Council members had a meeting with President Nkurunziza on Friday, in which he showed no sign of softening his rejection of an AU peacekeeping force or engaging in substantive dialogue with opposition
African Union 'must respect Burundi as a member state and we must be consulted' on matter of sending peacekeepers, Pierre Nkurunziza says
‘We need to stop this bloodletting in Burundi which is causing our youth to disappear,’ ex-leader says; current president stands firmly against AU-led force
'This is a critical crossroads for Burundi,' US Amb. Samantha Power tells VOA ahead of trip by UN Security Council delegation to violence-ravaged African country
Security Council to hold emergency meeting Friday, likely to demand all sides in Syria end sieges where thousands of people are starving to death
Humanitarian workers say plight of starving people in besieged town heartbreaking and worst they have witnessed during country's nearly 5-year-long civil war
The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned North Korea’s announced nuclear test Wednesday, saying it would begin work immediately to take what it called “further significant measures” to bring the rogue nation in line with its international obligations. From the United Nations, VOA’s Margaret Besheer has more.
Security Council already has a raft of sanctions targeting individuals and entities associated with country’s nuclear program
Ban Ki-moon voices concern over escalation in tensions between regional powers after Saudi execution of a Shi’ite cleric triggers angry protests
As of early Friday, blaze at 63-story Address Downtown Dubai hotel is largely contained, though smoke continues to billow; 14 people are reported injured
The U.N. Security Council has unanimously endorsed a road map for peace in Syria. Foreign ministers adopted the U.S.-drafted resolution late Friday, after a daylong meeting of the International Syria Support Group in New York. From the United Nations, VOA’s Margaret Besheer reports.
UN Security Council endorses target of six months for establishing transitional government, followed by elections within 18 months
The U.N. Security Council turned up the heat on the self-proclaimed Islamic State on Thursday, strengthening and tightening international measures to cut off the flow of cash to the group’s war chest. From the United Nations, VOA’s Margaret Besheer has more.
Resolution requires countries to increase efforts to choke off funding to terrorist group
An independent review panel has found that the way in which the U.N. handled allegations of sexual abuse by peacekeepers in the Central African Republic was “seriously flawed” and what it called a “gross institutional failure.” VOA’s Margaret Besheer has more on the story from U.N. headquarters in New York.
Report assesses UN action - and inaction - in spring of 2014 when allegations of sexual abuse of children by peacekeepers came to light
Abused Yazidi woman urges UN Security Council to classify terror group’s crimes of ‘murders, collective slavery’ as genocide
US and Russia, often on opposing sides of issues in UN Security Council, come together to co-draft text outlining measures to stem flow of cash to terrorists
All 193 member states, nations are invited to submit names of qualified candidates; current chief Ban Ki-moon will step aside at the end of 2016
UN diplomat urged Libya’s rival parties to join forces to protect country’s 'very social fabric, national unity and territorial integrity' from Islamist militants
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