the Security Council

It would be easy to nominate new members to the Security Council, said Henry Kissinger, but difficult with the increased number of vetoes .

U. S. officials said the launch, under whatever guise, violated the Security Council resolution. The U.

But Sarkozy also said the Palestinians were mistaken to seek full recognition as a state at the security council.

Also the main reason why it has never been appointed as a non-permanent member of the Security Council.

For years it had used the threat of its veto to keep North Korean adventurism off the Security Council's agenda.

It also urges that, if the experts are not satisfied, the Security Council should refer the matter to the ICC prosecutor.

The U. S. will continue over the next several months to try to push sanctions through the Security Council.

The specific powers granted to the Security Council for the discharge of these duties are laid down in Chapters VI, VII, VIII, and XII.

"Today the Security Council has failed to live up to its responsibility, " German Ambassador Peter Wittig said.

The US president was dismissive of Abbas's plan to ask the security council to recognise Palestine as a state.

The matter was debated in the Security Council of the United Nations.

He said the IAEA's board of governors should condemn Tehran and that the Security Council should take up the matter.

He said Iran should be referred to the Security Council for action.

The United States did not vote on the cease-fire resolution passed Thursday by the Security Council.

We believe that this meeting of the Security Council will play a positive role in the joint effort to cope with this challenge.

And the Security Council is calling for the resumption of the Six-Party talks which had been stalled since 2008.

The sanctions regime which the Security Council Imposed on Iraq actually has no parallel in the history of the United Nations.

It is of great significance for the Security Council to hold this meeting when the Middle East issue is at a crucial juncture.

Adoption of the new resolution by the Security Council does not mean the door to diplomatic efforts is closed.

The Security Council is an important avenue to international legitimacy, but certainly not the only one.

If it were ever to stray on to questions like Iran, then the divisions that too often cripple the Security Council would simply reappear.

But if so, that still does not alter the fact that the Security Council did not authorize war.

The 35-nation board could, at either meeting, decide to refer the matter to the Security Council.

The General Assembly and the Security Council can ask the Court for an advisory opinion on any legal question.

Instead, they expected to begin talks aimed at persuading China not to veto a strong condemnation of North Korea at the security council.

Germany has helped to stabilise the Balkans and is the only non-permanent member of the Security Council working on Iran's nuclear threat.

His talks with leaders at every stop left him with laryngitis by the time he returned to brief the Security Council Wednesday afternoon.

Diplomats said the proposed compromise would see Abbas submit his letter to the security council, which would then defer action.

Koussa expressed regret over the Security Council resolution, complaining that it would increase the suffering of the Libyan people.

Gaddafi said the security council should be renamed "the terror council" .

Decisions of the Security Council on procedural matters shall be made by an affirmative vote of nine members.

The Security Council needs to be large enough to be representative, but small enough to do business.

Special sessions shall be convoked by the Security Council or of a majority of the Members of the United Nations.

The Secretary- General is appointed by the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Security Council.

But few Palestinians would risk relying on the Security Council, where the Americans have a veto, to vote for such a state.

Within the Security Council, reaction was mixed toward the secretary-general's briefing and the Burmese government's response to his visit.

The United Nations nuclear watchdog has decided to refer Syria to the Security Council over its alleged covert nuclear programme.

He gave a flat assurance that they would introduce no resolution in the Security Council.

In March, after the two sides duly failed to agree, Mr Ahtisaari sent the Security Council his own plan for "supervised independence" .

eg. Once a truce is in place, the Security Council can deploy a peacekeeping operation to help the parties carry out their agreements.

Mr. Ahmadinejad has said he wants to explain Iran's nuclear program to the Security Council.

The Security Council shall submit annual and, when necessary , special reports to the General Assembly for its consideration.

The Security Council should also demand that the Sudanese government support the fund with a portion of its oil revenues.

They are willing to address it if it does happen with us in a variety of ways, including the Security Council.

All of this would be implemented only if requested by the Libyan transitional authorities and approved by the Security Council.

The Security Council Is All Talk and No Action.

Don't be so sure. It has become a constant refrain at U. N. headquarters that the Security Council is anachronistic.

