security council OSCE supports training of 16 National Points of Contact on implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540 By feeds.osce.org Published On :: Fri, 01 Jul 2016 13:10:53 +0000 250516 Communication and Media Relations Section National Points of Contact from 16 OSCE participating States on implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their components were familiarized with countries’ commitments stemming from this Resolution, at a training session co-organized by the OSCE from 28 June to 1 July 2016 in Kaliningrad, in the Russian Federation. A National Point of Contact from Chile – an observer State – also took part. The session was hosted by the Government of the Russian Federation, and conducted in partnership with the UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). Welcoming the participants on behalf of Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, an official of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed that “the efficiency of the UN Security Council Resolution 1540 can be guaranteed only through its full implementation by all countries”, and by encouraging close and constructive co-operation between all parties. Robin Mossinkoff, the Head of the Forum for Security Cooperation Support Unit, said: “The OSCE has been supporting the network of OSCE National Points of Contact on implementing Resolution 1540 with annual meetings since 2014, and appreciates the Russian Federation’s initiative to hold this year’s annual meeting in format of a training session.” Participants were provided with an overview of the international non-proliferation regimes and instruments. They discussed the national legislative and regulatory framework, enforcement of legislation with regard to export and border controls, transshipment, illicit trafficking and brokering control as well as the role of the Points of Contact in supporting the development and implementation of these measures. Anton Martyniuk, the UNRCPD Coordinator of the project, noted that establishing Points of Contact and fostering their operation is a solid contribution to implementing Resolution 1540 at the national, regional and international levels. Participants also visited a border crossing point to learn more about the work of a commodity identification centre. The training course was organized as part of the joint UNODA-OSCE project on facilitating the regional implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540. UNRCPD and the OSCE organized the course in co-operation with the 1540 Committee and its Group of Experts.Related StoriesCivil society dialogue and mediation processes North and South of Mediterranean region in focus of OSCE-supported workshop and discussions in MadridIntelligence-led policing in focus of OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting in ViennaHead of OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit addresses UN Chiefs of Police Summit in New York Full Article Secretariat Conflict prevention and resolution Reform and cooperation in the security sector News
security council Chris Hall: Breaking down Canada's latest Security Council election loss By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 04:00:42 EDT Canada's second failure in a row to win a Security Council seat was a blow to the Trudeau government's prestige. But how much will it matter to this country in the long run? Full Article Radio/The House
security council The near death and uncertain future of the US National Security Council By www.chathamhouse.org Published On :: Mon, 09 Jan 2023 13:27:13 +0000 The near death and uncertain future of the US National Security Council 27 January 2023 — 9:00AM TO 10:00AM Anonymous (not verified) 9 January 2023 Chatham House What role should the US National Security Council play in an era of great power competition? Please plan to arrive at Chatham House from 08:45 GMT as the event will begin promptly at 09:00 GMT Over the last three years, the US National Security Council (NSC) has gone from being neglected to necessary again, in Washington. After former US President Donald Trump ignored and then tried to dismantle the NSC, current US President Joe Biden has restored the body but chosen not to reform it. Born in the days before the Cold War and empowered during the War on Terror, what role should the NSC play in an era of great power competition? Plus, how must it, and the rest of Washington, evolve to meet the challenges and opportunities that remain in the 21st century? Full Article
security council South Africa’s foreign policy: Reflections on the United Nations Security Council and the African Union By www.chathamhouse.org Published On :: Fri, 08 Jan 2021 18:09:18 +0000 South Africa’s foreign policy: Reflections on the United Nations Security Council and the African Union 20 January 2021 — 2:00PM TO 3:00PM Anonymous (not verified) 8 January 2021 Online HE Dr Naledi Pandor, South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, discusses South Africa’s role in pursuing its regional and global goals. To receive joining instructions, please finalise your registration by clicking the link below. Once you have registered you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom, which will include the unique joining link you will need to attend. In 2019-2020, South Africa served its third term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, seeking to strengthen its role as a bridge-builder and further justify a more permanent role for the country