United Nations Security Council reform and introducing a common currency – those were two of the proposals discussed at a meeting of the BRICS economic bloc. Foreign ministers from Brazil, Russia, India, China and hosts South Africa, are holding talks in Cape Town. BRICS nations often position themselves as an alternative to Western geopolitical dominance. The group is also looking to expand. Officials from countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran attended the meeting. Al Jazeera’s Fahmida Miller reports from Cape Town. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #aljazeeraenglish #BRICS #SouthAfrica #Russia […]
Representatives from the United States and the UK were among four diplomats to walk out of a UN Security Council meeting called by Russia on Wednesday. Moscow is the rotating President of the Security Council. It initiated the informal meeting to discuss what it calls the transfer of children from Ukraine to Russia. The West says they were abducted. Al Jazeera’s James Bays reports from the UN headquarters in New York. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #UNSC #UnitedNations #Russia #UkraineWar #UkrainianChildren #MariaLyoyaBelova
Russia takes the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council this April as President Vladimir Putin faces an arrest warrant from the international court for war crimes in Ukraine. Al Jazeera’s Diplomatic Editor James Bays reports from the UN headquarters in New York, the United States. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #UNSecurityCouncil #UNSC #UnitedNations #Russia #UnitedStates
The United Nations Security Council has held an emergency meeting on the recent developments at the Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied east Jerusalem. On Tuesday, Israel’s new security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir entered the mosque compound, an intrusion that was widely condemned. Al Jazeera Diplomatic Editor James Bays reports from UN headquarters in New York City, the US. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Palestine #Jerusalem #UnitedNations #UN #SecurityCouncil #BenGvir #Israel #AlAqsa
The United Nations Security Council failed to adopt a resolution condemning the invasion of Ukraine. Russia vetoed the vote that would have confirmed the sovereignty of Ukraine and demanded that Russia immediately withdraw its forces. Al Jazeera’s @Shihab Rattansi reports from the United Nations. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Ukraine #Russia #China #UNSC
Fighters opposed to the military government seized a police station in the eastern town of Mobye on Sunday. It was set on fire, and at least 13 security personnel were captured or killed. And after facing nearly four months of a violent crackdown – a growing number of young, anti-military protesters are joining ethnic rebel groups for training. Al Jazeera’s Scott Heidler has the story. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Myanmar
Palestine’s ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour says the international community has an “immediate responsibility” to bring about a ceasefire with Israel. The United States, a close ally of Israel, has for the third time this week reportedly blocked the UN Security Council’s (UNSC) statements condemning Israel’s actions and calls for a ceasefire. The latest UNSC meeting ended without reaching any consensus. The Security Council has met four times in the last eight days, with Norway, Tunisia and China warning that the violence must not continue. Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey reports from the UN headquarters in New York, the US. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us […]
0 The UN Security Council has failed to agree on a joint statement condemning Monday’s coup in Myanmar. Aung San Suu Kyi was among dozens of political figures picked up by the army, and reportedly remains under house arrest. The National League for Democracy’s (NLD) party has called for Aung San Suu yi immediate release and for the army to acknowledge the November 2020 election results. In Myanmar’s largest city Yangon, residents banged pots and pans as part of widespread protests. Al Jazeera’s Ali Fowle reports from Yangon, Myanmar. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our […]
0 The new United States administration has revealed, for the first time, details of its policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. US President Joe Biden’s Middle East policy “will be to support a mutually agreed, two-state solution, in which Israel lives in peace and security, alongside a viable Palestinian state”, acting US Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Mills has told the UN Security Council. Al Jazeera’s James Bays reports from the United Nations. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #UnitedNations #IsraelPalestine #TwoStateSolution
Iran is threatening the United States with a “crushing response” to its efforts to reimpose sanctions. The US has called for the triggering of the so-called snapback of the sanctions that were lifted in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. But every other permanent member of the United Nations Security Council has rejected the US demand. Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig reports from Tehran. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Iran #IranSanctions #UNSC
