U.N. council delays debate on Somalia peacekeeping
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Backed by the African Union, Somalia's government appealed to the United Nations on Friday to send a peacekeeping force there, but the Security Council delayed a response until next month, diplomats said.
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Distracted by Kenya and Somalia, the U.N. Security Council will make only a cursory effort to heal an Ethiopia-Eritrea border dispute on Friday at a vote on whether to extend a peacekeeping mission there, diplomats and analysts say.
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The United States circulated a U.N. Security Council draft resolution Friday that would authorize a regional force to protect Somalia's weak government and threaten Security Council action against those who block peace efforts and attempt to overthrow it.
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Militants threatening to kill three UN hostages said yesterday that talks with Afghan and UN officials had been postponed for another day.
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PRISTINA, Serbia - The United Nations will delay the start of final talks on the status of Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province by just over a week, U.N. deputy envoy Albert Rohan said on Friday."A period of ...Comment
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The U.N. Security Council expressed "deep concern" on Friday at a delay in a bid by West African states to unblock a stalled Ivory Coast peace process and considered a visit to the region.
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The United States expects to unveil this week a draft Security Council resolution authorizing African peacekeepers to help prop up Somalia's shaky interim government, U.N. diplomats said on Monday.
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The U.N. Security Council authorized an African Union peacekeeping mission for Somalia for six months on Tuesday as mortar attacks pounded the capital and the northeast African country spiraled further into chaos.
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The international community is willing to help Somalia as long as there is "progress on the ground," the United Nations' political chief said during a four-hour trip to the Somali capital.
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NAIROBI, June 13 -- A reconciliation conference intended to lay the groundwork for political stability in Somalia has been postponed again, the conference chairman said Wednesday.
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A major peace meeting in Somalia opened amid tight security on Sunday, but was immediately postponed until Thursday while organizers waited for more participants to arrive.
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The Security Council renewed the  mandate of the struggling U.N. peace force on the  Eritrea-Ethiopia border for six months on Wednesday despite a  request from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for just one month.
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The U.N. Security Council  renewed an arms embargo and asset freeze aimed at rebels in  Congo for another six weeks on Friday, after U.N. peacekeepers  reported clashes that threaten a cease-fire.
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Diplomats acknowledged Wednesday that any U.N. Security Council resolution to stop fighting in Lebanon could take until next week, as the United States and France struggled to bridge wide differences on what to do first: send in peacekeepers to disarm Hezbollah or impose a cease-fire.
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The U.N. Security Council met in   closed session on Wednesday to consider a response to a barrage   of North Korean missile tests.
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It will take weeks before the U.N. Security Council is ready to vote on a new round of sanctions against Iran proposed last week by six world powers, council diplomats said on Monday.
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The United Nations has suspended  peace talks with the Burundi rebel group which claimed  responsibility for massacring more than 160 Congolese Tutsi  refugees, a spokeswoman for U.N. operation in Burundi said on  Tuesday.