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Israeli settlements 'impede peace': UN Security Council

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 21 06:25 AM

The UN Security Council expressed its "dismay" with plans by Israel's government to retroactively legalize settlements in occupied Palestinian lands. Read more »

Rising seas threaten exodus of 'biblical' scale, warns UN chief

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 15 04:15 AM

It is not only small island states at risk as sea levels rise, he added. Read more »

UN Security Council calls for Suu Kyi release

Peter Hutchison, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 22 01:24 PM

The UN Security Council called for Myanmar's junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi Wednesday as it adopted its first ever resolution on the situation in the turmoil-ridden Southeast Asian country. Read more »

2025 BARMM polls ‘critical’ to PH bid for UNSC: official

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 08 09:13 AM

The fate of the Philippines’ bid for a seat in the United Nations Security Council in 2027 will ride on the outcome of the first regular elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in 2025, the government’s peace adviser said. Read more »

North Korea fires two ballistic missiles, slams UN meet

Sunghee Hwang, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 06 12:21 PM

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles Thursday, Seoul's military said, as the UN Security Council met to discuss Pyongyang's earlier, highly provocative launch of a missile over Japan. Read more »

Marcos seeks UN support for PH in Security Council

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 21 03:09 AM

The primary responsibility of the UN Security Council, composed of 15 members, is to maintain international peace and security. Read more »

UN Security Council condemns Myanmar executions

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 02:15 PM

The Security Council condemned the executions and called for the immediate release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Read more »

China ‘laments’ Ukraine missile attack deaths, but doesn’t blame Russia

Owen Churchill, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 12 10:58 PM

China continued its attempts to thread the needle on its response to Russia’s war in Ukraine on Monday. Read more »

US to announce new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine killings

Joe Stenson with Philippe Rater, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 06 05:44 PM

The sanctions come after an outcry over the discovery of dozens of bodies in areas from which Russian troops have withdrawn around Kyiv. Read more »

Zelensky calls on world to stop Russia, more atrocities feared

Joe Stenson with Philippe Rater at the United Nations, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 06 08:51 AM

Ukraine's president showed a harrowing video of dead civilians to the UN Security Council Tuesday and called for "accountability" for apparent Russian atrocities. Read more »

PH explicitly condemns 'invasion of Ukraine'

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 10:18 PM

The Philippines explicitly condemns the invasion of Ukraine and 'strongly urge(s) the cessation of hostilities', it said in a statement it will deliver at the United Nations General Assembly's emergency special session in New York, Monday. Read more »

Russia vetoes UN Security action on Ukraine, China abstains

Michelle Nichols and Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters
Posted at Feb 26 08:22 AM

The UN vote was delayed 2 hours for last-minute negotiations by the United States and others to win the Chinese abstention, diplomats say. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 22, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 11:37 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

UN holds security council meeting on Ukraine crisis

Timothy A. Clary, AFP
Posted at Feb 22 11:34 AM

The UN holds an emergency Security Council meeting on the Ukraine crisis, after Russia recognized two breakaway regions there and ordered its military to act as peacekeepers. Read more »

Kim Jong Un seeks more 'military muscle' after missile test

Cat Barton, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 12 04:43 PM

Pictures in state media showed Kim using binoculars to observe the second missile launch by the nuclear-armed nation in less than a week. Read more »

U.N. adopts anew Japan's anti-nuke resolution

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 07 12:54 PM

The U.N. General Assembly on Monday adopted a Japan-sponsored resolution calling for the total elimination of nuclear arms for the 28th consecutive year. Read more »

N. Korea fires anti-aircraft missile in latest test

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 02 08:05 AM

North Korea has successfully fired a new anti-aircraft missile, state media said Friday as the UN Security Council failed to issue a statement. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 22, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 01:02 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Duterte demands UN Security Council to ‘reform itself’

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 22 11:15 AM

Duterte said Wednesday the UN must reform itself, particularly its Security Council, as he believes it no longer upholds "democracy and transparency." Read more »

North Korea tests ballistic missiles

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Sep 15 03:03 PM

The foreign ministers of South Korea and China were holding talks in Seoul on Wednesday amid concerns over North Korea's recent missile test and stalled denuclearisation negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington. Read more »