#UN Security Council

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday called for India to become a permanent member of the United Nations security council, following a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi the latter’...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said regional stability and prosperity in the Levant are “closely linked” to progress on the Cyprus problem. Speaking to Kathimerini in an exclusive ...

The U.N. Security Council is to vote on a Bahraini resolution to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz, diplomats said on Friday, but veto-wielding China ...

Bahrain has put forward a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would authorise countries to use “all necessary means” – diplomatic language for force – to protect commercial shipping in and ...

Cyprus reaffirmed its support for Lebanon’s sovereignty on Wednesday during a UN security council discussion on the deteriorating situation in the country, stressing that developments there directly affect Nicosia ...

First lady Melania Trump will chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Monday as the U.S. takes over the monthly rotating presidency, the White House said. ...

The UN Security Council’s renewal of the UN peacekeeping force mandate has drawn sharp criticism from the north, with the ‘foreign ministry’ urging the UN to abandon the federal ...

The government has welcomed the United Nations Security Council’s decision to renew the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) until January 31, 2027, reaffirming its support for renewed ...

The United Nations Security Council on Friday adopted the resolution renewing the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) for one more year, until January 31, 2027. There were 13 votes ...

The United Nations security council’s vote on whether to extend the mandate of the UN’s peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) for another year has been delayed until Friday. ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday launched his Board of Peace, originally intended to help end the Gaza war but which he now sees having a wider role that Europe and ...

The Cypriot government is waiting for the European Union to formulate a common position before deciding whether it will join United States President Donald Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace, ...

The Security Council was briefed on Thursday night behind closed doors on the UN chief’s two reports on Cyprus, covering his good offices mission and Unficyp’s mandate. The ...

United Nations special representative in Cyprus Khassim Diagne has arrived in New York and is set to brief the security council regarding the state of affairs on the island, according ...

No problems are foreseen regarding the United Nations security council’s renewal of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp)’s mandate for another year, Somalian permanent representative to the ...

The UN Security Council on Monday voted to adopt a U.S.-drafted resolution endorsing President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza and authorizing an international ...

The United Nations Security Council removed sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who is due to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday. The U....

The United Nations Security Council on Thursday condemned recent strikes on Qatar’s capital Doha, but did not mention Israel in the statement agreed to by all 15 members, including Israel’...

Greece’s permanent representative to the United Nations Evangelos Sekeris on Tuesday praised the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unfcyp)’s “invaluable contribution to maintaining peace and security” on the ...

As the UN Security Council’s draft report on Unficyp, released on Friday, slammed both sides in Cyprus for violating the military status quo along the ceasefire lines and raised ...

The United Nations security council is set to reaffirm its commitment to a federal solution to the Cyprus problem, according to a draft copy of the resolution which will see ...

Greece on Wednesday formally took its seat as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, with the country’s foreign minister Giorgos Gerapetritis promising that it would use ...

The Israeli military bombed at least five crowded homes in northern Gaza early on Thursday with many casualties while a few hours earlier the US vetoed a U.N. Security ...

Finland’s President Alexander Stubb has called for expansion of the U.N. Security Council, abolition of its single state veto power, and suspension of any member engaging in an “...