By Nico Colombant Dakar 12 March 2007 French Forces patrol buffer zone Officials at the United Nations Security Council are evaluating a new peace deal for Ivory Coast. The pact was reached earlier this month by President Laurent Gbagbo and rebel le...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 20 December 2006 The U.N. Security Council is set to adopt a resolution penalizing Iran for its suspect nuclear program. But as VOA's correspondent at the U.N. Peter Heinlein reports, the penalties have been weakened...
By Meredith Buel Washington 02 November 2006 The United States is urging the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran immediately for its refusal to halt its uranium enrichment program. Some Middle East analysts say even with the threat of...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 06 October 2006 Security Council has threatened North Korea with unspecified consequences, if it goes ahead with planned nuclear weapons tests. The statement adopted Friday warns North Korea that testing a nuclear de...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 September 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on the U.N. Human Rights Council to focus as much attention on the tragic situation in Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur as it has on the crises in the Mi...
By Barbara Schoetzau New York 07 August 2006 At the United Nations, the Security Council is discussing amendments to a French-American sponsored resolution to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Diplomats met throughout the wee...
By Barbara Schoetzau New York 04 August 2006 U.N. Security Council President Nana Effah-Apenteng has expressed frustration at the slow pace of efforts to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. U.N. officials also say the humanitar...
By Barbara Schoetzau New York 02 August 2006 U.S. Ambassador John Bolton says the U.N. Security Council is near agreement on the fundamentals of a political framework for Lebanon, despite differences over a cease-fire. ------- Israeli reserve soldie...
By Gary Thomas Tehran 15 July 2006 Iran's government has long been a source of fascination and frustration for international political analysts. Figuring out how decisions are made in the theocratic system is a difficult exercise. VOA correspondent...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 06 June 2006 A delegation from the United Nations Security Council is in Sudan Tuesday to persuade the Sudanese government to accept U.N. peacekeepers into the volatile Darfu...