Sentences with phrase «in the security council»

It was particular states, largely in the Security Council, that really failed.

However, the legality of the Iraq War has not (to date) been challenged in the security council, probably because the US have veto power in it.

The reaction of Israel to this move is perhaps unsurprising and the USA's promise to veto this move is also unsurprising as it has an inglorious track record of vetoing resolutions in the Security Council on Israel's behalf.

Member states of the commonwealth support Russia in taking over the U.S.S.R. membership in the U.N., including permanent membership in the Security Council and other international organizations.

India India is not only claiming a permanent seat in the Security Council, but also that there's need for a general reform of the Council.

Khartoum hopes to rely on Chinese, Russian and African support in the security council to block any moves to indict its president.

«But, as captured in the memo, she insisted on three conditions: a. only a part, not the entire Abacha funds would be spent on the arms; the rest would be invested in developmental projects as originally conceived b. the money was to be treated as borrowed funds which would be paid back as soon as possible c. the NSA's office was to account for the spending to the president who was the commander - in - chief, given the fact that the minister of finance is not part of the security architecture and does not participate in the security council.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is also in NYC for the UN General Assembly, where he's scheduled to participate in a Security Council session on nuclear non-proliferation and host an «EU Partners Dinner» at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel.

«We don't consider climate change is an issue of security that properly belongs in the Security Council; rather, it is a development issue that has some security aspects,» said Maged A. Abdelaziz, the Egyptian ambassador.

The four principal projects are these: a democratically elected world parliament; a democratised United Nations General Assembly, which captures the powers now vested in the Security Council; an International Clearing Union, which automatically discharges trade deficits and prevents the accumulation of debt; a Fair Trade Organization, which restrains the rich while emancipating the poor.

It is important to note, however, that a Russian veto in the Security Council does not affect the existing treaty - based grounds for asserting jurisdiction to prosecute or extradite alleged perpetrators of international crimes, in Syria or elsewhere.

This was given international force in Security Council resolution 2166 (2014) in which the Council demanded «that those responsible for this incident be held to account and that all States cooperate fully with efforts to establish accountability».

Not exact matches

Lord Browne's appointment to the Windward Board comes just a month after the United Nations Security Council cited the company's technology in its investigation into North Korea's evasion of sanctions.

In addition to jointly developing technological solutions to filter out content that promotes terrorism, the companies said they will also establish a partnership with the United Nations Security Council and expand their sponsorship of content designed to dissuade terrorism.

«While this might make Putin look like a tough guy flexing new nuclear muscles ahead of upcoming undemocratic elections in Russia that will coronate him again, the new systems don't change the essential deterrence equation between the US and Russia,» Barry Pavel, a senior vice president and director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council wrote.

Reports emerged in the days after the order was signed that Department of Homeland Security staff members were allowed to see the order only after Trump signed it, and National Security Council lawyers were prevented from evaluating it.

«I want to compliment the Chinese for the changes they've made in the last three months, they've supported both of the resolutions passed by the United Nations Security Council and I believe they're working hard to enforce the sanctions,» he said.

In Moscow, President Vladimir Putin discussed Britain's «unfriendly and provocative» policy at a session of the national security council, RIA news agency quoted the Kremlin as saying.

His team has also met with Trump's son - in - law Jared Kushner, White House Counsel Don McGahn, former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, former spokesman Sean Spicer and National Security Council chief of staff Keith Kellogg, according to people familiar with the investigation.

It could endanger its place in the G - 7 group of wealthy industrialized nations and its seat on the United Nations Security Council, although Salmond says Scotland would support Britain in efforts to keep the security councSecurity Council, although Salmond says Scotland would support Britain in efforts to keep the security counciCouncil, although Salmond says Scotland would support Britain in efforts to keep the security councsecurity councilcouncil seat.

At the meeting in New York, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged all members of the Security Council to exercise restraint and avoid escalation in Syria, but said allegations of chemical weapons use demands an investigation.

UNSCR 2254 is the UN Security Council Resolution adopted in December 2015 calling for a cease - fire and political settlement in Syria.

Besides a Dec. 29 conversation about sanctions, prosecutors also cite an earlier December meeting, in which Flynn asked Kislyak to delay or defeat a U.N. Security Council resolution.

«The launches are clearly in violation of Security Council resolutions.

The United Nations Security Council recently imposed more heavy sanctions against the regime in response to its missile testing, and Trump told reporters that the additional sanctions his administration was considering are «as strong as they get.»

