Five global powers agree on UN Security resolution draft to settle Syrian crisis

 The five permanent UNSC members have agreed on a draft of a resolution calling for a ceasefire and political settlement in Syria, agencies report, citing diplomat sources. The official vote is expected in the coming hours.

Reino Unido a favor de adhesión permanente de la India al Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU

Reino Unido está a favor de que la India se convierta en miembro permanente del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU, afirmó el primer ministro británico, David Cameron.

UN set to elect five new members to Security Council

The United Nations General Assembly is due to vote on five temporary seats on the Security Council on Thursday in an uncontested election.

India, Germany to deploy armed marshals on certain flights

In a bid to counter any hijacking attempt, armed marshals will be deployed on certain flights between India and Germany.

Nations back French bid to limit U.N. veto use

Dozens of nations signed on to a French proposal on Wednesday that the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council refrain from exercising their veto in cases of mass atrocities and genocide.

UN SC permanent membership transfer from the USSR to Russia 'questionable' (Poroshenko)

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has called to limit the right to veto at the United Nations Security Council.

Kiev Supports French Proposal to Limit Veto Right for UNSC Pemanent Members

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that Ukraine stands for the graduate limitation of the veto right of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council with its further cancellation.

Latin American leaders urge reform of UN bodies, highlight 2030 ‘agenda of change’

 UN, 28 September 2015 – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, one of several leaders from the Latin American and Caribbean region to address the General Assembly today, warned of the urgent need for United Nations Member States to react to the plight of refugees, which she said had become a global crisis affecting peace and security.

UNSC rejects Palestinian statehood bid (two votes against and five abstentions)

The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday rejected a draft resolution on Palestinian statehood after receiving only eight votes in favor.
Security Council member Jordan had requested the vote following a meeting of Arab ambassadors on the draft resolution that sets a 12-month deadline to reach a final peace deal with Israel.

Turkey fails in bid to join UN Security Council. (Spain made it in the third ballot)

Spain beats Turkey in third ballot, will join Venezuela, New Zealand, Angola and Malaysia in UN's most powerful body....

Venezuela, New Zealand, Spain, Angola and Malaysia were elected Thursday to coveted seats on the United Nations Security Council, while Turkey failed in its effort to join the UN's most powerful body.
Neither Turkey nor Spain got enough votes in the first or second ballot of the election by the General Assembly's member states. Spain made it in the third ballot. Special attention had been on Turkey as it is under growing pressure to do more about the war in Syria pushing up against its border.

Vitaly Churkin/RF UN ambassador: pressure on UN General Assembly members is routine practice of West

The West is widely using the practice of exerting pressure on some African and Asian countries in voting at the United Nation General Assembly, Russia’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations Organization, Vitaly Churkin, said on Sunday.

“For instance, when the General Assembly was voting on the notorious draft resolution [on the situation in Crimea - Itar-Tass],” he said in an interview with the NTV television channel. “We know that our Western partners used their routine practice, when they addressed to these or those countries, say, African or Asian. They put it quite straight: we are providing economic aid to you. You enjoy these or those preferences in relations with us, so you must vote in favour of this resolution.” “We never use such methods,” he stressed.

US, Russian Envoys Exchange Threats at UN Security Council. -Churkin also accused senior U.N. human rights official Ivan Simonovic

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, has equated Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula to theft, saying "a thief can steal property, but that does not confer the right of ownership on the thief."

Power's comments at an emergency Security Council meeting on Ukraine Wednesday drew a sharp and immediate response from Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, who shot back: "It is simply unacceptable to listen to these insults addressed to our country."

Permanent members of UNSC discuss draft humanitarian resolution on Syria

Representatives of permanent members of the UN Security Council met on Tuesday to discuss a draft resolution designed to provide continuous assistance to the victims of the conflict in Syria.
Diplomats gathered in "Russian room" for consultations of the Security Council at the headquarters of the world organization in New York.

Russia presents rival draft resolution on humanitarian situation in Syria

Calling the resolution developed by Australia, Jordan and Luxemburg "detached from reality", Russia proposes its own variant of a draft resolution on Syria...

THE UNITED NATIONS, February 13.  /ITAR-TASS/. Russia has presented to the UN Security Council its draft resolution on the humanitarian situation in Syria, Russia’s permanent UN mission told Itar-Tass on Thursday.  


“Russia has presented to the Security Council its counter version of a draft resolution on the humanitarian situation in Syria,” the source said.

UN Security Council's 5 permanent members quickly end meeting on Syria, no progress reported -It was the second time in two days.

A meeting of the U.N. Security Council's permanent members ended quickly Thursday with no sign of progress on an agreement over Syria's crisis.

The meeting Thursday afternoon started breaking up after less than an hour, with the ambassadors of China, France, Britain, Russia and the United States steadily walking out.

It was the second time in two days that the five Security Council powers came out of a meeting on Syria with no progress. On Wednesday, the five countries met to discuss a resolution proposed by Britain to authorize the use of military force against Syria in retaliation for an alleged chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds near Damascus.

Turkish premier urges reform in top UN security body

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Turkish prime minister said destiny of humanity is in the hands of only five permanent members of the Security Council ...
SAN FRANCISCO Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday issued a strong call for reform in the United Nations Security Council. "The destiny of humanity is in the hands of only five permanent members of this council," Erdogan said during a meeting with the representatives of Turkish and Muslim communities in San Francisco.