Resolution 2633, which was adopted with 10 votes in favor and five abstentions, also extends the mandate of the Panel of Experts, which assists the work of the South Sudan Sanctions Committee, till July 1, 2023. China, Gabon, India, Kenya, and Russia abstained. The resolution decides that...
Ethiopia, which has helped lead South Sudan’s peace talks, China and Russia all abstained from voting, as did other countries. France and Britain supported the move, which needed nine votes to pass. Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat (5th L), foreign affairs m...
LONDON - Britain will seek backing from other United Nations Security Council members on Monday for its demand thatSudan's warring partiesstop hostilities and allow deliveries of aid, the British foreign ministry said. With London holding the rotating presidency of the council, British foreign ministe...
(Reuters) -Russia on Monday vetoed a United Nations Security Council draft resolution that called on Sudan's warring parties to cease hostilities immediately and ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid. All other countries of the 15-member council, including China, voted in favor of the measure ...
The resolution won 14 positive votes among the 15 members of the council. Russia abstained. Dai Bing, the charge d'affaires of the Chinese mission to the United Nations, called on the Sudanese parties to put the interests of the country and its people first, effectively observe a cessation ...
The UN Security Council Visits South Sudan: A Symbolic Act of PeaceAbraham AwolichThe SUDD Institute
Liu Jieyi (C), China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, votes for a UN Security Council draft resolution on South Sudan, at the UN headquarters in New York, on Dec. 24, 2013. The UN Security Council on Tuesday approved a recommendation to almost double the UN peacekeeping fo...
"The members of the Security Council urged the Transitional Government of National Unity to take measures to ensure that those responsible for the attacks are held accountable," the statement said, adding that "they expressed deep alarm" that more than 84,000 individuals have fled South Sudan sin...
JUBA, Nov. 5 -- The UN Security Council Working Group on children and armed conflict is in South Sudan to seek ways of protecting children in the wake of recent peace deal, the UN mission said on Monday. The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said the delegation, which arrived in ...
Analysis: UN Security Council passes resolution demanding Sudan rein in Arab militiasROBERT SIEGEL