Ban, 62, is set to be designated as the next UN secretary general when the Security Council meets Monday to formalize its choice.

The Security Council has repeated this demand numerous times and warned that Iraq faces serious consequences if it fails to comply.

China, as one of the five permanent members of the Security Council, assumes special responsibilities to international peace and security.

China is opposed to any new sanctions and may maintain that stance whatever Russia decides at the security council.

We always advocate for maintaining unity of the Security Council and do not support taking hasty actions.

Afghanistan's U. N. representative, Zahir Tanin, told the Security Council that his country is at a "critical juncture. "

It is true that China is now the odd man out on Iran in the Security Council.

But North Korea's deputy ambassador said this was something that should be discussed by the two Koreas and not by the Security Council.

Plans for the application of armed force shall be made by the Security Council with the assistance of the Military Staff Committee.

The Security Council must address the situation, he said, or face renewed fighting in the region.

The resolution appears to have the backing of the Security Council's five veto-wielding permanent members, including China and Russia.

Obama coupled the Security Council endorsement with an admonition for India that "with increased power comes increased responsibility. "

Charter amendments so far have related to the expansion of two main organs, the security Council and the Economic and Social Council.

Pyongyang argues the security council criticism is unfair because it had carried out the peaceful launch of a satellite.

The United States and European countries had pressed the Security Council for a resolution.

The Security Council will keep these sanctions under review and strengthen, modify or lift them in light of the situation.

President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad is reported to be keen to address the Security Council over the nuclear issue.

It was good that certain big countries in the Security Council -- Russia, China, Brazil, and India -- abstained on this resolution.

On the Security Council's regular programs work this month will be a debate on the U. N. 's peacekeeping mission in Haiti.

With this recommendation by the Security Council, I will humbly put myself for consideration by the General Assembly.

We also strongly condemn the attempt by the US delegation to the UN to block the Security Council from taking action to stop the invasion.

The Security Council is expected to vote next month to extend the peacekeeping mandate for another year, alongside a plan for a speedy exit.

A three-hour meeting between the five permanent members of the security council and Germany in New York on Saturday was inconclusive.

As non-permanent members of the Security Council, aspiring medium-sized powers Turkey and Brazil have no veto.

As soon as they concluded the investigation, they were to report to the Security Council.

We support the African Union's effort to maintain its own solidarity and common interest on the question the Security Council reform.

The Security Council should not serve as a rubber stamp, nor a piece of furniture in Grand Palace.

In discharging these duties the Security Council shall act in accordance with the Purposes and Principles of the United Nations.

But it has come under increasing pressure from the Security Council to take more aggressive action to protect civilians.

All other thirteen members of the Security Council, including the UK, France and the United States, voted in favor of the resolution.

In comparison, the Security Council has been a beehive of activity since Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

Germany chose the company of China, India, Brazil and Russia by abstaining in the Security Council vote.

Strengthening AMIS is the consensus of all the members of the Security Council and the international community as a whole.

The United States has threatened to use its veto power in the Security Council to block the Palestinian request for U. N. membership.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General for his report recently submitted to the Security Council.

The Security Council of the United Nations is most often viewed as the primary source of enforcement of international law.

The security council says the Iranians should stop enrichment until their peaceful intentions can be fully established.

As a responsible country, China will implement relevant resolution of the Security Council in earnest.

The designated sanctions targets become automatically blacklisted without further action by the Security Council.

Holmes urged the Security Council to be vigilant about accountability for perpetrators.

China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations Wang Min made the statement during the Security Council meeting.

The security council this week stepped up the drive against the attacks, authorising countries to pursue the gunmen on land.

As a permanent member of the Security Council, China is committed to safeguarding world peace and stability.

Russia requested the meeting, saying the Security Council "must send a restraining signal" to both countries.

The U. N. Charter permit the Security Council to authorize the use of force "to maintain or restore international peace and security. "

India supported Pakistan's bid in the United Nations to become a non-permanent member of the Security Council.

The Security Council had been called into session but was proceeding at the stately pace we had encouraged.

China has strongly requested Israel to implement relevant resolutions of the Security Council and withdraw from the Palestinian areas.