and continent on the body. In February 2021, South Africa will also conclude its time as Chair of the African Union, having used its tenure to promote peace and security issues, including closer cooperation with the UNSC, and advance regional economic integration. South Africa took up these roles at a time of global and regional upheaval. As COVID-19 tested countries’ commitment to cooperation over isolation, South Africa coordinated regional responses to address the challenges of stressed public health systems, vaccine strategies, and economic stimulus and debt support across Africa. Its leadership has been further tested by ongoing and emerging insecurity in the Sahel, and in Cabo Delgado in neighbouring Mozambique. The crux of its regional strategy remains squaring the circle between promoting regional economic cooperation while protecting its own domestic economic priorities. At this event, HE Dr Naledi Pandor, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, reflects on the country’s two years on the UNSC and one year of chairing the AU, and discuss South Africa’s role in pursuing regional and global goals. This event will also be broadcast live on the Chatham House Africa Programme’s Facebook page. Read event transcript. Full Article
security council FAO to provide UN Security Council with regular analysis of food security statuses in countries in conflict By www.fao.org Published On :: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT New York- FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and the President of the UN Security Council (UNSC), Ambassador Ismael Gaspar Martins, have concurred upon the importance of using FAO’s regular [...] Full Article
security council FAO to provide UN Security Council with regular analysis on food security By www.fao.org Published On :: Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT The Director-General addressed the members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday in what was FAO’s first appearance before the principal UN body on global peace and security affairs. Organized [...] Full Article
security council Sudan: Allies of Warring Generals 'Enabling the Slaughter,' Security Council Hears By allafrica.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 05:04:33 GMT [UN News] The people of Sudan face an ever-deepening crisis as the relentless war between rival militaries pushes the country further into chaos, the UN's top political affairs official told the Security Council on Tuesday, underscoring that a ceasefire and a negotiated political solution remain the only viable path to peace. Full Article Arms and Military Affairs Conflict Peace and Security East Africa External Relations Governance International Organizations and Africa Legal and Judicial Affairs Sudan
security council US spars with China over pro-WHO language in UN Security Council ceasefire resolution By feeds.foxnews.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 17:32:00 GMT A Chinese push to include support for the World Health Organization in a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a global ceasefire is putting the entire text in limbo – after strong U.S. opposition to the Beijing effort. Full Article 1388fe2e-387e-594c-8cfe-bce0c059aef3 fox-news/world/united-nations fox-news/world/world-health-organization fox-news/world/world-regions/china fox-news/health/infectious-disease/coronavirus fnc fnc/politics article Fox News Ben Evansky Adam Shaw
security council Afghan Government Releases 1,000 Taliban Members - Security Council By www.newkerala.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:45:02 +0530 Full Article
security council US spars with China over pro-WHO language in UN Security Council ceasefire resolution By www.foxnews.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 17:32:00 GMT A Chinese push to include support for the World Health Organization in a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a global ceasefire is putting the entire text in limbo – after strong U.S. opposition to the Beijing effort. Full Article 1388fe2e-387e-594c-8cfe-bce0c059aef3 fox-news/world/united-nations fox-news/world/world-health-organization fox-news/world/world-regions/china fox-news/health/infectious-disease/coronavirus fnc fnc/politics article Fox News Ben Evansky Adam Shaw
security council UN Security Council - Profile By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:09:14 GMT Key information on the workings of the United Nations Security Council and its members. Full Article World
security council The Security Council's peacekeeping trilemma By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 13:34:10 +0000 4 March 2020 , Volume 96, Number 2 Paul D. Williams Read Online The United Nations (UN) Security Council is stuck in a peacekeeping trilemma. This is a situation where the Council's three strategic goals for peacekeeping operations—implementing broad mandates, minimizing peacekeeper casualties and maximizing cost-effectiveness—cannot be achieved simultaneously. This trilemma stems from longstanding competing pressures on how the Council designs UN peacekeeping operations as well as political divisions between peacekeeping's three key groups of stakeholders: the states that authorize peacekeeping mandates, those that provide most of the personnel and field capabilities, and those that pay the majority of the bill. Fortunately, the most negative consequences of the trilemma can be mitigated and perhaps even transcended altogether. Mitigation would require the Council to champion and implement four main reforms: improving peacekeeper performance, holding peacekeepers accountable for misdeeds, adopting prioritized and sequenced mandates, and strengthening the financial basis for UN peacekeeping. Transcending the trilemma would require a more fundamental reconfiguration of the key stakeholder groups in order to create much greater unity of effort behind a re-envisaged peacekeeping enterprise. This is highly unlikely in the current international political context. Full Article
