tagged w/ United Nations Security Council
-
On Monday, March 28, 2011 from The National Defense University in Washington, D.C. The President Obama address to the nation on Libya.On Monday, March 28, 2011 from The National Defense University in Washington, D.C. The... more
-
-
-
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé addressed the UN Security Council this afternoon in New York, hoping to influence the vote on a no-fly zone over Libya in the coming hours. France has apparently been readying itself for intervention, waiting for the final green light from the UN, hoping the resolution will pass. Juppé said that the draft was authored by France, Lebanon and Britain and that it had been very important to get the stamp of approval from the Arab countries.
The resolution is said to contain the wording 'all necessary measures' to enforce the ban but it was careful to omit any reference, direct or otherwise, to 'occupation'. In order to pass, 9 out of 15 votes are required, and the temperature taken as of half an hour ago was that although it will not be unanimous, there will be sufficient votes for the resolution to be adopted.
Continue reading on Examiner.com: UN Security Council to vote on Libya no-fly zone Thursday - National Foreign Policy | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/un-security-council-to-vote-on-libya-no-fly-zone-thursday#ixzz1GtPR9yyrFrench Foreign Minister Alain Juppé addressed the UN Security Council this... more
-
-
Defense Ministry: South Korea starts live-fire drill
By the CNN Wire Staff
December 20, 2010 12:51 a.m. EST
South Korea's planned live-fire military exercises have started, according to the country's ministry of defense.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* Residents on five islands are told to take cover
* North Korea says the drill could ignite a war
* No agreement is reached in the Security Council, Russia and the United States say
(CNN) --
South Korea's planned live-fire military exercises started Monday afternoon, the country's ministry of defense said.
North Korea has said the drill could ignite a war and has promised to respond militarily, but has also agreed to a series of actions after former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson urged the North to not take an aggressive response.
On Sunday, South Korea ordered thousands to find shelter in preparation for the drill while the United Nations' Security Council wrangled over growing tensions in the Korean peninsula.
An approximate 8,000 residents were ordered to take cover in Yeonpyeong, Baengnyeong, Daecheong, Socheong and Udo in the hours leading up to the drill.
North Korea said over the weekend that the planned exercises were designed to violate the armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953 and "ignite war at any cost."
At the United Nations, nearly eight hours of emergency Security Council talks on the standoff ended Sunday without a unified statement.
CNN's Kyung Lah and Jiyeon Lee in Seoul Richard Roth and Whitney Hurst at the United Nations contributed to this report.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/12/19/north.korea.tensions/index.html?hpt=T1
[Please scroll down to latest submissions for updated news]
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
[Previous News]
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/12/19/north.korea.tensions/index.html?hpt=T1
South Korea says exercises to start Monday
By the CNN Wire Staff
December 19, 2010 6:48 p.m. EST
South Korean marines carry supplies on Yeonpyeong Island on Sunday, December 19.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* NEW: South Korea says the controversial drills are to begin Monday
* The U.N. Security Council held emergency talks on the issue in New York
* The North says the drill could ignite a war
* North Korea shelled Yeonpyeong Island in November, killing four
(CNN) -- South Korea's planned live-fire military exercises in the Yellow Sea will begin Monday despite threats from North Korea that the drills will result in "disaster," the South Korean military announced.
The drills are slated to take place off Yeonpyeong Island, which North Korean forces shelled in November. North Korea said over the weekend that the planned exercises were a "sinister design" to violate the armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953 and "ignite war at any cost."
At the United Nations, diplomats were huddled in an emergency meeting of the Security Council in an attempt to defuse the standoff over the planned exercises. But seven hours of ongoing talks had produced no result Sunday evening.
Russia requested the emergency meeting and proposed a draft statement, proposing amendments which Western nations said would place more of the blame on North Korea, diplomats said. But they said the major holdout was China, the North's closest ally, which refuses to agree on any statement that even mentions the Yeonpyeong shelling.
