Russia has become the chairman of the UN Security Council, reports the BBC. Each of the 15 members of the council holds the position of chairman for a month in turn. The order is determined in alphabetical order of country names in English, according to Meduza. Before Russia, this post was held by Mozambique, after it ...

The US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution preventing anyone from recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The resolution was initiated by Egypt, the document was supported by 14 out of 15 countries represented in the Security Council, the newspaper "Vesti" reports. For the first time in the past 6 years, the United States has used its veto power. Permanent Representative ...

Malaysia has submitted to the UN Security Council a draft resolution on the creation of an international tribunal to investigate the crash of the Boeing 777 near Donetsk. Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands and Ukraine participated in the preparation of the draft resolution on the Boeing Wreck Tribunal. “The International Tribunal, established by the UN Security Council, will provide the broad international support for the investigation needed to ...