Security Council
noun
: a permanent council of the United Nations with primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security
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Her remarks came just hours after Romania requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday following a Russian drone strike that hit a residential building in the Romanian city of Galați on May 29.
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
Patel, then the National Security Council's senior director for counterterrorism, and Roger Carstens, O'Brien's successor as special presidential envoy for hostage affairs.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 1 June 2026
Elsewhere, the United Nations Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting on Lebanon for Monday afternoon.
—Natalie Melzer, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026
Sergei Shoigu, Russia's former defense minister and now secretary of its Security Council, also rejected Zelenskyy’s claim, describing it as a scare tactic to attract more Western aid for Kyiv.
—ABC News, 31 May 2026
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
Patel, then the National Security Council's senior director for counterterrorism, and Roger Carstens, O'Brien's successor as special presidential envoy for hostage affairs.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 1 June 2026
Elsewhere, the United Nations Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting on Lebanon for Monday afternoon.
—Natalie Melzer, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026
Sergei Shoigu, Russia's former defense minister and now secretary of its Security Council, also rejected Zelenskyy’s claim, describing it as a scare tactic to attract more Western aid for Kyiv.
—ABC News, 31 May 2026
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“Security Council.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Security%20Council. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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