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The UN Security Council has reached a deal on a draft resolution to renew the mandate of peacekeepers in the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
Kofi Annan’s deputy has told the Security Council that the swift deployment of observers to Syria is needed despite risks and persistent violence.
Argentina is quietly reaching out to Iran, worrying key Western powers and Israel as they try to tighten Tehran’s isolation over its nuclear program.
The Palestinians’ initiative to seek UN recognition as a state faces an uphill struggle to secure the nine votes needed for approval.
North Korea and Iran appear to have been regularly exchanging ballistic missile technology in violation of United Nations sanctions.
The United Nations is investigating suspected arms transfers from Zimbabwe to Côte d’Ivoire’s incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo.
The United States on Friday vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.
Armed forces in Côte d’Ivoire who back incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo have conducted a campaign of violence that includes torture and rape.
An United Nations Security Council committee blacklisted a commander in the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for ordering massacres.
Khartoum has committed breaches of an arms embargo over Sudan’s Darfur region and China has done little to ensure its weaponry is not used there.
UN troops could create limited buffer zones in hot spots along the border of north and south Sudan before a referendum on the south’s independence.
Under President Barack Obama, the US no longer provides Israel with automatic support at the UN where the Jewish state faces constant criticism.
The US and other world powers should impose sanctions on members of the Sudanese government for refusing to end violence in Darfur and south Sudan.
Intelligence agencies estimate that it would probably take Iran a minimum of 18 months to develop a nuclear weapon if it chose to build one
World powers will bank on last week’s revelation of a second uranium enrichment plant in Iran for leverage in rare talks set for Thursday.
Top diplomats from the five permanent UN Security Council members and Germany will meet Iran’s nuclear negotiator on Thursday in Geneva.
Both the Israeli army and Palestinian militants committed war crimes, and possibly crimes against humanity, during the December-January Gaza war.
Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday he was ”deeply disappointed” that Burma’s top general had rejected his request to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi.
The ICC said on Tuesday it was looking closely at charges child soldiers have been used by militias in Sudan’s Darfur region.
Sudan and Chad accused each other on Friday of aiding rebels determined to topple their governments as fears grew that a peace deal could collapse.
