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U.N. Security Council likely to vote Friday on condemning Russia

The United Nations Security Council is likely to vote on Friday on a draft resolution that would condemn Russia for invading Ukraine and require Moscow to immediately and unconditionally withdraw, a senior U.S. administration official said.

Reuters

China Urges 'Cool Headed' And 'Rational' Approach As Russian Forces Invade Ukraine — But Toes Russian Line On History

China said at the United Nations Security Council that it hopes all parties will stay “cool headed” and “rational” after Russia took military action in Ukraine on Wednesday night.

Benzinga

Palestinians Call on Israel to ‘End Apartheid’

Palestinian envoy to the United Nations Riyad Mansour on Wednesday urged the Security Council to stop Israel from discriminating against Palestinians, wearing a black mask emblazoned with the phrase “End Apartheid.” Speaking at a monthly meeting on the Middle East, Riyad Mansour evoked the term “apartheid” 15 times and called…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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The Latest: Europe warns of airspace risks around Ukraine

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency is urgently telling air operators of a high risk to civilian aircraft over Ukraine and that it's now “an active conflict zone.”

The Independent UK

As U.N. Security Council met, Russia attacked Ukraine

The United States and other United Nations Security Council members slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday for attacking Ukraine as the 15-member body met in New York to try and defuse weeks of mounting tensions.

Reuters

Russia attacks Ukraine; missiles strike targets across country

SHCHASTIA, Ukraine — While the U.N. Security Council was meeting to avert war, explosions thundered and flashed across Ukraine early Thursday as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces to attack the country after weeks of failed diplomacy and a massive military buildup intended to recast the map of Eastern…

Los Angeles Times

Putin proceeds with military operation in Ukraine; explosions reported

SHCHASTIA, Ukraine — While the U.N. Security Council was meeting to avert war, several loud explosions were reportedly heard outside the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, early Thursday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that his forces were conducting a military operation to disarm the country but not take it over.

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U.N. Security Council members look to act on Ukraine, but doomed to fail

United Nations Security Council members are preparing to put forward a draft resolution on Ukraine that will call out Russia over its actions toward its neighbor, said a Security Council diplomat, but the move is doomed to fail.

Reuters

Security Council Ends Iraq Invasion Reparations to Kuwait

The UN Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to wrap up the three-decade program which has allowed Kuwait to recover more than $50 billion from Iraq for damages caused by its 1990 invasion. Members approved a resolution to "terminate the mandate" of the United Nations Compensation Commission, concluding that the operation…

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UN ends Iraq's requirement to pay victims of Kuwait invasion

The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to end Iraq’s requirement to compensate victims of its 1990 invasion of Kuwait, with Baghdad having paid out $52.4 billion to 1.5 million claimants

The Independent UK

China, Russia arming Myanmar junta – UN expert

UN Security Council members China and Russia, as well as Serbia, have continued supplying Myanmar's junta with weapons used to attack civilians since last year's coup, a UN rights expert said Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Putin gets no support from UN Security Council over Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has received no support from members of the U.N. Security Council for his actions to bring separatists in eastern Ukraine under Moscow’s control

The Independent UK

De-escalation of Russia-Ukraine tensions immediate priority: India at UNSC emergency meeting

Voicing "deep concern" over the escalation of tension along the Russia-Ukraine border after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops into eastern Ukraine, India has told the UN Security Council that the immediate priority is de-escalation of tensions and said it was convinced that this issue can only be resolved…

Dynamite News

UK ambassador to the UN urges Russia to ‘step back’ as PM readies Cobra meeting

Dame Barbara Woodward told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council that Russia has ‘brought us to the brink’.

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Latest Ukraine updates: Biden announces new Russia sanctions

Latest Ukraine crisis updates from February 22: Blinken cancels upcoming meeting with Russia’s Lavrov as tensions mount.

Reuters

U.S., UK, France ask U.N. Security Council to meet Monday on Ukraine

The United States, Britain and France have asked the U.N. Security Council to meet later on Monday on Ukraine after Russia recognized two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent entities, diplomats said.

Reuters

U.S. slams Russian 'peacekeepers' in Ukraine as 'nonsense'

The deployment of what Russia called a peacekeeping operation in eastern Ukraine is "nonsense" and Moscow's recognition of breakaway regions as independent is part of its pretext for war, the United States told the U.N. Security Council on Monday.

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Putin Mulls Recognizing Separatist Eastern Ukrainian Regions

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he will decide later Monday whether to recognize the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine, a move that would ratchet up tensions with the West amid fears that Moscow could launch an invasion of Ukraine imminently. At the carefully orchestrated, pre-recorded meeting of the…

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Bangkok Post

Ukraine requests urgent UNSC talks on de-escalating crisis

KYIV: Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Monday he had asked member states of the United Nations Security Council to hold urgent discussions on practical steps to guarantee his country's security and on de-escalating the tensions with Russia.

The Independent UK

UN council backs talk, but no Russia pledge against invasion

One by one, U.N. Security Council members called Thursday for a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine

The Independent UK

UK and US accuse Russia of ‘manufacturing pretext’ for Ukraine attack

At the UN Security Council, America’s top diplomat held out the prospect to President Putin of a summit with key world leaders.

Reuters

At U.N., U.S. warns Russia planning to attack Ukraine in 'coming days'

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken laid out at the United Nations Security Council on Thursday how Washington believes Russia could seek to invade Ukraine, warning that Moscow was preparing to attack its neighbor in the "coming days."

Reuters

Ukraine asks U.N. Security Council to discuss Russian bid to recognize separatists

Ukraine has asked the United Nations Security Council to discuss on Thursday a bid by Russia's parliament to recognize self-proclaimed separatists in eastern Ukraine.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon: Int’l Pressure to Hold Parliamentary Elections on Time

The International Support Group for Lebanon (ISG) has openly joined forces to push the Lebanese authorities to hold the parliamentary elections on their scheduled date on May 15. The ISG met in Beirut on Friday to review preparations for the upcoming polls. Echoing the recent Security Council press statement on…

Reuters

Two weeks after Burkina Faso coup, U.N. Security Council expresses 'serious concern'

The United Nations Security Council expressed "serious concern about the unconstitutional change of government" in Burkina Faso in a statement more than two weeks after a military coup deposed President Roch Kabore.

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