Security Council
noun
: a permanent council of the United Nations with primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security
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The 1994 slaughter of 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda became the paradigmatic example, prosecuted at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and recognized by the UN Security Council.
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Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Even so, State Department officials have been holding meetings and pushing Security Council members to support a resolution on the new gang suppression force, despite concerns about where the money to pay for it will come from.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Notably, France’s announcement makes Israel’s biggest backer, the United States, the sole permanent member of the UN Security Council not to recognize Palestinian statehood.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
The Assembly can only grant full membership with the approval of the Security Council, a move that America would likely veto.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Even so, State Department officials have been holding meetings and pushing Security Council members to support a resolution on the new gang suppression force, despite concerns about where the money to pay for it will come from.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Notably, France’s announcement makes Israel’s biggest backer, the United States, the sole permanent member of the UN Security Council not to recognize Palestinian statehood.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
The Assembly can only grant full membership with the approval of the Security Council, a move that America would likely veto.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
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