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

Though Pakistan was not directly named, the P5 nations delivered a sharp rebuke, indirectly calling out Islamabad for fostering terrorism. The UNSC urged strict action against those responsible for ...

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

The Security Council has five permanent members—the United States, China, France, Russia, and the United Kingdom—collectively known as the P5. Any one of them can veto a resolution.

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 ...

18 August 2014 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on the six world powers (the US, Russia, France, China, Britain plus Germany) to fulfill their undertakings and annul the UN ...

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.

The Security Council, established in the aftermath of World War II, was designed to be the apex body for maintaining international peace and security. Its five permanent members – China, France, ...

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.

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 ...

The five permanent members, known as P5 – China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States – have veto power. This means any of the P5 members can block a draft resolution, even ...

To wield the veto, he points out, is to be a global diplomatic player. Each member of the P5 has over 250 diplomatic representations worldwide, including embassies, high commissions, and consulates.