Vitaly Churkin

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The United Nations Security Council has begun a four-day mission in Haiti to review the terms of its mandate. The 15-member delegation led by Ambassador Susan Rice of the United States plans to meet with senior Haitian ...  

The Security Council began closed-door negotiations Friday on a new Arab-European draft resolution aimed at resolving the crisis in Syria, but Russia's envoy said he could not back the current language as it stands. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters ...  

On the sidelines of the UN talks on the Syria resolution, Russia’s UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin has threatened the Qatari foreign minister with the demolition of the Arab country, reports the Algeria ISP news agency. So he has, hasn’t he? Talking to Churkin on Saturday, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani said: “I warn Russia, if Moscow uses the veto and does not support the UN’s resolution, it will lose all the Arab countries.” “If you talk to...  

Russia's UN envoy has called on the Security Council to support Serbia's initiative for a Kosovo human organ trafficking probe under the auspices of the UN. At the same time, Vitaly Churkin expressed suspicions about the way the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, is handling its investigation.  

UN Security Council members have agreed upon the text of a draft resolution on Syria and will send the document to governments for approval, Russias UN envoy Vitaly Churkin ...