The General Assembly often finds itself taking up measures that cannot get through the Security Council - Copyright POOL/AFP/File JOHN ANGELILLO The General Assembly ...

That proposal was endorsed by the United Nations Security Council during a vote in June. The first phase of the complex deal would begin with a six-week ceasefire and for the U.S.-designated ...

The U.N. Security Council hailed the election of Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun as the ... Aoun, 61, now faces the daunting tasks of overseeing a ceasefire in south Lebanon and naming a prime ...

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon addressed the United Nations Security Council in an urgent letter calling on the council to ensure that UNIFIL actually enforces the ceasefire with Lebanon ...

[AFP] The UN Security Council is expected to vote Wednesday on another draft resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza in its latest attempt to exert pressure to end the war. But the draft could ...

The deal is expected to begin Sunday, with the exchange of several hostages held in Gaza for a number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution demanding immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution, drafted by the United Arab Emirates and backed by more than hundred ...

The Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations ... votes “reflect the resolve and the determination of the international community”. “We will keep knocking on the doors of the Security ...

[AFP] The UN Security Council on Monday ... a charge rejected by Abu Dhabi. A Security Council resolution in March calling for an "immediate" ceasefire during the month of Ramadan had little ...

The UN General ... and permanent ceasefire," and "the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages" -- wording similar to a text vetoed by Washington in the Security Council last month.

The UN General Assembly will vote on a draft resolution that seeks an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, a symbolic gesture after the US previously vetoed a similar action in the UN Security Council ...