Security Council
noun
: a permanent council of the United Nations with primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security
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Just as soon as that thought started to settle in, John Kirby, the spokesman for the National Security Council came back to chat with the reporters off the record.
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Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2024
Attacks on hospitals are one of six grave violations the U.N. Security Council monitors and reports.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024
President Joe Biden sent a private letter to Andrés expressing his condolences -- and Andrés then read it aloud to the families of the aid workers who died, a National Security Council spokesperson told ABC News in a statement.
—Chris Boccia, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2024
Image A couple of weeks earlier, Adam had gone to the United Nations in New York, along with other Palestinian American families, to testify about his family and his experience in front of U.N. leaders, including members of the Security Council and the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
—Nada Rashwan Amir Hamja, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024
The Biden administration has not previously acknowledged sending ATACMS to Ukraine, but a National Security Council spokesperson confirmed that the U.S. has provided them.
—Courtney Kube, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024
The Israeli war cabinet has debated various military options and the means to force the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, the 2006 order that demanded that Hezbollah withdraw its armed forces beyond the Litani River.
—Maha Yahya, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2024
Members of the Security Council pleaded for the swift deployment of a Multinational Security Support Mission, led by Kenya, to help.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
Spokespeople for the National Security Council and the Pentagon declined to comment.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 19 Apr. 2024
Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2024
Attacks on hospitals are one of six grave violations the U.N. Security Council monitors and reports.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024
President Joe Biden sent a private letter to Andrés expressing his condolences -- and Andrés then read it aloud to the families of the aid workers who died, a National Security Council spokesperson told ABC News in a statement.
—Chris Boccia, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2024
Image A couple of weeks earlier, Adam had gone to the United Nations in New York, along with other Palestinian American families, to testify about his family and his experience in front of U.N. leaders, including members of the Security Council and the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
—Nada Rashwan Amir Hamja, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024
The Biden administration has not previously acknowledged sending ATACMS to Ukraine, but a National Security Council spokesperson confirmed that the U.S. has provided them.
—Courtney Kube, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024
The Israeli war cabinet has debated various military options and the means to force the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, the 2006 order that demanded that Hezbollah withdraw its armed forces beyond the Litani River.
—Maha Yahya, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2024
Members of the Security Council pleaded for the swift deployment of a Multinational Security Support Mission, led by Kenya, to help.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
Spokespeople for the National Security Council and the Pentagon declined to comment.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 19 Apr. 2024
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