security council China and Russia in R2P debates at the UN Security Council By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 09:36:16 +0000 7 May 2020 , Volume 96, Number 3 Zheng Chen and Hang Yin Read online While China and Russia's general policies towards the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) are similar, the two reveal nuanced differences in addressing specific emergencies. Both express support for the first two pillars of R2P while resisting coercive intervention under its aegis, as they share anxieties of domestic political security and concerns about their international image. Nonetheless, addressing cases like the Syrian crisis, Russian statements are more assertive and even aggressive while Chinese ones are usually vague and reactive. This article highlights the two states’ different tones through computer-assisted text analyses. It argues that diplomatic styles reflect Russian and Chinese perceptions of their own place in the evolving international order. Experiences in past decades create divergent reference points and status prospects for them, which leads to their different strategies in signalling Great Power status. As Beijing is optimistic about its status-rising prospects, it exercises more self-restraint in order to avoid external containments and is reluctant to act as an independent ‘spoiler’. Meanwhile, Moscow interprets its Great Power status more from a frame of ‘loss’ and therefore is inclined to adopt a sterner approach to signal its status. Although their policies complement each other on many occasions, there is nothing akin to a Sino–Russian ‘bloc’. Full Article
security council China and Russia in R2P debates at the UN Security Council By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 09:36:16 +0000 7 May 2020 , Volume 96, Number 3 Zheng Chen and Hang Yin Read online While China and Russia's general policies towards the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) are similar, the two reveal nuanced differences in addressing specific emergencies. Both express support for the first two pillars of R2P while resisting coercive intervention under its aegis, as they share anxieties of domestic political security and concerns about their international image. Nonetheless, addressing cases like the Syrian crisis, Russian statements are more assertive and even aggressive while Chinese ones are usually vague and reactive. This article highlights the two states’ different tones through computer-assisted text analyses. It argues that diplomatic styles reflect Russian and Chinese perceptions of their own place in the evolving international order. Experiences in past decades create divergent reference points and status prospects for them, which leads to their different strategies in signalling Great Power status. As Beijing is optimistic about its status-rising prospects, it exercises more self-restraint in order to avoid external containments and is reluctant to act as an independent ‘spoiler’. Meanwhile, Moscow interprets its Great Power status more from a frame of ‘loss’ and therefore is inclined to adopt a sterner approach to signal its status. Although their policies complement each other on many occasions, there is nothing akin to a Sino–Russian ‘bloc’. Full Article
security council China and Russia in R2P debates at the UN Security Council By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 09:36:16 +0000 7 May 2020 , Volume 96, Number 3 Zheng Chen and Hang Yin Read online While China and Russia's general policies towards the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) are similar, the two reveal nuanced differences in addressing specific emergencies. Both express support for the first two pillars of R2P while resisting coercive intervention under its aegis, as they share anxieties of domestic political security and concerns about their international image. Nonetheless, addressing cases like the Syrian crisis, Russian statements are more assertive and even aggressive while Chinese ones are usually vague and reactive. This article highlights the two states’ different tones through computer-assisted text analyses. It argues that diplomatic styles reflect Russian and Chinese perceptions of their own place in the evolving international order. Experiences in past decades create divergent reference points and status prospects for them, which leads to their different strategies in signalling Great Power status. As Beijing is optimistic about its status-rising prospects, it exercises more self-restraint in order to avoid external containments and is reluctant to act as an independent ‘spoiler’. Meanwhile, Moscow interprets its Great Power status more from a frame of ‘loss’ and therefore is inclined to adopt a sterner approach to signal its status. Although their policies complement each other on many occasions, there is nothing akin to a Sino–Russian ‘bloc’. Full Article
