sole candidate. Rice vowed to... More »

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Bush administration • United Nations • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Condoleezza Rice • sanctions • UN sanctions • George W. Bush • Zimbabwe elections • UN resolution

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