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August 18, 2020

The United Nations failed to renew the arms embargo on Iran. What does that mean?

The United Nations Security Council last week rejected a U.S. effort to extend a 13-year-old embargo on Iran imports and exports of conventional weapons, including aircraft and tanks in and out of the Middle Eastern country.

April 9, 2020

UN's Guterres warns of political opportunism during coronavirus pandemic

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for solidarity in the fight against the coronavirus, saying the pandemic poses a significant threat to the maintenance of international peace and security that could lead social unrest.

February 11, 2020

Palestinian president dismisses Trump's Mideast peace plan at UN Security Council meeting

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday and, as expected, again rejected the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan unveiled two weeks ago at the White House, saying the U.S. cannot be the sole mediator in the peace process.

January 21, 2020

UN Security Council must recognize Iran as the real Mideast aggressor, Kelly Craft says

Kelly Craft, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, called out the Security Council in a speech Tuesday, saying the world body continued to criticize Israel but failed to work toward keeping Iran in check.

October 28, 2019

Israel's UN ambassador condemns Erdogan's support of terrorism

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon on Monday accused Turkey of being a hub for regional terrorism while saying its recent incursion into Syria has resulted in the strengthening of the Islamic State terror network.

July 23, 2019

Trump’s Mideast envoy blasts UN Security Council over peace process

President Trump’s Middle East envoy lashed out Tuesday at the United Nations Security Council over its handling of peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians, taking aim at what he called “the constant drumbeat of tired rhetoric that is designed to prevent progress and bypass direct negotiations. It is time to retire that rhetoric.”

June 24, 2019

UN Security Council condemns attacks on oil tankers, but not Iran

A closed-door meeting of the United Nations Security Council Monday afternoon on the recent attacks on oil tankers and a U.S. drone ended without a condemnation of Iran.

May 22, 2019

Trump's Mideast envoy slams UN over 'Band-Aid' solutions to Israel-Palestinian conflict

The Trump administration's chief negotiator for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict delivered a blunt message to the United Nations Security Council Wednesday, asserting that it is time “to move past Band-Aid solutions" and claiming that the U.N. agency to support Palestinian refugees had "failed" in its mission.

May 9, 2019

Trump envoy slams 'baffling' anti-Israel UN meeting as members line up to condemn settlements, Israeli policy

President Trump’s U.S. envoy for international negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, made a surprise visit to the United Nations on Thursday, as members of the U.N. Security Council held an informal meeting to condemn Israeli settlements — a meeting that Greenblatt called “baffling and disappointing.”

January 24, 2019

Nikki Haley led the way with Venezuela condemnation at UN

The Trump administration has seen noticeable progress in calling attention to the Venezuela crisis in the United Nations and U.N. Security Council over the last couple of years -- an effort that began with former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who took up the issue when she started the job in 2017.