security council Marking failure, making space: feminist intervention in Security Council policy By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 08:54:21 +0000 6 November 2019 , Volume 95, Number 6 Sam Cook Read online Feminist interventions in international politics are, more often than not, understood (and visible) as interventions in relation to policy documents. These policies—in this case the United Nations Security Council's resolutions on Women, Peace and Security—often feature as the end point of feminist advocacy efforts or as the starting point for feminist analysis and critique. In this article the author responds to the provocations throughout Marysia Zalewski's work to think (and tell) the spaces of international politics differently, in this case by working with the concept of feminist failure as it is produced in feminist policy critique. Inspired by Zalewski's Feminist International Relations: exquisite corpse, the article explores the material and imaginary spaces in which both policies and critique are produced. It picks up and reflects upon a narrative refrain recognizable in feminist critiques on Women, Peace and Security policy—that we must not make war safe for women—as a way to reflect on the inevitability of failure and the ostensible boundaries between theory and practice. The author takes permission from Zalewski's creative interventions and her recognition of the value of the ‘detritus of the everyday’—here a walk from New York's Grand Central Station to the UN Headquarters, musings on the flash of a particular shade of blue, and the contents of a footnoted acknowledgement, begin to trace an international political space that is produced through embodied and quotidian practice. Full Article
security council Brexit and the UN Security Council: declining British influence? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 09:14:28 +0000 6 November 2019 , Volume 95, Number 6 Jess Gifkins, Samuel Jarvis and Jason Ralph Read online The United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union has ramifications beyond the UK and the EU. This article analyses the impact of the Brexit referendum on the UK's political capital in the United Nations Security Council; a dimension of Brexit that has received little attention thus far. Drawing on extensive elite interviews we show that the UK has considerable political capital in the Council, where it is seen as one of the most effective actors, but the reputational costs of Brexit are tarnishing this image. With case-studies on the UK's role in Somalia and Yemen we show how the UK has been able to further its interests with dual roles in the EU and Security Council, and the risks posed by tensions between trade and human rights after Brexit. We also analyse what it takes to be influential within the Security Council and argue that more attention should be paid to the practices of diplomacy. Influence is gained via penholding, strong diplomatic skill and a well-regarded UN permanent representative. The UK accrues political capital as a leader on the humanitarian and human rights side of the Council's agenda, but this reputation is at risk as it exits the EU. Full Article
security council The Security Council's peacekeeping trilemma By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 13:34:10 +0000 4 March 2020 , Volume 96, Number 2 Paul D. Williams Read Online The United Nations (UN) Security Council is stuck in a peacekeeping trilemma. This is a situation where the Council's three strategic goals for peacekeeping operations—implementing broad mandates, minimizing peacekeeper casualties and maximizing cost-effectiveness—cannot be achieved simultaneously. This trilemma stems from longstanding competing pressures on how the Council designs UN peacekeeping operations as well as political divisions between peacekeeping's three key groups of stakeholders: the states that authorize peacekeeping mandates, those that provide most of the personnel and field capabilities, and those that pay the majority of the bill. Fortunately, the most negative consequences of the trilemma can be mitigated and perhaps even transcended altogether. Mitigation would require the Council to champion and implement four main reforms: improving peacekeeper performance, holding peacekeepers accountable for misdeeds, adopting prioritized and sequenced mandates, and strengthening the financial basis for UN peacekeeping. Transcending the trilemma would require a more fundamental reconfiguration of the key stakeholder groups in order to create much greater unity of effort behind a re-envisaged peacekeeping enterprise. This is highly unlikely in the current international political context. Full Article
security council China and Russia in R2P debates at the UN Security Council By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 09:36:16 +0000 7 May 2020 , Volume 96, Number 3 Zheng Chen and Hang Yin Read online While China and Russia's general policies towards the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) are similar, the two reveal nuanced differences in addressing specific emergencies. Both express support for the first two pillars of R2P while resisting coercive intervention under its aegis, as they share anxieties of domestic political security and concerns about their international image. Nonetheless, addressing cases like the Syrian crisis, Russian statements are more assertive and even aggressive while Chinese ones are usually vague and reactive. This article highlights the two states’ different tones through computer-assisted text analyses. It argues that diplomatic styles reflect Russian and Chinese perceptions of their own place in the evolving international order. Experiences in past decades create divergent reference points and status prospects for them, which leads to their different strategies in signalling Great Power status. As Beijing is optimistic about its status-rising prospects, it exercises more self-restraint in order to avoid external containments and is reluctant to act as an independent ‘spoiler’. Meanwhile, Moscow interprets its Great Power status more from a frame of ‘loss’ and therefore is inclined to adopt a sterner approach to signal its status. Although their policies complement each other on many occasions, there is nothing akin to a Sino–Russian ‘bloc’. Full Article
