Tag: Security Council

• Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 01:14 UTC

  Uruguay’s Chancellor on Venezuela: “We have a problem and it is the attitude of Luis Almagro”

  

  The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, ratified his position on Friday on a peaceful solution to the political and institutional crisis suffered by Venezuela along with his Italian counterpart, Enzo Moavero Milanesi in Montevideo. The Uruguayan chancellor questioned the attitude of the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, considering that he took sides on the Venezuelan conflict.

• Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 20:02 UTC

  USA at the UN: Countries should support transition in Venezuela; Russia denounces interventionist acts

  

  The Security Council convened by the United States this Saturday to discuss the institutional and political crisis that Venezuela is experiencing has been lifted this afternoon. With a strongly polarized participation, the bloc that supports the transitional government of Juan Guaidó with the US at the head, faced the block that recognizes as legitimate the regime of Nicolás Maduro, headed by Russia and China. Latin American countries also expressed their positions, describing the case as a crisis that directly affects the region.

• Monday, October 21st 2013 - 19:52 UTC

  Support for Saudi Arabia's rejection of UN Security Council seat

  

  Saudi Arabia's Gulf Arab allies and Egypt have applauded its decision to reject a UN Security Council seat in protest at the world body's failure to act on Syria, whose leader is backed by Russia and Shi'ite Iran.

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2013 - 23:35 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez flies to G-20 in Russia on Tango 01, but changes aircraft in Morocco

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández left on Tuesday for Russia to attend the G20 summit to begin next Thursday at the Constantine Palace in Saint Petersburg. The president flew on her office’s Tango 01 to Morocco where she changed aircraft to avoid any possible injunction from hedge funds on the presidential transport.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 08:43 UTC

  Obama tells Palestinians UN is not a short cut to negotiations with Israel

  

  US President Barack Obama told the United Nations that the Palestinians deserved a state of their own, but that this would only be achieved through talks with Israel.

• Saturday, June 18th 2011 - 08:00 UTC

  Security Council recommends Bank Ki-moon be appointed for a second term

  

  The Security Council announced Friday that it is recommending to the General Assembly that Ban Ki-moon be appointed to a second consecutive term as Secretary-General of the United Nations.

• Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 01:10 UTC

  Argentina promotes world-wide Malvinas discussion under the logo of “It takes two to tango”

  

  Argentine ambassador before United Nations Jorge Argüello is scheduled to give a conference this week in Bangkok, Thailand on the ‘Malvinas Islands issue” and the South Atlantic situation.

• Thursday, March 17th 2011 - 07:28 UTC

  Brazil’s unofficial ‘job-aid’ for President Obama coming visit

  

  Rio do Janeiro governor Sergio Cabral said he expects US president Barack Obama to announce during his trip to Brazil that he supports Brasilia’s aspiration to hold a seat in a reformed UN Security Council.

• Saturday, February 12th 2011 - 08:02 UTC

  India, Brazil, Germany, Japan demand Security Council reform this year

  

  Four regional powers hoping to get permanent seats on the Security Council — India, Germany, Brazil and Japan — said Friday they believe the U.N. will take action by September on expanding its most powerful body.

• Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 20:10 UTC

  New UN Security Council members expected to push strongly for reforms

  

  Germany, India, South Africa and Colombia have won two-year seats on the UN Security Council as non veto power members. Portugal got the other available place when Canada withdrew its bid after the second round of voting at the UN General Assembly in New York.