The UN Security Council, established in 1945 as the cornerstone of global peacekeeping, was designed to maintain international order and respond decisively to threats against humanity. This year, as ...

Video. Indonesian troops joined international forces in central Paris on Wednesday for a rehearsal ahead of France’s annual ...

The United Nations will mark its 80th anniversary this month but there’s little to celebrate. Its clout on the world stage is diminished. And facing major funding cuts from the United States ...

The UN's 193 member states will mark Thursday the signing of the organisation's foundational treaty, the UN Charter, on June 26, 1945, in San Francisco ...

With its influence discredited and its budget in tatters, the United Nations is weathering a firestorm of criticism as it ...

Greenland is European territory. He will be there with the Prime Minister of Denmark. We've been saying repeatedly that European borders are not negotiable. So it's a way to reaffirm this principle, ...

The United States cast the lone veto at the UN Security Council, crushing a widely supported resolution demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Citing Hamas’ refusal to disarm ...

The Biden administration vetoed a one-sided U.N. Security Council draft resolution on Israel on Wednesday. The council voted 14-1 for the draft, but as a permanent member of the body, the U.S. has ...

RIO DE JANEIRO: The veto power wielded by the Permanent Five (P5) countries in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should be reformed to be more inclusive, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

It may also be seen as insufficient by reform advocates. 2. Veto Override The second proposal is that of a “Veto Override,” put forward by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2023. Some propose ...

SINGAPORE: Singapore on Wednesday (Sep 25) called for the reform of the United Nations Security Council, including constraining the exercise of the veto by the five permanent member states.

A first tweak came in 1965. The UN’s membership had more than doubled as the dissolution of the British, French and other colonial empires spawned new nations. So the great powers expanded the council ...