The United Nations Security Council met for the second time in three days on Tuesday to discuss the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. ... Goma, amid rising death ...

Five countries won seats on the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday in uncontested elections and will start serving two-year terms in January on the U.N.’s most powerful but deeply ...

The United Nations Security Council on Sunday demanded that M23 rebel forces stop an ongoing offensive and advance towards Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and that ...

Rwanda's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ernest Rwamucyo speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters, Jan. 26, 2025.

The United Nations Security Council adopted its first resolution, S/RES/1(1946), on 25 January 1946 – long before the current modes of online distribution of documents. As of 30 November 2024 ...

Only nine months ago, Sierra Leone returned as a non-permanent member of the Security Council after an absence of 53 years. Twenty-five years ago, our shattering civil war was among the thorniest ...

The United Nations Security Council moved up an emergency meeting on the escalating violence to Sunday morning. Congo requested the meeting, which had originally been scheduled for Monday.

A Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters in New York on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg/Getty Images. CNN — ...

Gunfire rang out early on Monday across parts of Goma, the largest city in eastern Congo, hours after Rwanda-backed rebels said they had seized the city despite the United Nations Security Council ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Five countries won seats on the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday in uncontested elections and will start serving two-year terms in January on the U.N.’s most ...

Inaugurated in 1969, the Russell C. Leffingwell Lecture was named for Russell C. Leffingwell, a charter member of the Council who served as its president from 1944 to 1946 and as its chairman from ...