The Latest Breaking News from Security Council

With hostilities once again flaring in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations is weighing another extension of its Monusco peacekeeping mission when its mandate expires this month. Though the UN had been charting a progressive withdrawal, renewed fighting and an international push for peace look set to…

A United Nations Security Council delegation has visited Syria for the first time since the council's founding in 1945

The UN Security Council is set to vote on a US-proposed draft resolution in New York on Monday that sets the groundwork for the next stage of President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza to be put into force.

The United States has produced a draft text for the U.N. Security Council that would provide a mandate for an international stabilization force in Gaza for at least two years

The UN Security Council backed Morocco's claim over Western Sahara in a resolution supported by the US, marking a significant shift in international stance.

The U.N. Security Council has voted to authorize a much larger, 5,550-member international force to help stop escalating gang violence in Haiti

Sweeping UN sanctions look likely to return on Iran despite a last-ditch effort on Friday by China and Russia for a delay to allow further talks, diplomats say.

Governments can veto decisions on foreign affairs, enlargement and budget. But this also makes enacting sanctions against countries like Russia or Israel harder to approve.

The broad condemnation comes as Putin offers Trump a nuclear deal in a bid to limit the arsenals of both countries