Gerard Araud
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • June 1, 2020
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Even if Belgium’s presidency took place in February and Estonia’s, in May, is over, the European Union just held a virtual press conference from its mission in New York City to say that this spring was a European one…
- Categories: Security Council Presidency, US-UN Relations
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • February 20, 2017
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Vitaly Churkin, 64, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations since April 8, 2006, died on Feb. 20. A statement from the Russian mission to the UN said Churkin “died suddenly.” It added curtly: “A prominent Russian diplomat has passed away…
- Categories: Security Council, UN Diplomats
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • May 22, 2014
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Russia and China have once again blocked a United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria. The latest resolution, proposed with great consideration by France and co-sponsored by 65 countries, including the United States, was to take a long-awaited, assertive…
- Categories: Security Council
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • April 22, 2014
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Systematic widespread torture and starvation of prisoners held by the Syrian government has been documented by a team of forensic pathologists and confirmed by international legal experts using evidence provided through a former Syrian military official, according to a…
- Categories: Middle East, Security Council
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • April 10, 2014
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The United Nations Security Council has authorized yet another peacekeeping force for an African country, the Central African Republic, approving up to 12,000 military and police personnel who are not likely to arrive until mid-September. The goal of the…
- Categories: Asia, Child Soldiers, Peace and Security, Security Council
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • March 15, 2014
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Facing near-unanimous Security Council support over the situation in Ukraine, Russia supplied the single veto needed to nix a resolution that aimed to de-legitimize the scheduled referendum on Crimea’s seceding from the country, to be held March 16, in…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Security Council
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • April 25, 2013
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The United Nations Security Council has authorized a new, ambitious stabilization mission to be deployed in Mali, consisting of nearly 13,000 military and police personnel who will begin operating on July 1 with a mandate of one year to…
- Categories: Africa, Peace and Security, Security Council
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • January 15, 2013
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In its fifth day, France’s air assault against Al Qaeda-related militias and other regional Islamic extremists continues to rattle central Mali and the de fact border region separating the country from its northern territory, which was seized by a…
- Categories: Africa, Security Council
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • August 16, 2012
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The United Nations Security Council will not renew the mandate for the monitoring mission it set up in Syria this spring to supervise a peace plan that never materialized. The mandate for the UN Supervision Mission, called Unsmis, expires…
- Categories: Middle East, Security Council
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • August 2, 2012
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Kofi Annan, the joint special envoy for the United Nations and the Arab League for the Syrian crisis, resigned today, leaving any residual hope for a peaceful resolution to the conflict gone for now. The resignation seems to have…
- Categories: Middle East, Security Council
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