Security Council
noun
: a permanent council of the United Nations with primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security
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The United Nations Security Council last month mandated international troops to operate in Gaza through the end of 2027, but the exact role of these forces remains unclear.
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Aya Batrawy, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025
Having said, the next few weeks will see Leavy, who served as chief spokesman and senior director of public affairs for the National Security Council and as deputy press secretary for foreign affairs in the Clinton White House, take some family time over the holidays and beyond, sources say.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
Amnesty International has reported that despite a decades-old arms embargo by the United Nations Security Council, recently manufactured weapons and equipment from China, Russia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have been used by both sides in the conflict.
—Christopher Tounsel, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
Over the past 10 years, the UN Security Council’s five permanent members used their veto 49 times—compared to just 19 in the previous decade—most often on resolutions related to the very crises that dominate the IRC’s Watchlist.
—David Miliband, Time, 16 Dec. 2025
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Aya Batrawy, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025
Having said, the next few weeks will see Leavy, who served as chief spokesman and senior director of public affairs for the National Security Council and as deputy press secretary for foreign affairs in the Clinton White House, take some family time over the holidays and beyond, sources say.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
Amnesty International has reported that despite a decades-old arms embargo by the United Nations Security Council, recently manufactured weapons and equipment from China, Russia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have been used by both sides in the conflict.
—Christopher Tounsel, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
Over the past 10 years, the UN Security Council’s five permanent members used their veto 49 times—compared to just 19 in the previous decade—most often on resolutions related to the very crises that dominate the IRC’s Watchlist.
—David Miliband, Time, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Security Council.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Security%20Council. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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