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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 9 -- Facing a threatened French veto, the U.N. Security Council today delayed until Friday a vote on lifting sanctions against Libya. France's U.N. ambassador, Jean-Marc de ...

PARIS — The veto held by the five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council is one of the most contentious rules of the United Nations. It was included in the UN Charter of 1945 as the ...

France’s UN envoy called Monday for the veto rights of the five permanent members of the Security Council to be suspended when mass atrocities are involved such as in the Syrian civil war, an ...

French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting ahead of the 2nd anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the U.N. headquarters in New ...

Raphael Ahren is a former diplomatic correspondent at The Times of Israel. France won’t propose a United Nations Security Council resolution on Palestinian statehood if it is certain the United ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday took to the podium at the United Nations General Assembly and reiterated his unwavering support for Ukraine, ... Gaza and limiting UN veto power: ...