Peacekeeping mandates from the Security Council tended to be far too restrictive both in scope and numbers.

The Security Council has long ceased to be legitimate or effective, with little prospect for reform in sight.

Mr. Annan also was critical of what he called "finger-pointing and name-calling in the Security Council. "

The Americans are sure to veto the proposal if it reaches the Security Council.

The permanent members of the Security Council should not stand in the way of bringing the mass murderers in Darfur to justice.

Those are the Security Council firm members who've been most reluctant to get down the section fruit.

A: On the political settlement of the Iraqi question, a series of resolutions have been adopted by the Security Council.

It also gave the Security Council committee the authority to name individuals and companies, as it did Thursday.

Under the current circumstances, we support the adoption of a resolution by the Security Council on the Middle East.

U. S. President Barack Obama presided over a special session of the Security Council Wednesday.

The Security Council shall, where appropriate, utilize such regional arrangements or agencies for enforcement action under its authority.

The Security Council , the Assembly stated, should consider effective, comprehensive sanctions against South Africa.

The Security Council expresses its readiness to consider additional measures to achieve the delivery of such assistance.

But as one of the permanent member of the Security Council, China holds veto power.

The Security Council requests the immediate release of the ships, as well as civilians held by Israel.

The Security Council expressed deep concern about the escalation of violence and the risk of a return to civil war in Ivory Coast.

The Security Council, led by the United States and Nigeria and France, came together to support the will of the people.

Only by upholding the sanctity of the Charter can the Security Council's core role in maintaining world peace and security be maintained.

In this regard, the Security Council resolution calls for greater regional cooperation to investigate and combat these illegal activities.

After the vote, the North Korea ambassador rejected the measure, and left the Security Council conference room.

Acceding to pressure from China, the Security Council managed to condemn the attack without identifying the attacker.

The Security Council's statement is strongly worded, in a strange way, though ultimately toothless.

Third, the Security Council should improve the authorization of planning, planning and management of peace keeping operations.

China has traditionally and until today been playing a very important role in taking a unified position in the Security Council.

The Security Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure, including the method of selecting its President .

Already there are demands that the Security Council defer the prosecution for at least one year, as it can under the ICC's own statute.

getting the Security Council, and in particular China, to take action over Darfur was like pulling teeth.

The Security Council shall, when it deems necessary, call upon the parties to settle their dispute by such means.

The Economic and Social Council may furnish information to the Security Council and shall assist the Security Council upon its request .

Except for peace-keeping missions approved by the Security Council, China will not send a single soldier overseas.

Second, the Security Council action should be conducive to peace and stability in the Middle East, especially the gulf region.

The day after its election, it proposed to include an EU diplomat in its delegation to the Security Council.

It was based on the assumption that the Security Council was paralysed and that America had ruled out military action.

The Security Council of countries that have won the World Cup more than once is completed by Argentina, Germany, Italy and Uruguay.

The first is to engage the West on the Security Council. The others include securing oil and protecting a client-state from collapse.

The Security Council has special responsibility for maintaining international peace and security.

Several members of the Security Council are wary of military intervention, including veto holders Russia and China.

The apparent impasse comes after U. S. President Barack Obama called for the Security Council to send a 'crystal clear' message.

The non-binding statement, the 15 members of the Security Council demanded the enforcement of the existing sanctions against the North.

Diplomats from dozens of nations crowded the Security Council chamber to listen to the debate, showing the intense interest in the issue.

During the Cold War, the USSR and America used the veto to control the Security Council in turn, making it almost paralyzed.

Out of the above considerations, China voted in favour of the resolution 1441, which was just approved by the Security Council.

Mr. Wen said only that Beijing understands India's aspiration to play an enlarged role in the U. N. , including on the Security Council.

The draft resolution now under consideration gives Iran about a month to comply with the Security Council's order.

Third, the Security Council should work still harder in tackling traditional and non-traditional security concerns.

Tenth, as to the international community, the African members of the Security Council voted for this resolution on Libya.

Indeed, the Security Council is more likely to be superseded than reformed.