U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang agreed on Monday to step up cooperation in the United Nations Security Council and in law - enforcement channels after North Korea's fifth nuclear test, the White House said.

«Both leaders condemned North Korea's September 9 nuclear test and resolved to strengthen coordination in achieving the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, including by invigorating cooperation in the United Nations Security Council and in law enforcement channels on North Korea,» a White House statement said.

A U.N. Security Council resolution in early March also required member states to sever correspondent banking relationships with North Korean financial institutions within 90 days.

John Manley, CEO of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, fields a question at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010.

Shulkin's departure comes on the heels of a series of exit announcements from the Trump administration in this month alone, including those by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, National Security Advisor Director H.R. McMaster, National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn, Communications Director Hope Hicks, and Trump's personal aide John McEntee.

The US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, slammed Russia and laid down a heavy warning for the UN Security Council on Monday, saying that if the international community can't come together to stop the bloodshed in Syria, the US will.

Russia, Haley claimed, negotiated loopholes into a ceasefire deal struck by the Security Council in February.

«With that vote Russia made a commitment to us, to the Syrian people, and the world to stop the killing in Syria,» Haley said of February's UN Security Council ceasefire in Syria.

Alice Hill, who directed resilience policy for the National Security Council in the Obama administration, said the wider debate over cutting climate - warming emissions may have distracted people from promptly pursuing ways to reduce risks and economic and societal costs from natural disasters.

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously boosted sanctions on North Korea since 2006 in a bid to choke off funding for Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, banning exports including coal, iron, lead, textiles and seafood, and capping imports of crude oil and refined petroleum products.

In New York, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that Trump told her that if Syria uses poisonous gas again, «the United States is locked and loaded.»

More than 150,000 people fled Afrin in recent days, the Syrian Observatory said, as Turkey pressed on with its campaign despite a U.N. Security Council call for a 30 - day ceasefire across Syria.

Tillerson has been a calm and steady voice, especially on North Korea and the Middle East, though often contradicted by presidential tweets,» Robert A. Manning, a resident senior fellow in the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security said.

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged all Security Council members to exercise restraint and avoid escalation in Syria, but said allegations of chemical weapons use demand an investigation.

«The Cuban regime was not interested in antagonizing the Trump administration,» said Craig Deare, who was fired last February as the National Security Council's senior Latin America specialist after he criticized Trump's confrontational approach to Mexico.

If you tuned into a talk by Michael Rogers, director of the National Security Agency, at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., this week, you might think the NSA had begun to change its tune about encryption — the technology favored by Apple and its Silicon Valley brethren to scramble users» data and communications (much to criminal investigators» chagrin), making them unintelligible to spies and hackers alike.

Another story that McDonough recounted was his role in telling the president the recommendations from the National Security Council principal committee on an issue that had security and diplomatic impliSecurity Council principal committee on an issue that had security and diplomatic implisecurity and diplomatic implications.

«We will consider terrorist content to be material posted by or in support of organizations included on the Consolidated United Nations Security Council Sanctions List that depicts graphic violence, encourages violent action, endorses a terrorist organization or its acts, or encourages people to join such groups,» the blog post said.

Nathaniel Gleicher, its director of cybersecurity policy, was in charge of cybersecurity policy at the National Security Council during the Obama administration.

The EU calls on Russia, Turkey and Iran to live up to their commitments as guarantors in this regard,» the statement said, requesting the United Nations Security Council to come together.

«When we see malicious cyberattacks, whether from the Kremlin or other nation - state actors, we are going to push back,» Rob Joyce, a special assistant to the president and the cybersecurity coordinator for the National Security Council, said in joint conference call with journalists by senior officials in Washington and London.

Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy said that Canada is «sounding out» the United Nations Security Council to see if a resolution to the situation in Pakistan can be agreed upon.

Phil Levy, a trade expert at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and former Bush administration economist, told CNN Money that the Commerce Department's steel and aluminum tariffs are «raw protectionism in search of an excuse» and that the national security excuse is a sort of Pandora's Box on trade protectionism.

Chinese state authorities are clearly dominant in the new law, with the Public Security Department under China's State Council taking the lead in NGO management.

In a statement, UN Secretary - General Antonio Guterres called on the Security Council to reach an agreement on the «continued use of chemical weapons» in Syria and cautioned the situation could quickly spiral out of control if it didn'In a statement, UN Secretary - General Antonio Guterres called on the Security Council to reach an agreement on the «continued use of chemical weapons» in Syria and cautioned the situation could quickly spiral out of control if it didn'in Syria and cautioned the situation could quickly spiral out of control if it didn't.