Security Council
noun
: a permanent council of the United Nations with primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security
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Finally, the two sides agreed to a ceasefire: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which called for Hezbollah to withdraw its fighters past the Litani River, which winds across Lebanon north of the Israeli border.
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Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
Also on the agenda for Thomas-Greenfield are meetings with the head of the U.N. political office in Haiti, which just had its mandate renewed by the Security Council for a year, and members of Haiti’s civil society.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 July 2024
At the United Nations Security Council on Friday, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield Ambassador also raised Gershkovich’s case.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN, 19 July 2024
What's next: The court said the UN General Assembly and the UN Security Council need to consider taking further action in light of its advisory opinion in order to end the Israeli occupation.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 19 July 2024
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Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
Also on the agenda for Thomas-Greenfield are meetings with the head of the U.N. political office in Haiti, which just had its mandate renewed by the Security Council for a year, and members of Haiti’s civil society.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 July 2024
At the United Nations Security Council on Friday, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield Ambassador also raised Gershkovich’s case.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN, 19 July 2024
What's next: The court said the UN General Assembly and the UN Security Council need to consider taking further action in light of its advisory opinion in order to end the Israeli occupation.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 19 July 2024
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