On Wednesday, U. N. diplomats said key powers on the Security Council were committed to broadening sanctions against North Korea.

At issue is the makeup of the Security Council's membership, who gets veto power, regional representation.

The new sanctions regime that the Security Council to support Afghanistan's efforts to achieve domestic peace.

The UN and the Security Council have long played a very important role on the Afghan Issue and enjoyed a good reputation.

The Security Council can restore the rights of a suspended Member State.

As I mentioned, we believe the Security Council should respond in a prudent way to the DPRK satellite launch.

NATO involvement in military action was possible, depending on the outcome in the Security Council, a European diplomat said.

The Security Council unanimously approved resolution 242(1967)concerning the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the Middle East.

As China has long stressed, discussion of the draft resolution in the Security Council doesn't mean the end of diplomatic efforts.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to attend the Security Council meeting on Tuesday.

China has always maintained that the Security Council should play its due role in resolving the Middle East issue.

But the Security Council broke up without so much as issuing a statement, much less passing any new resolutions or sanctions.

On Thursday, the Security Council approved a resolution to increase efforts toward a world without nuclear weapons.

The United States will listen to all good ideas, and we will support changes to the Security Council as part of broader U. N. reform.

The security council imposed sanctions after a ballistic missile launch and a nuclear test in 2006.

The Security Council met at Russia's request, underscoring pressure on South Korea from both Moscow and Beijing to cancel the test.

After the Security Council's vote, Libya's government declared a cease-fire in its fighting with rebel forces.

Despite that, the first sanctions to emerge from the discussion now getting under way at the Security Council will be feeble.

Do you think the model of five permanent seats on the Security Council will change?

China has presented a draft presidential statement for the Security Council to consider.

As a permanent member of the Security Council, China has veto power.

The quest to become a permanent member of the Security Council has been quietly abandoned, for now.

Obama has promised Israel he will veto the resolution if it comes before the Security Council.

The Security Council has been reluctant to send a peacekeeping force to Somalia, with some diplomats arguing there is no peace to keep.

Third, to prioritize the concerns of Africa and increase the inputs of the Security Council.

OnTuresdayThursday, the Security Council approved a resolution to increase efforts toward a world without nuclear weapons.

The Security Council statement also calls for "all parties to refrain from any acts of violence against civilians. "

The Security Council decision was unanimous despite a request by the Libyan envoy here to delay it.

Can the coalition forces using force in Libya under the Security Council's authorizing resolution lawfully target Gaddafi personally?

At best, the council is a declamatory body; real power lies with the Security Council in New York.

Nevertheless, Jones Parry said, there is no disagreement in the Security Council on the goal.

A: China supports reasonable and necessary reform of the Security Council.

China has once again become the rotating president of the Security Council after one year.

In the pocket of the deceased, the Security Council to find an organ wrote half of the documents, the rise is Star Express.

Intensely opposed Japan becomes the Security Council permanent member!

The UN's founders predicted as much when they created the Security Council.

That allowed the Security Council to demonstrate a united front in opposing North Korea's missile program.

For Monday, the Security Council’ s official agenda lists several morning meetings and consultations regarding Libya.

Lula wants the UN reformed to reflect today's world, with Brazil gaining a permanent seat on the Security Council.

At UN headquarters in New York, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon spoke to the Security Council.

A: Recently, the Security Council issued a president's press statement upon consultation.

Legally, probably nothing. China and Russia would veto any resolution in the Security Council.

The Security Council has been struggling for weeks to reach agreement on a response, the diplomats said.

Obama had called for the Security Council to send a 'crystal clear' message to the North.

However, Turkey, a member of the security council, was notable for its silence.

How could such action ever get past all five of the Security Council's veto-wielding powers?

The American statement came after the Security Council discussed Burma officially for the first time.

The Security Council held a special meeting on conflicts in the DRC last March when China chaired the council.

The Security Council again renewed that demand in 1994, and twice more in 1996, deploring Iraq's clear violations of its obligations.

The Security Council resolution calls for measures against new Iranian banks abroad if a connection to the nuclear programme is suspected.

Russia and China are already permanent members of the Security Council.

His proposal was diluted by the lack of support from the Security Council.

