Security Council
noun
: a permanent council of the United Nations with primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security
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One concern among Israel’s leadership is that an injunction from the ICJ could precipitate a similar resolution by the U.N. Security Council, where Israel would rely on the United States to veto such a measure.
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Rob Schmitz, NPR, 23 May 2024
But the agreement has not yet been committed to writing or submitted to the United Nations Security Council, a prerequisite for the multinational security mission, or MSS, to begin.
—Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
Key state policies on nuclear, military and foreign affairs are decided by Ayatollah Khamenei and the Supreme National Security Council, while the Revolutionary Guards have been increasing their influence over the economy and politics.
—Erika Solomon, New York Times, 21 May 2024
The request was followed by a meeting in which the National Security Council urged states to present its plans by late June, according to the EPA.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
In May 2022, China and Russia both vetoed a U.S.-led effort at the United Nations Security Council to increase sanctions on North Korea, which has in recent years cozied up to Moscow, itself the target of sanctions for the invasion of Ukraine.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
The deeply anti-E.U. far-right would then command huge authority over Europe’s second-largest economy, a key NATO member and nuclear power, and a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council.
—TIME, 15 May 2024
Shoigu himself was named secretary of Russia's National Security Council, nominally a promotion but in reality a position that has less power.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 13 May 2024
When his successor at the State Department, Paul Nitze, globalized containment in National Security Council Paper No. 68 and provided a rationale for the Truman Doctrine — which promised an American response to any communist threat — Kennan loudly protested in vain.
—Richard Babcock, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2024
Rob Schmitz, NPR, 23 May 2024
But the agreement has not yet been committed to writing or submitted to the United Nations Security Council, a prerequisite for the multinational security mission, or MSS, to begin.
—Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
Key state policies on nuclear, military and foreign affairs are decided by Ayatollah Khamenei and the Supreme National Security Council, while the Revolutionary Guards have been increasing their influence over the economy and politics.
—Erika Solomon, New York Times, 21 May 2024
The request was followed by a meeting in which the National Security Council urged states to present its plans by late June, according to the EPA.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
In May 2022, China and Russia both vetoed a U.S.-led effort at the United Nations Security Council to increase sanctions on North Korea, which has in recent years cozied up to Moscow, itself the target of sanctions for the invasion of Ukraine.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
The deeply anti-E.U. far-right would then command huge authority over Europe’s second-largest economy, a key NATO member and nuclear power, and a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council.
—TIME, 15 May 2024
Shoigu himself was named secretary of Russia's National Security Council, nominally a promotion but in reality a position that has less power.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 13 May 2024
When his successor at the State Department, Paul Nitze, globalized containment in National Security Council Paper No. 68 and provided a rationale for the Truman Doctrine — which promised an American response to any communist threat — Kennan loudly protested in vain.
—Richard Babcock, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2024
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