#UN Security Council

#UN Security Council

Venezuela has told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that the United States has continental ambitions over much of Latin America as it wages an unofficial war to remove the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. It's not just about Venezuela. The ambition is continental, Venezuela's UN ambassador, Samuel Moncada, told a meeting of the 15-member UNSC on Tuesday. The US government has expressed this in its National Security Strategy, which states that the future of the continent belongs to them, Moncada said.

The United Nations, led by the so-called European 3 -- Britain, France, and Germany -- appears set to reimpose wide-ranging "snapback" sanctions on Iran after the Security Council rejected a last-minute bid by Russia and China to delay the action. Absent an extraordinary 11th-hour deal, the UN will at 8 p.m. Eastern time on September 27 reintroduce a series of measures against Iran. These include a conventional arms embargo, restrictions on activities related to ballistic missiles, a ban on reprocessing and enrichment of uranium, a global asset freeze, and travel bans on Iranian individuals and entities.

When asked about Estonia's allegation on Monday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov accused the Baltic nation of making up false claims. list of 3 itemsend of list We never heard in the Estonian statement that they have objective monitoring data [to back up their claim], Peskov told reporters. That is why we consider such words to be empty, unfounded and a continuation of a completely reckless pattern of escalating tensions and provoking a confrontational atmosphere, he added.

Warsaw has portrayed the drone incursions as an attempt by Russia to test the capabilities of Poland and NATO to respond. On Friday, Poland rejected Donald Trump's suggestion that the incursions could have been a mistake, a rare contradiction of the US president from one of Washington's closest European allies. Its foreign minister told Reuters Poland hopes Washington will take action to show solidarity with Warsaw.

(We are) drawing the world's attention to this unprecedented Russian drone attack on a member of the UN, EU, and Nato, deputy prime minister and foreign minister Radosaw Sikorski told RMF FM radio. I have spoken before the UN security council in the past, and it seemed to me that our arguments resonated, that they broke through. We have not yet decided who will speak on behalf of Poland, he said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended the government's decision to expand army operations and reoccupy Gaza City, which has faced severe international condemnation.

Global concern is once again shifting to South Sudan, where renewed conflict has caused thousands of deaths and displaced millions, heightening international attention.