Tag: United Nations Security Council

• Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 07:34 UTC

  Venezuela could lose UN voting rights because of US$ 3m in arrears

  

  St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic are among nine countries that have lost their voting rights at the United Nations because of arrears in their annual contributions to the world body.

• Thursday, January 21st 2016 - 07:52 UTC

  Colombia's peace deal to end war almost there; joint request to UN Security Council

  

  Colombia’s government and rebel guerrillas Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) agreed to jointly ask the United Nations Security Council to help monitor and verify a future rebel disarmament, should the two sides reach a final peace deal to end their 50-year-old war, crossing a major stepping stone on the road to ending Latin America’s longest-running conflict.

• Friday, October 16th 2015 - 08:34 UTC

  Uruguay voted in as non permanent member of UN Security Council

  

  In one round of voting the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday elected Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay to serve as non-permanent members on the Security Council for two-year terms beginning on 1 January 2016.

• Friday, September 25th 2015 - 05:59 UTC

  “Let the private sector make business with Falkland/Malvinas, a blockade in the Americas is unacceptable” said lawmaker Trobo

  

  Uruguayan lawmaker Jaime Trobo said that a blockade in the Americas was 'unacceptable' and called for closer links between the Falkland/Malvinas Islands and the continent, urging the private sector to take advantage of the business opportunities in trade and services.

• Wednesday, February 4th 2015 - 09:00 UTC

  Uruguay with one foot in the Security Council in 2016; has full support from the region

  

  Uruguay is the 'only' candidate from Latin America and the Caribbean and has the necessary votes to be elected next October non permanent member of the United Nations Security Council beginning 2016, announced foreign minister Luis Almagro. This will be the second time a Uruguay seat at the Security Council, the first was in 1965/66.

• Friday, November 14th 2014 - 07:46 UTC

  UK ratifies position on new Security Council permanent members but wants to limit veto right

  

  The UK supports new permanent seats for Brazil, Germany, India, Japan and an African representation as part of the reforms to the United Nations Security Council, said Ambassador Sir Mark Lyall Grant of the UK Mission to the UN, during a debate at the General Assembly.

• Thursday, October 23rd 2014 - 04:38 UTC

  Garcia-Margallo 'absolutely convinced' UK voted for Spain to join UN Security Council

  

  Spain’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, said he was “absolutely convinced” that the British Government backed Spain’s bid to join the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member.

• Friday, October 17th 2014 - 06:15 UTC

  Venezuela celebrates Security Council seas as “a victory of Hugo Chavez”

  

  Venezuela celebrated on Thursday as a great diplomatic success “and a victory of Hugo Chavez”, having been voted by the UN General Assembly to join the Security Council for two years as a non permanent member.

• Friday, October 17th 2014 - 06:04 UTC

  Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Venezuela and Spain join the Security Council

  

  In three rounds of voting on Thursday the United Nations General Assembly elected Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela to serve as non-permanent members on the Security Council for two-year terms beginning on 1 January 2015.

• Monday, October 13th 2014 - 07:04 UTC

  Head of Pentagon underlines military partnership of the US with Chile

  

  US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met with government leaders in the Chilean capital of Santiago on Sunday to discuss deepening the U.S. military partnership with Chile.