Syria investigator del Ponte quits, blames U.N. Security Council for lack of backing
A member of the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria said on Sunday she was quitting because a lack of political backing from the U.N. Security Council had made the job impossible, Swiss national news agency SDA reported. Carla del Ponte, 70, who prosecuted war ...
North Korea, if left unchecked, on 'inevitable' path to nuclear ICBM: U.S. general
North Korea, if left unchecked, is on an "inevitable" path to obtaining a nuclear-armed missile capable of striking the United States, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart told a Senate hearing on Tuesday. The remarks are the latest indication of mounting U.S. concern ...
Rwanda aiding Burundi rebels, North Korea arming Congo forces, report to UNSC says
A confidential report to the United Nations Security Council accuses Rwanda of providing training, financing and logistical support through early 2016 for Burundian rebels seeking to oust Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza. A panel of six independent experts, appointed by the United Nations to monitor Security ...
Japan bears a greater responsibility at the U.N.
No country is better positioned to serve as a "bridge" between the U.N. Security Council and the general U.N. membership than Japan, given its leading experience as a non-permanent member of the UNSC.
The Group of Four countries should engage in a deliberate and combined campaign of noncooperation in their push for U.N. Security Council reforms.
Pyongyang's test-launch of sub-based missile violates UNSC resolutions: U.S.
U.S. officials criticized North Korea on Monday over a reported test-firing of a ballistic missile from a submarine, saying it would constitute a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions banning such acts. "Any type of launch of this nature would violate at least four UNSC ...
Limiting the Security Council's veto power
In the lead-up to the commemoration of this year's 70th anniversary of the U.N., the French government is again pursuing the idea of getting the five permanent members of the Security Council to agree to refrain from using their veto power when dealing with ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is considering visiting Japan in early March in what would be her first trip to the country in seven years, according to sources familiar with bilateral relations. Merkel and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are expected to affirm closer cooperation on their ...
Japan and Caribbean nations agree to cooperate on UNSC reform
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his counterparts from Caribbean nations agreed Saturday in Tokyo to bolster cooperation in pushing for reform of the U.N. Security Council next year, the 70th anniversary of the global body's founding. Kishida also promised the foreign ministers of the Caribbean ...
The destabilization of Ukraine, Syria and Libya is a result of the geopolitical games that big powers continue to play when they target specific regimes. This destabilization in turn contributes to the rise of dangerous extremists and terrorists.
Japan brings out the big guns to sell remilitarization in U.S.
With a probable nod and a wink from the Americans, there's not a lot we can do but watch Abe's military machinations march to fruition.
Apparently because of the United States' drift on the Syrian conflict and its openness to negotiations with Iran, Saudi Arabia snubs a nonpermanent seat on the U.N Security Council.
