UN Security Council

UN Security Council

People's belongings lie scattered at the site of an Israeli strike on an apartment building in Gaza City, June 4, 2026. REUTERS

UN aid chief demands 'dignity' for Gaza population, criticises Israeli obstructions

'It is not enough to silence the weapons -- we must restore dignity,' says Tom Fletcher, addressing the United Nations Security Council.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looks on before posing for a family photo with ministers during a ministerial meeting at Granja do Torto official residence, in Brasilia, Brazil, December 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Lula criticises global powers for ignoring UN, attacks veto power and calls for reform

Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, attends a UN Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York City, US on February 28, 2026, after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran. REUTERS/Heather Khalifa

Guterres regrets opportunity for diplomacy 'squandered'; Iran trades barb with US, Israel at Security Council meeting

Members of the UN Security Council meet on the US strikes and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores at the United Nations building in New York, US, 5 January 2026. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

UN chief raises concerns about instability in Venezuela; Russia, China condemn US capture of Maduro

US and Venezuelan flags appear in this illustration taken December 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Venezuela requests UN Security Council meet over 'ongoing US aggression'

The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, March 1, 2022. File Photo: REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Hamas rejects UN Gaza resolution, says international force would become party to conflict

Members of the UN Security Council vote against a resolution that would permanently lift UN sanctions on Iran at the UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 19, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

UN Security Council decides not to lift Iran sanctions, but still time to agree delay

Indian security force personnel stand guard on the banks of Dal Lake, following a militant attack near south Kashmir's Pahalgam, in Srinagar April 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo

UN Security Council urges India-Pakistan talks on Kashmir, Islamabad says

Touhid Hossain. Sketch: TBS

Foreign adviser urges UN Security Council to take decisive action to solve Rohingya crisis

Israeli armoured personnel carriers (APC) operate, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near Israel's border with Gaza in southern Israel, May 29, 2024. REUTERS

Russia, China wrangle with US over UN resolution on Gaza ceasefire plan

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No Security Council 'consensus' on Palestinian UN membership

Members of the United Nations Security Council stand in silence, in honour of the victims of the Crocus City Hall concert venue Moscow attack, on the day of a vote on a Gaza resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan leading to a permanent sustainable ceasefire, and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, March 25, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

UN Security Council passes resolution demanding immediate Gaza ceasefire

The United Nations Security Council meets to consider a United States-sponsored resolution calling for a ceasefire during the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, March 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Russia, China veto US bid on Gaza 'ceasefire' at Security Council