security council Implications of climate change for the UN Security Council: mapping the range of potential policy responses By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Nov 2015 14:06:18 +0000 6 November 2015 , Volume 91, Number 6 Shirley V. Scott Full Article
security council Congo Crimes Should Be on the Agenda of the UN Security Council By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:00:00 GMT The UN's release of a long awaited report on crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 1993-2003 is not only an opportunity to re-examine the historical record of mass violence in DRC -- the scale and nature of which was often overlooked in the wake of the genocide in neighboring Rwanda -- but is also a chance to correct the terms of the deceptive and fragile peace some leaders wish to proclaim in the resource-rich Great Lakes region of Africa. Full Article
security council Afghan Government Releases 1,000 Taliban Members - Security Council By article.wn.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 14:50 GMT KABUL (Sputnik) - The Afghan government... Full Article
security council Egypt lodges complaint to UN Security Council over Ethiopia’s plan to fill dam By www.theeastafrican.co.ke Published On :: 2020-05-08T09:39:01Z Ethiopia is set to begin filling GERD reservoir in June and July raising serious concerns. Full Article
security council U.S. prevents Security Council vote on pandemic resolution By www.dailystar.com.lb Published On :: 2020-05-08T20:21:00.0000000 The United States prevented a vote Friday in the UN Security Council on a resolution on the coronavirus pandemic, apparently because it made implicit mention of the World Health Organization, diplomats said. Full Article World
security council Crippling the capacity of the National Security Council By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 19:07:23 +0000 The Trump administration’s first three years saw record-setting turnover at the most senior level of the White House staff and the Cabinet. There are also numerous vacancies in Senate-confirmed positions across the executive branch. As of September 22, 2019, the turnover rate among senior White House aides had reached 80 percent, a rate that exceeded… Full Article
security council US withdraws support for UN Security Council global ceasefire resolution By www.france24.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 05:12:33 GMT The United States on Friday stunned other members of the UN Security Council by preventing a vote on a resolution for a ceasefire in various conflicts around the world to help troubled nations better fight the coronavirus pandemic, diplomats said. Full Article Americas
security council US Prevents UN Security Council Vote on Covid-19 Pandemic Resolution, Say Diplomats By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:07:36 +0530 The text, under negotiation since March, called for a worldwide cessation of hostilities in conflict zones so governments can address the pandemic. Full Article
security council To Mention or Not to Mention WHO, that is UN Security Council Question By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 10:12:39 +0530 On Wednesday US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused China of "refusing to share the information we need to keep people safe." Beijing accused Pompeo of telling lies. Full Article
security council China and intervention at the UN Security Council : reconciling status [Electronic book] / Courtney J. Fung. By encore.st-andrews.ac.uk Published On :: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019. Full Article
security council Canada on the United Nations Security Council: a small power on a large stage / Adam Chapnick By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 08:16:09 EST Dewey Library - JZ5006.7.C43 2019 Full Article
security council China and intervention at the UN Security Council: reconciling status / Courtney J. Fung By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 08:04:55 EST Dewey Library - JZ4997.5.C6 F86 2019 Full Article
security council Climate change and the UN Security Council / edited by Shirley V. Scott (School of Humanities and Social Sciences, UNSW Canberra, Australia), Charlotte Ku (School of Law, Texas A&M University, USA) By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
security council The UN Security Council and international criminal tribunals: procedure matters / Christodoulos Kaoutzanis By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 07:52:37 EST Online Resource Full Article
security council UNSC President Estonia calls Security Council’s handling of COVID-19 “a shame” By indianexpress.com Published On :: Sat, 02 May 2020 09:11:52 +0000 Full Article World
