Vitaly Churkin

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...  

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 15 — The UN Security Council is increasingly alarmed by the food security situation in some regions of Sudan, and called for increased access to people in need in those areas, according to a press statement released here on Tuesday.  

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 officials, tour an ...  

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.  

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 officials ...  

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 ...  

New York - Argentina will officially present the case of what it called the 'militarization of the South Atlantic' by Britain to the United Nations Security Council, the country's Foreign Ministry said Thursday. Foreign Minister Hector Marcos ...  

Argentina will submit a complaint to the United Nations Security Council protesting the U.K.s militarization of the southern Atlantic Ocean around the Falkland Islands, BBC reported. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner ...  

The double veto cast by Russia and China in the United Nations Security Council has forced Western governments to reappraise their approach towards Syria. Britain, France and America will now be considering other ways of turning up the heat on President Assad's regime. Their options are:  

The United Nations Security Council has just voted on a draft resolution concerning the ongoing violence in Syria. Russia and China were the only voting members to oppose the draft. And as permanent members of the UNSC, they had the option to use veto power to block the draft’s passage.  

The United Nations Security Council will meet today to take up a much-negotiated resolution on Syria, a Western diplomat said. Related StoriesUN waters down Syria proposals in bid to win Russia's backingIsrael calls for attack on Iran 'before it is too late'Islamists' election success could deepen Kuwait's political crisisDiplomats hope Russia will back UN resolutionDrums of war beat louder as Iran and Israel step up rhetoric  

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Ambassadors of the 15 UN Security Council members met behind closed doors on Saturday mooring for an unusual weekend session to consider an Arab- European draft resolution which backs an Arab League plan to promote ...  

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council met behind closed doors Friday to discuss a European-Arab ... not something imposed by outside powers." Churkin did not mention the possibility of vetoing the document. French UN Ambassador ...  

The Ticket - Even as visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping got the red-carpet treatment from President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, the White House on Tuesday accused China and Russia of effectively giving Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a "license to kill" the critics of his regime by vetoing a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed [...]