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Human Rights Council elects Indonesian candidate President for 2026

·January 9, 2026·1 min read

Under Council rules, presidents are appointed to serve for one year by the body’s 47 Member States, based in Geneva. Ambassador Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro will now lead proceedings at the UN forum after his nomination as the sole candidate of the Asia-Pacific group, whose turn it was to propose a...

Security Council LIVE: ‘The power of the law must prevail,’ says Guterres

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·January 5, 2026·1 min read

The Security Council is meeting in emergency session in New York to address the US rendition of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro from Caracas, a move that has sent shockwaves through the region and beyond. The UN chief António Guterres told ambassadors there must be respect for national sovereignty, “political independence...

Security Council: New faces, old tensions as five nations take their seats

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·January 4, 2026·4 min read

Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia and Liberia have begun two-year terms as non-permanent members, replacing Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia, whose terms ended last month. They join the other five non-permanent members – Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia – who...

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Briefing on threats to international peace and security

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·December 30, 2025·1 min read

The UN Security Council meets today to hear a briefing on threats to international peace and security following Israel’s recent recognition of the northern region of Somalia as an independent and sovereign state. Follow live below and UN News app users can click here and go here for all our...

UN Security Council hears warnings over escalating US-Venezuela standoff

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·December 26, 2025·4 min read

Briefing ambassadors on Tuesday, UN Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari said that US military presence and operations off Venezuela’s coast have expanded since the Council last discussed the issue in October, further heightening tensions. The United States has described its expanded military deployment as part of what it calls a “non-international...

Security Council remains divided over Iran nuclear programme, sanctions stay in place

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·December 25, 2025·2 min read

“Despite intensified diplomatic efforts during the second half of 2025, there was no agreement on the way forward regarding the Iran nuclear programme,” concluded the UN’s chief diplomat, Rosemary DiCarlo. Ms. DiCarlo – the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs – reminded the Council that the best option for...

LIVE: Security Council meets on Venezuela, Iran, Somalia

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·December 23, 2025·1 min read

Senior UN political and humanitarian officials are set brief the Security Council this afternoon as members meet to discuss the rapidly deteriorating situation in Sudan, where intensified fighting – including in the Kordofan region – has driven widespread civilian harm and displacement. The region has seen a sharp escalation, including...

LIVE: Security Council meets on escalating violence in Sudan

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·December 23, 2025·1 min read

Senior UN political and humanitarian officials are set brief the Security Council this afternoon as members meet to discuss the rapidly deteriorating situation in Sudan, where intensified fighting – including in the Kordofan region – has driven widespread civilian harm and displacement. The region has seen a sharp escalation, including...

Security Council hears of fading election prospects in Libya

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·December 21, 2025·3 min read

Hannah S. Tetteh, who also heads the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), stressed the need to overcome delays in implementing the political roadmap that points the way to presidential and legislative elections, a new unified government, and a structured dialogue on the critical issues of governance, economy, security and...

Security Council renews DR Congo peacekeeping mission amid renewed M23 offensives in the east

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·December 20, 2025·2 min read

Resolution 2808 (2025) extends the mandate of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) until 20 December 2026, maintaining an authorized troop ceiling of 11,500 military personnel, 600 military observers and staff officers, 443 police personnel and 1,270 formed police unit personnel. Under the resolution, MONUSCO’s core area...

Ex-UN chief Ban warns Security Council risks irrelevance without reform

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·December 16, 2025·5 min read

That call came during an open debate on “Leadership for Peace,” where former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and academic Anjali Dayal pressed members to confront both the external crises facing the UN and internal constraints that have weakened its ability to act. Mr. Ban, now an emeritus member of The Elders...

Security Council LIVE: Ambassadors debate deepening crisis in eastern DR Congo

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·December 13, 2025·1 min read

Intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed more than 70 civilian lives, displaced over 200,000 people and cut thousands off from food assistance, prompting UN warnings of a rapidly expanding humanitarian emergency spilling across borders....