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December 4, 2015

UN Security Council votes to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons

The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, a landmark decision aimed at taking poison gas off the battlefield in the escalating 2 1/2-year conflict.

December 4, 2015

UN Secretary General calls evidence of chemical attack in Syria 'indisputable'

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said Monday that results of a report by U.N. inspectors confirming the use of chemical weapons in Syria 聽are 鈥渙verwhelming and indisputable.鈥�

December 3, 2015

North Korea blasts US over CIA report on torture in letter to UN

North Korea is demanding that the U.N. Security Council conduct "a thorough probe into the CIA torture crimes," according to a letter obtained by 91爆料.

December 3, 2015

UN approves arms embargo against Yemen rebel leaders

The United Nations Security Council 聽voted Tuesday on a draft resolution that will impose an arms embargo on leaders of Yemen's Shiite Houthi rebels and their key supporters, ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh and his son.

December 3, 2015

Ambassador says US open to new UN resolution on control over Gaza

The United States is open to a new U.N. resolution on Gaza but only if it contributes to sustaining the Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said Wednesday.

December 2, 2015

Escalating violence in Gaza overshadows hope for peace negotiations

Israeli fighter planes hit homes and a high-rise tower in Gaza Monday and seven Israeli soldiers, including an officer, were killed in a firefight there as more violence overshadowed hope for peace negotiations.

May 6, 2015

Nuclear Non-Proliferation: We must keep working for a world without nuclear weapons (yes, it's possible)

It is imperative that the United States, key allies, Russia, China, and other states reinvigorate the nuclear reductions process and rekindle the vision of a world without nuclear weapons.

January 13, 2015

UN OKs military action in Central African Republic

Britain's Defense Ministry says it's discussing offering logistical support to France for its military effort in the Central African Republic.

January 13, 2015

Jordan to replace Saudis on UN council, diplomat says

Jordan will replace Saudi Arabia on the Security Council for a two-year term starting in January after the Saudis' unprecedented rejection of the seat hours after they were elected, a U.N. diplomat said Thursday.

January 8, 2015

UN says Iran neutralized much of its nuclear-arms grade uranium

The U.N. nuclear agency says Iran has neutralized about four-fifths of its stockpile of higher-enriched uranium that could be turned quickly into the core of a nuclear weapon.