# security-council - Sunday 16 June, 2013
North Korea says it will only talk without preconditions, or unless both sides give up their nuclear arsenal in advance.
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# security-council - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
According to analysis of the latest satellite imagery, the entire three-stage Unha-3 carrier has been removed to a nearby assembly facility.
# security-council - Saturday 11 August, 2012
The US has abandoned its quest for UN Security Council action – and is looking at other ways of supporting Syrian rebels.
# security-council - Saturday 4 August, 2012
The news comes as new fighting is reported in Aleppo and Damascus.
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# security-council - Friday 3 August, 2012
The Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution criticising the Security Council ’s failure to act on the Syria conflict.
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The diplomatic effort to solve Syria moves to the General Assembly, where Russia and China cannot veto it.
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# security-council - Thursday 2 August, 2012
Annan said he cannot go on when the Security Council provides no backing for his role.
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# security-council - Saturday 28 July, 2012
After a six year campaign and four weeks of talks, there is still no Arms Trade Treaty to regulate the sale of guns and other weapons.
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# security-council - Monday 16 July, 2012
Russia puts a hold on a Security Council statement declaring the Treimsa attacks to be a “violation” of the ceasefire.
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# security-council - Tuesday 19 June, 2012
The call comes amid reports Russian naval ships have been dispatched to the violence-wracked country.
# security-council - Saturday 9 June, 2012
Seven peacekeepers were killed during Friday’s ambushes.
# security-council - Sunday 27 May, 2012
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# security-council - Friday 13 April, 2012
The Security Council is likely to vote today and a force of observers could be in Syria within days.
# security-council - Tuesday 3 April, 2012
UN envoy Kofi Annan makes progress amid reports that a high-profile Syrian activist is being detained and tortured.
# security-council - Tuesday 14 February, 2012
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton has said it is “deplorable” that the regime has escalated violence to the extent that it is using artillery and tank fire against innocent civilians.
# security-council - Thursday 9 February, 2012
The Tánaiste’s words to the Security Council come days after a controversy over the strengthening of online copyright legislation.
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# security-council - Tuesday 7 February, 2012
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Hundreds have been reportedly killed since the artillery assault of the Syrian city began last week.
# security-council - Monday 6 February, 2012
Meanwhile, the US has called China and Russia’s veto on a UN resolution on Syria a “travesty”.
# security-council - Saturday 4 February, 2012
Syrian forces unleash a three-hour barrage of mortar bombs and artillery shells in Homs, with at least 200 people killed.
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# security-council - Friday 3 February, 2012
Russia has said it will reject any resolution that can be interpreted as calling for regime change.
# security-council - Thursday 27 October, 2011
The United Nations has voted to lift the no-fly zone over Libya on October 31, as well as end its authorisation of military action to protect civilians.
# security-council - Saturday 17 September, 2011
The UN gave strong backing to Libya’s former rebels yesterday by handing their National Transitional Council the country’s UN seat.
# security-council - Sunday 4 September, 2011
Ireland won’t decide how to vote on Palestine’s application until the wording is finalised. How do you think Ireland should vote?
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The government won’t decide on a response to Palestine’s call for statehood until a formal wording is published, a spokesman says.
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# security-council - Wednesday 10 August, 2011
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wonders why the Security Council is “silent” as British citizens lash out against their government.
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# security-council - Monday 1 August, 2011
As Ramadan begins, the EU freezes the assets of five more high-level Syrians and the army mounts another attack on Hama.
# security-council - Friday 10 June, 2011
Syria is referred by the IAEA over its secret programme of building nuclear reactors – but is likely to escape sanctions.
# security-council - Tuesday 7 June, 2011
The South Korean is to seek a second term as secretary-general of the United Nations. What does that involve again?
# security-council - Thursday 28 April, 2011
Russia vetoes a draft statement from four European countries, insisting that Syria does not pose a global security threat.
# security-council - Wednesday 27 April, 2011
Ban Ki-moon condemns the use of force against demonstrators, as popular uprisings continue against president Bashar Assad.
# security-council - Saturday 19 March, 2011
World leaders meeting in Paris today to discuss possible military action against Gaddafi following yesterday’s UN resolution approving the use of force to protect civilians.
# security-council - Friday 18 March, 2011
Libya’s foreign minister says his country will halt all military action – just hours after the UN votes to impose a no-fly zone.
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Nine things you need to know by 9am: O’Bama comes home, the UN votes to clamp down on Libya, and an end in sight for Japan’s nuclear fears?
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