This is where Israel has put itself squarely on the wrong side of the Security Council.
How could such action ever get past all five of the Security Council's veto-wielding powers?
China was prominent in blocking reform of the Security Council (to stop Japan joining).
After all, its wars and other troubles occupy roughly half of the Security Council's time.
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The members of the Security Council intend to be briefed by Mr. A. Khare and Ms. M.
We were very disappointed by the veto of the Security Council resolution leveled by Russia and China.
The other members of the Security Council will have no doubt about America's determination to take tough action.
Does that mean the U.S. ratifies and accepts everything coming out of the Security Council in this regard?
Resolution 2094 was passed unanimously by all 15 members of the Security Council.
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Today, serious reform in the structure and working methods of the Security Council is, more than ever before, necessary.
Mr Helms has invited representatives of the Security Council to appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee every year.
If American persuasion and evidence can wring the desired authority out of the Security Council, so much the better.
China openly violates those too, even though it is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council.
Yet polls also show a big rise in distrust of the Security Council.
Answer: The seemingly intractable differences among members of the Security Council, differences the Obama administration eventually was able to finesse.
The abuse of the Security Council, as an instrument of threat and coercion, is indeed a source of grave concern.
Political agreement on these measures will not be easy to attain among the permanent five nations of the Security Council.
"We are urgently consulting with members of the Security Council, " said John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
The members of the Security Council demanded that all possible steps should be taken to prevent such outrages in the future.
The five permanent members of the Security Council - Russia, China, France, Britain and the United States -- have veto power.
America, they say, would consult other members of the Security Council, but would not feel it necessary to win their approval.
He is concerned that America seems to have a lower threshold for going to war than other members of the Security Council.
During the last months of war, there was not a single formal meeting of the Security Council or other top UN bodies.
Members of the Security Council such as China, Russia, France, and Germany have for some time been in open defiance of U.N.
Other countries, including Russia and China both permanent members of the Security Council also want to see UN approval given to any military action.
UN, Argentina has just become a temporary member of the Security Council.
And the police zip around Baghdad in smart new Hyundai cars which plainly did not enter with the approval of the Security Council.
The question is: what can justify such exploitation of the Security Council, and doesn't it erode the credibility and effectiveness of the Council?
Therefore I do not rule out the possibility of the Security Council of the United Nations will have to review this issue once again.
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