Lacroix said other nations on the Security Council expressed a similar position.

The Japanese foreign minister, Hirofumi Nakasone, today admitted there were divisions in the security council.

The first step should be a resolution in the Security Council.

The Security Council will begin reviewing the resolution August 18, but no date has been set for a vote.

and the relationship between the Security Council and the 192-member General Assembly.

The Palestinians never expected to win at the Security Council.

The steps respond to the Security Council's call for nations to prevent their financial systems from being abused by Iran.

How did it happen that the proposal was vetoed at the Security Council?

China has always played a constructive role in over 60 resolutions adopted by the Security Council on Iraq.

Second, more work was needed to raise the Security Council's capacity to solve problems.

Ban Ki-Moon's re-election required the approval of all five permanent members of the Security Council.

The Security Council has been united on the need for Iran to suspend its enrichment activities, Wolff said.

It is learned that the Security Council will hold a meeting on 14th to discuss the border situation between Cambodia and Thailand.

Their nuclear test was an answer because the Security Council didn't apologize.

As The Economist went to press, the Security Council was meeting behind closed doors to discuss a possible new resolution on North Korea.

She added the US would proceed to circulate this draft to all 15 members of the Security Council.

The Security Council urged all parties to practise utmost restraint to end hostilities and to prevent further escalation.

We find that attempts aimed at using the Security Council to discuss issues outside its purview are unacceptable .

The ICC Prosecutor will report regularly to the Security Council.

It is reported that China blocked a statement by the Security Council to condemn the DPRK.

The IAEA's board of governors has reported Damascus to the Security Council.

Any such armed attack and all measures taken as a result thereof shall immediately be reported to the Security Council.

The Security Council's debates and resolutions concerning the situation in the Middle East, I think, must be strictly based on fact and law.

The resolution was sponsoredby Syria an elected member of the security council.

The AU has been trying for three years to get the Security Council to suspend the ICC's proceedings against Mr Bashir.

This was a report that went to the Security Council.

The Security Council will take up the report on UNIFIL in informal consultations on 25 July. 2.

The U. N. Charter requires that any use of force that is not self-defense be cleared by the Security Council.

China will submit its report on implementing Resolution 1718 to the Security Council in the near future.

The Security Council has rejected the latest peace proposal.

A: China's position on the Security Council reform has stayed unchanged.

In general, the Security Council will continue to focus on Africa and the Middle East.

The French exercised their right of veto in the Security Council to prevent the resolution being passed.

China and Russia, both of which have veto power in the Security Council, object to the resolution.

China and Russia would veto any resolution in the Security Council.

In principle, the Security Council would benefit from an overhaul.

But Mark Lyall Grant, UK's ambassador to the Security Council, said holding the referendum on time on 9 January was still doable.

The Security Council is expected to renew MONUC's mandate in December for another 12 months.

The reform of the Security Council should keep on.

Hu pointed out when the UN was founded 60 years ago, the member states empowered the Security Council to maintain world peace and security.

The Security Council should pay special attention to African problems and give them the priority on its agenda.

Those targeted proposals point out the direction of the Security Council's work in the future.

N. resolution -- leaving open the question of whether Beijing was fully behind the Security Council effort.

Participate in the Security Council by weekly.

Second, under the terms of the Security Council's authorizing resolution to use force, is it lawful to target Gaddafi personally?

When persuasion fails, the Security Council can take stronger action, such as imposing economic sanctions or declaring a trade embargo.

The Security Council not long ago adopted the 1929 Resolution on the Iranian issue.

No war unless the Security Council approves.

Forcing through an immature draft resolution will make the Security Council reform process "derailed. "

China supports the Security Council to play a key role in fighting against terrorism and other non-traditional security issues.

The Security Council move angered some.

This is what happened with Darfur, where the Security Council first drew the court's attention to the atrocities.

he has said that he's urgently consulting members of the security council.

The Security Council commits to ensure that any frozen assets will be made available to benefit the people of Libya.

Russia's absence from the Security Council in June, 1950, was, it is true, a favourable accident.

It isn't clear what the Security Council will do if Sudan refuses to back down.