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Calls on all the parties to allow humanitarian agencies rapid, safe and unhindered access throughout Syria. 2401: 24 February 2018 Unanimous Calls for a nationwide ceasefire in Syria for 30 days starting from 24 February 2018. 2449: 13 December 2018 Unanimous Renewing the authorisation for cross-border and cross-line humanitarian access to ...
Syria voted at the United Nations General Assembly to accredit the NTC as representative of Libya on 16 September 2011. [172] [173] On 10 October 2011, Libya became the first country to recognise the Syrian National Council as "the sole legitimate government in Syria".
The United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) was the unarmed United Nations peacekeeping mission in Syria, set up in April 2012. [10] It was commanded by Norwegian major general Robert Mood. [11] Although observers remained in the country, Mood suspended their mission on June 16, 2012, mentioning "escalating violence."
[citation needed] The countries of the Non-Aligned Movement represent nearly two-thirds of the United Nations' members and contain 55% of the world's population. [ 10 ] Since the Non-Aligned Movement was formed in an attempt not to take sides during the Cold War , [ 11 ] it has sought to seek a new direction since the fall of the Soviet Union .
The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly called on the United States to end its decades-long sanctions regime on Cuba, as the communist-run Caribbean island nation suffers its worst ...
The United States warned Iran on Tuesday not to retaliate against it for an attack on Iran's embassy compound in Syria, telling the U.N. Security Council it had no prior warning of the strike that ...
On 3 August, the United Nations Security Council, in a non-binding statement, condemned Syrian authorities for attacking civilians, in its first pronouncement on Syria since March. [5] [6] The statement, which did not threaten economic sanctions and lacked the full stature of a resolution, was disavowed by Security Council member Lebanon. [7]
For four years, he had led Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, the Al-Nusra Front but he eventually split from it, declared war on its rival ISIS, and orchestrated the killing of its leader.