The United Nations Security Council recently held two unanimous 15-0 votes adopting hard-hitting resolutions against North Korea, and I want to thank China and Russia for joining the vote to impose sanctions along with all of the other members of the Security Council..
The UN Security Council has discussed the situation in North Korea as a formal agenda item three years in a row, a recognition that North Korea's dire human rights conditions constitute a threat to regional peace and security..
The UN Security Council passed new sanctions against North Korea in November 2016 in an effort to further limit the country's access to cash, but there is no guarantee those sanctions will succeed where others have failed.
The Security Council has imposed sanctions against terrorist groups, but it has also played a leading role to enact common rules on foreign terrorist fighters, financial measures against terrorist groups and more recently international judicial cooperation.
The Security Council issued a statement on July 13 saying that the liberation of Mosul marked an“important milestone” in the global fight against ISIS, welcoming the announcement by Iraqi authorities that the city has been freed of the terrorist group.
Although the Security Council has now been enlarged to fifteen members, only the five original members have permanent status and only the original five retain the power to veto decisions taken by the majority of the member states.
If the Security Council deems that the continuance of the dispute is in fact likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security, it shall decide whether to take action under Article 36 or to recommend such terms of settlement as it may consider appropriate.
Article 40 In order to prevent an aggravation of the situation, the Security Council may, before making the recommendations or deciding upon the measures provided for in Article 39, call upon the parties concerned to comply with such provisional measures as it deems necessary or desirable.
The Secretary-General and the Security Council must be unrelenting in their pursuit of the highest standards of conduct by peacekeeping personnel.(2) Where violations against women and children have been committed by UN personnel, States must investigate and punish offences and make public the results of such proceedings.
The UN Security Council must call on the Rwandan government to stop providing support for the“M23” armed group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's(DRC) North Kivu province, Amnesty International said today as the UN redeployed peacekeepers to the main eastern city of Goma.
However Houti, to which the United Nations Security Council has imposed an embargo on arms supplies possible, still maintain control of the capital, which does not seem at all recaptured; it is likely that the Saudis intend now, open a new phase, which gives more autonomy to the minority, which remains, however, a third of the country.
Russia and China have asked to let Teheran solve their internal affairs, otherwise, it has been observed, according to the American logic, the Security Council should have intervened also during the protests against racism in Feguson, Missouri in the 2014 and during the occupation of Wall Street in the 2011.
In rare cases, the Security Council can pass resolutions under Chapter VII of the UN Charter related to"threats to Peace, Breaches of the Peace and Acts of Aggression," and these are legally binding under international law, and can be followed up with economic sanctions, military action, and similar uses of force through the auspices of the United Nations.
While nothing in the Charter prevents the Security Council from recommending more than one candidate, General Assembly resolution 11(I) of 24 January 1946 stipulates that it is desirable for the Security Council to"proffer one candidate only" and that has been the consistent practice.
The UN Security Council has passed a number of resolutions calling for Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities and comply with its IAEA obligations and responsibilities, and in July 2015 Iran and the five permanent members, plus Germany(P5+1) signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action(JCPOA) under which Iran agreed to restrictions on its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
The UN Security Council has passed a number of resolutions calling for Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities and comply with its IAEA obligations and responsibilities, and in July 2015 Iran and the five permanent members, plus Germany(P5+1) signed the JCPOA under which Iran agreed to restrictions on its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
The Security Council statement notes the transmission of the arrest warrants to the government of Sudan one year ago and“urges the Government of Sudan and all other parties to the conflict in Darfur to cooperate fully with the Court, consistent with resolution 1593(2005), in order to put an end to impunity for the crimes committed in Darfur.”.
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