French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called for reform of the UN Security Council to limit veto power in cases of mass killings, in a likely reference to Russia. "Reform of the ...

Tony Blair's hopes of securing a new United Nations resolution on Iraq were in serious difficulties today, after President Jacques Chirac declared his intention to use the French veto.

But the budget squeeze, equivalent to two points of national output, has to be carefully calibrated to placate opposition parties, who could not only veto the ... after ban, UN says 5:35 AM ...

Such complicity undermines the authority of the Security Council as the UN body charged with taking action to prevent and respond to mass atrocities. Additionally, the five permanent members have veto ...

A significant reform in the UN Security Council including the abolition of veto powers will ensure that ... Whereas in 2023, Mali objected to French pen-holding given what it considered “acts ...

In a statement at the UN Security Council open debate ... Singapore also supports a French-Mexican initiative on limiting the use of the veto against mass atrocity crimes, he added.

France and Germany have not supported the proposal, which aims to override Hungary's veto on the allocation of more than €6 ...

As the United Nations celebrates its 79th anniversary on October 24, calls for reform in the Security Council have reignited, ...

The United States exercised its veto power Thursday within the United Nations Security Council to cut Palestine short from full statehood and membership, it was reported in New York. Hence ...

The use of the veto at the United Nations Security Council has become an "arbitrary and detrimental tool,” Türkiye's deputy UN representative said Tuesday. Speaking at a General Assembly ...

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