UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland got a formal welcome into the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday, taking the two-year seats they won unopposed in June. In a ...

UN Security Council Voting To be approved, a Council resolution must have nine “YES” votes out of 15 and no “NO” votes from any of the five permanent members. Each Council member has one vote.

President Biden on Wednesday called on the United Nations to expand the number of permanent members that sit it the Security Council as Russia expands its war effort in Ukraine. "The U.S. supports ...

The Security Council, the United Nations’ principal crisis-management body, is empowered to impose binding obligations on the 193 UN member states to maintain peace.

UN Security Council's 5 New Non-Permanent Members Take Office Their two-year term officially started on January 1. Thursday is the first working day of the council for 2025 after the Christmas and ...

African issues take up nearly 50% of the council’s daily business, and the bulk of its resolutions concerning peace and security. The continent is also home to more than a quarter of UN member ...

United Nations — The U.N. General Assembly approved five new members Thursday for two-year terms on the organization’s powerful 15-nation Security Council in a lackluster “election.” ...

The United Nations Security Council president on Monday referred the Palestinian Authority's application to become a full member of the world body to the committee on the admission of new member.

Karin Landgren, the executive director of Security Council Report, a nonprofit organization focused on making the Security Council more effective, and a former UN undersecretary-general, has ...

The other current two-year members are Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and United Arab Emirates. Related UN Security Council Denounces Taliban Bans on Women in Afghanistan ...

UN Security Council welcomes new members; 2 are first-timers Show all 10. ... The other current two-year members are Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and United Arab Emirates. More about ...