Tag: Security Council

un-library: The Security Council will meet this morning, 12 July, to discuss the Peacebuilding Commission’s report on its 5th Session (S/2012/70).  UN Resources Reports of the Peacebuilding Commission Security Council meeting records Security Council resolutions Security Council Presidential Statements United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) Non-UN Resources What’s in Blue? Insights: Peacebuilding Update Report on Peacebuilding Commission (July 2012) by the Security Council Report

Early Morning Rain: BBC News confuses United Nations and video game logos seriously?! 😐 early-morning-rain: The BBC has apologized to its viewers after mistakenly showing a graphic from the computer game Halo instead of the United Nations Security Council during one of its news broadcasts. The error occurred during a new segment last week on the continuing unrest in Syria.

Small Five nations withdraw bid for Security Council reform It would have indicated that the GA actually has power to decide anything important… It was a nice idea while it lasted…

un-library: The UN Security Council met this morning at its 6760th meeting  on Threats to international peace and security, Securing borders against illicit flows. The letter dated 5 April 2012 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (S/2012/195) was discussed. UN Resources: Previous meetings Resolutions Reports of the Secretary-General

UN Pulse from U.N. Dag Hammarskjöld Library: Security Council – The Situation in the Middle East: Syria un-library: Saturday 21 April 2012 The UN Security Council met at 6755th meeting to discuss the Situation in Syria.The Security Council discussed the letter dated 19 April 2012 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2012/238) At this meeting, the Security Council adopted Resolution 2043 (2012) unanimously; Observers to Be Deployed Expeditiously, Subject to Assessment of Relevant Developments on the Ground.

Syria: Security Council authorizes deployment of advance military observer team

Ok, well at first it really does seem funny (LOL at people calling the man “Lil’ Kim”), but then you start thinking: You can’t just fire rockets into wherever you wish, they must have known there were risks, it could have hurt anyone. I wonder how many people got in trouble for that one in DPRK already. I am looking forward to hearing about the Security Council meeting at 10.00 am EST where this incident is on the agenda. It seems it was mere luck that it remained only threat to the peace (UN Charter Article 39) and didn’t cause any bigger…

U.S. Department of State: U.S. Takes the Reins of the UN Security Council Presidency statedept: About the Author: Alex McPhillips serves as Press Officer and Associate Director for Digital Media at the U.S. Mission to the UN in New York. When Ambassador Susan Rice assumed the rotating monthly Presidency of the UN Security Council from the United Kingdom this week, she began by

The Negotiation Process In this video Mungo Woodifield, of the UK Mission to the UN, discusses the negotiation process leading to the adoption of a resolution extending the mandate of the UN Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) at a Security Council meeting chaired by the Foreign Secretary William Hague on 12 March 2012

un-library: The Security Council is meeting this morning, 19 January on the Promotion and strengthening of the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security. Resources: Report of the Secretary-General on the rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict societies (S/2011/634) UN Rule of Law website