Russia and China, both permanent Security Council members, have asked South Korea to reconsider its planned drills. Sunday's closed-door session was held with representatives of both North and South Korea present and speaking.
Earlier, a South Korean military official told the country's state-run Yonhap news agency that Seoul would not be deterred by threats from the North.
"The planned firing drill is part of the usual exercises conducted by our troops based on Yeonpyeong Island. The drill can be justifiable, as it will occur within our territorial waters," the official said.
Tensions between the two Koreas have been high since the North fired upon the island last month, killing two marines and two civilians. The South Korean military had said Thursday that the exercises would take place in the seas southwest of the island between December 18 and 21, but adverse weather forced a delay Saturday.
"We won't take into consideration North Korean threats and diplomatic situations before holding the live-fire drill. If weather permits, it will be held as scheduled," the military official said.
Meanwhile, North Korea was beefing up its military forces on its west coast ahead of the South's planned drills, Yonhap reported, citing a South Korean government official.
"The North Korean artillery unit along the Yellow Sea has raised its preparedness level," the source said.
Yeonpyeong is located in the Yellow Sea, just south of the Northern Limit Line -- the maritime boundary drawn in 1953 by the United Nations just after the Korean War. The line is three nautical miles from the North Korean coast.
In the absence of a full peace agreement between the two Koreas, the Northern Limit Line remains in place. North Korea has suggested an alternative line, but South Korea has resisted, as it would bring the North's maritime boundary close to Incheon, a main port.
A North Korean spokesman over the weekend said that the planned military exercises were a "sinister design" to violate the Korea Armistice Agreement and "ignite war at any cost."
"The shelling to be perpetrated by the puppet forces of south Korea at last, trespassing on the prohibiting line would make it impossible to prevent the situation on the Korean Peninsula from exploding and escape its ensuing disaster," the spokesman said, according to North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.
North Korea blamed the United States for allegedly egging on the South Koreans.
North Korea "will force the U.S. to pay dearly for all the worst situations prevailing on the peninsula and its ensuing consequences," the spokesman said.
CNN's Jiyeon Lee in Seoul and Richard Roth and Whitney Hurst at the United Nations contributed to this report.Defense Ministry: South Korea starts live-fire drill
By the CNN Wire Staff
December... more
-
-
The lawmakers adopted the bill in response to the latest round of sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear programme by the United Nations Security Council, the United States and the European Union.
Tehran: Iran's parliament approved a law yesterday calling on the government to retaliate against any countries that inspect the Islamic state's ships and aircraft or refuse to provide fuel to its aircraft as part of foreign sanctions, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
The lawmakers adopted the bill in response to the latest round of sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear programme by the United Nations Security Council, the United States and the European Union.
The bill included no details of what form retaliation should take, and it was not immediately clear if it was more than a symbolic gesture of protest against the sanctions.
Uranium supply
The legislation also made the government responsible for supplying adequate amounts of 20 per cent enriched uranium for Iran's nuclear research reactors for medical, industrial and scientific use, Fars said.
The UN Security Council imposed a fourth round of sanctions on Iran on June 9 over its disputed nuclear programme, and the United States and the European Union have imposed additional sanctions of their own.
Major powers suspect Iran is using its nuclear programme to develop atomic weapons, but Tehran says it is enriching uranium only for electricity generation.
Ali Larijani, the speaker of the Iranian parliament, told reporters in Geneva "If they want to act illegally and inspect Iran's ships, then we will retaliate."
Retaliation
Larijani, formerly Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, did not say how Iran would retaliate for searches of its ships for suspected nuclear-linked material.
In Brussels, the European Union diplomats said that the foreign ministers will adopt tighter sanctions against Iran next week, including measures to block oil and gas investment and curtail its refining and natural gas capability.
A draft declaration prepared for a meeting of EU foreign ministers showed they would approve a decision taken by EU leaders on June 17 to adopt further sanctions over Tehran's nuclear programme, and also call on Iran to resume talks.
