Security Council

Bahrain takes aim at Iran at UN, warns Hormuz threat endangers global economy

Addressing the council, Al Zayani praised international efforts to maintain stability but pointed to what he described as escalating Iranian aggression.

Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2025.
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL António Guterres addresses the General Assembly last month. It is time to create alternatives to the UN, the writer argues.

UN 'cooperating actively' with Trump’s Board of Peace on Gaza, Guterres says

Mohamed Abushahab, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council during the meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, US, February 18, 2026.

UN Security Council calls urgent meeting to discuss recent Israeli West Bank policies

An illustration of enforcing sanctions on Iran.

US, 40 partner countries, hold symposium to implement UNSC regulations against Iran


PLO leaders to discuss Ben-Gvir's visit to the Temple Mount

The Palestinians, Jordan and other Arab countries have strongly condemned the visit, dubbing it a "dangerous and unprecedented provocation."

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Temple Mount on Tuesday, January 3, 2023

UN Security Council to vote on blanket aid sanctions exemption

One of the toughest UN sanctions regimes targets North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

 THE UN Security Council meets on Friday amid Russia’s continuing attacks on Ukraine.

UNSC to vote on draft slamming pro-Russia referendums in Ukraine - report

The referendums in question were held in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts in Ukraine on the subject of having them join the Russian Federation.

The United Nations Security Council, February 28, 2020

My Word: Probing questions for the UN

I don’t think the UN has ever forgiven itself for allowing Israel to become a sovereign state more than 70 years ago.

 THE UNITED NATIONS Security Council holds a regular meeting on the situation in the Middle East, focusing on Israel in relation to the Palestinians.

US deplores settler violence, slams Israel at UNSC ahead of Biden's visit

US Deputy Ambassador Richard Mills highlighted the recent killings of Ali Hassan Harb and Shireen Abu Akleh and the planned evictions from Masafer Yatta.

 Palestinian Mahmoud Najajreh points at his demolished house, in Masafer Yatta, South of Hebron, in the West Bank, May 31, 2022.

Security Council failed to halt Russia's war against Ukraine - Guterres

Russia is one of five nations that have permanent seats on the 15-member body and thus have veto power.

 THE UN Security Council meets on Friday amid Russia’s continuing attacks on Ukraine.

Will the UAE bring change to the UN Security Council? - opinion

From a geopolitical perspective, the UAE’s presence on the Security Council could be influential.

 THE UN Security Council meets on Friday amid Russia’s continuing attacks on Ukraine.

Ukraine-Russia war: UNSC members urge safe passage for fleeing civilians

"We call for the establishment of a ground-level notification system that will facilitate the safe movement of humanitarian convoys and flights."

 People wait at the train station after fleeing Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Przemysl, Poland, March 7, 2022.

UN Security Council plans vote to call General Assembly meeting on Ukraine

The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Sunday to call for a rare emergency special session of the 193-member UN General Assembly on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, to be held on Monday.

 United Nations Security Council meets after Russia recognized two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent entities, in New York City, US. February 21, 2022.

Russian east Ukraine recognition pretext to invasion - US amb to UN

The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting following Russia's recognition of the two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.

 United Nations Security Council meets after Russia recognized two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent entities, in New York City, US. February 21, 2022.