With the USA’s bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities on 22 June 2025 (and I specify the date, because Trump is actively ...

Pakistan plans a UN Security Council debate on peaceful dispute resolution. Ishaq Dar will chair the session. A resolution ...

The UN Security Council is the premier global body for maintaining international peace and security, but it faces steady calls for reform to better meet twenty-first-century challenges.

Although ceremonial and lasting just a month, Pakistan takes over presidency at a critical juncture and has opportunity to do ...

The refusal by the US to accept Africa as equal members in the UNSC, with the same powers that the rest of the P5 members have, exposes the lingering fault-lines in Washington’s foreign policy.

Pakistan assumes the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council, a position it takes on as part of its two-year term as a non-permanent member. The presidency rotates monthly among the Council’s ...

The goal is to create a more representative and effective Security Council without undermining its ability to respond to global security challenges. However, it is not likely any such reform would ...

Asked if the P5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) enjoy the necessary power and authority to remove the UNSC sanctions against Iran without any need to the consent of the ...

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has reiterated that any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, wherever, whenever and by whomever committed.

However, the current P5 members can reinforce their support for the prospective permanent members in the UNSC by engaging in separate individual talks with countries opposing the UNSC expansion ...

Five of the UNSC member-states are called permanent members (P5)—the United States, France, United Kingdom, China and Russia. Each P5 member can veto any resolution or decision of the UN.

As currently constituted, the Security Council has fifteen members. Five of these are permanent members -- the P5, and include the United States, China, the United Kingdom, France, and Russia.