The measures, which go beyond steps approved by the United Nations on June 10, are designed to put pressure on Tehran to return to talks on its uranium enrichment programme which Western powers believe is designed to produce nuclear weapons.The lawmakers adopted the bill in response to the latest round of sanctions imposed on... more
-
-
'Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked the country's nuclear chief to begin enriching uranium to 20%.
The move comes amid a worsening stand-off over a Western offer for Iran to swap enriched uranium for nuclear fuel.
The West fears Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons - and have threatened new sanctions. Iran insists its programme is peaceful.
The US defence secretary urged the world to "stand together", saying there was still time for sanctions to work.
"Pressures that are focused on the government of Iran, as opposed to the people of Iran, potentially have greater opportunity to achieve the objective," Robert Gates said during a visit to Italy.
In London, the Foreign Office said Mr Ahmadinejad's announcement was "clearly a matter of serious concern".
"This would be a deliberate breach of five UNSCRs [United Nations Security Council Resolutions]," it said in a statement.'
More at link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8502705.stm'Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked the country's nuclear... more
-
-
CalPal
-
added this
-
3 years ago
- |
-
The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution that will increase sanctions against North Korea. The totalitarian regime is being punished for it's unlawful nuclear test. Originally, both the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China were hesitant to approve the motion. However, after negotiations, the UNSC approved the sanctions.The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution that will... more
-
-
PARIS — Across the globe from Washington to Moscow to Beijing, North Korea’s underground nuclear test drew condemnation and criticism on Monday and some governments threatened to press for tighter sanctions at the United Nations Security Council.
But given the patchy record of sanctions on North Korea, it remained unclear what effect such threats might yield.
Prime Minister Taro Aso of Japan said his government would seek a new United Nations resolution to condemn the test. He said an urgent meeting of the Security Council was expected to be held on Monday in New York at Japan’s request.
China, whose response was closely watched around the world, said it was “resolutely opposed” to the test, according to a Foreign Ministry statement carried by the official Xinhua news agency. China is by far North Korea’s largest trading partner and wields critical diplomatic influence.
Russia said the test breached a United Nations Security Council resolution and would “endanger security and stability in the region,” according to the Russian Foreign Ministry in a statement.
President Obama was among the first to register protest, saying in a statement that “North Korea is directly and recklessly challenging the international community...”
European governments joined the call for Security Council action and said North Korea would not gain international acceptance as long as it followed policies that Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain described as “erroneous, misguided and a danger to the world.”
end of excerpt
Source: The New York Times Online
What should the international community do about N. Korea's nuclear test?PARIS — Across the globe from Washington to Moscow to Beijing, North... more
-
-
PRAGUE — President Obama said that North Korea violated international rules when it tested a rocket that could be used for long-range missiles, and he called on the United Nations Security Council to take action.
“This provocation underscores the need for action, not just this afternoon at the Security Council but in our determination to prevent the spread of these weapons,” Mr. Obama said. “Rules must be binding. Violations must be punished. Words must mean something.”
The United States Northern Command issued a statement that North Korea’s taepodong 2 missile flew over Japan, with its payload landing in the Pacific Ocean.
White House officials said that the failure of the launch would not stop the United States from taking the matter to the Security Council. “I think there have been a number of instances now where the North Koreans have failed in these attempts,” White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs said. “The launch itself was a violation,” he said, adding that the fact that the launch failed did not make a difference in pursuing punitive sanctions.
Mr. Obama’s comments on North Korea were delivered here at the end of a historic speech before more than 20,000 people that, in a twist of irony, was planned in advance to lay out Mr. Obama’s plans to stop the spread of nuclear arms. That North Korea had fired a rocket over Japan and into the Pacific just hours before Mr. Obama’s speech lent his message an added urgency, Mr. Obama said, although White House officials disputed any suggestion that the secretive government in the North timed its rocket launch to coincide with Mr. Obama’s speech.
End of Excerpt
Source: The New York Times OnlinePRAGUE — President Obama said that North Korea violated international rules when... more
-
