Children and their parents gather around a fire to keep warm in the yard of a large warehouse in Jibreen, now used as a shelter for thousands of families who fled violence in eastern Aleppo. Photo: UNICEF / UN043357 / Al-Issa

Security Council to Send UN Monitors to War-Torn Aleppo

December 20, 2016December 20, 2016 RMN News Aleppo, Security Council, Syria, UN

Alarmed by the continued deterioration of the devastating humanitarian situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo, the Security Council on

UN Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 2270(2016), imposing additional sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in response to the continued pursuit of a nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programme. UN Photo / Rick Bajornas

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Security Council Takes Tough Measures Against North Korea

December 1, 2016December 2, 2016 RMN News Ban Ki-moon, North Korea, Security Council, UN

The Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted measures against North Korea that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described as “the

UN aid trucks arrive in the Syrian town of Madaya, which has been slowly starving since October 2015. Photo: OCHA/G. Seifo

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UN Aid Chief to Security Council: Syria Is Bleeding

September 30, 2016October 1, 2016 RMN News Aid, Security Council, Syria, UN

In his appeal to the Security Council, a top United Nations relief official called on the global body’s primary organ

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Security Council Imposes New Sanctions on North Korea

March 3, 2016March 5, 2016 RMN News Human Rights, North Korea, Sanctions, Security Council, UN

The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution that imposes new sanctions and tightens some of its

The Mo Chit bus station in Bangkok, Thailand, which is an active hub for human traffickers. Photo: UNICEF / Jim Holmes

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Sexual Abuse by Terror Groups: Security Council Urges Action

December 17, 2015December 22, 2015 RMN News Boko Haram, Human Rights, ISIL, ISIS, Sexual, Terror

The Security Council called on all United Nations Member States Wednesday to do everything in their power to combat human

Security Council adopts a resolution. UN Photo / Amanda Voisard

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Security Council Condemns Taliban Attack in Kabul

December 13, 2015December 15, 2015 RMN News Kabul, Security Council, Taliban, UN

Following the attack Friday in the vicinity of the Embassy of Spain in Kabul, Afghanistan, which resulted in casualties from