Five new UN Security Council members elected

October 15th, 2009 New Security Council members electedUNITED NATIONS — Bosnia and Lebanon won seats Thursday on the Security Council and will be in the rare position of being subject to scrutiny by the U.N.'s most powerful body while serving their two-year terms. Brazil, Nigeria and Gabon also won easy election.

September 24th, 2009 NEW YORK - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Thursday said that dominance of several states in global affairs was "unacceptable" and called for the veto right of permanent members of the UN Security Council to be revoked. "It is unacceptable that the UN and Security Council, which should represent the opinion of all nations and governments by democratic means, are dominated by several governments and serve their interests," he said at the 64th session of the UN General Assembly.

August 21st, 2009 NEW YORK - The UN Security Council has hailed the Afghans for holding elections defying the Taliban violence aimed at deraling the poll process. In a statement Thursday, British UN Ambassador John Sawers, who holds the rotating Security Council presidency for August, congratulated the people of Afghanistan "on their participation in these historic elections".

August 4th, 2009 JAMMU - The National Panthers Party (NPP) has demanded abolition of the upper house, or legislative council, of the Jammu and Kashmir legislature. NPP's leader in the state assembly Harsh Dev Singh has moved a bill in the lower house.

July 7th, 2009 NEW YORK - The UN Security Council has condemned the recent missile launches by North Korea and urged the communist country to fully comply with its obligations and relevant UN resolutions. The Security Council "condemned and expressed grave concern at the (missile) launches, which constitute the violation of UN Security Council resolutions and pose a threat to regional and international security," Uganda's ambassador to the UN Ruhakana Rugunda said Monday.

June 12th, 2009 Vote on NKorea sanctions expected FridayUNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council is expected to approve tough new sanctions against North Korea on Friday, U.N.

June 11th, 2009 The hierarchy of power in IranA look at the power structure in Iran. SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI: Wields control over every major decision either directly or through a network of hand-picked loyalists and institutions, including the powerful Revolutionary Guard, the judiciary and intelligence services.

May 25th, 2009 NEW YORK - The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting Monday to discuss the new challenge presented by North Korea's testing of a nuclear device. The 15-nation council met in a closed-door session after the council's five permanent members - the US, Russia, China, Britain and France - along with Japan and South Korea held a separate meeting to consider action against the Pyongyang government.

May 23rd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Former central minister Arjun Charan Sethi was Saturday elected the leader of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) parliamentary party in the Lok Sabha. Sethi was elected unanimously at a meeting of newly elected BJD Lok Sabha members at Naveen Nivas, the official residence of Orissa Chief Minister and party chief Naveen Patnaik.

April 2nd, 2009 HYDERABAD - The ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh swept the elections to the state legislative council by winning five out of nine seats which went to polls March 30. The Congress candidates were declared elected in five local authority constituencies of the council.

February 21st, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - China has called for a greater representation of developing countries, in particular those from Africa, in a reformed UN Security Council. 'In the reform of the Security Council, priority should be given to the greater representation of developing countries, in particular African ones,' China's UN Ambassador Zhang Yesui told an informal plenary of the General Assembly Thursday.

February 19th, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - China has called for a greater representation of developing countries, in particular those from Africa, in a reformed UN Security Council. 'In the reform of the Security Council, priority should be given to the greater representation of developing countries, in particular African ones,' China's UN Ambassador Zhang Yesui told an informal plenary of the General Assembly Thursday.

February 19th, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - China has called for a greater representation of developing countries, in particular those from Africa, in a reformed UN Security Council. 'In the reform of the Security Council, priority should be given to the greater representation of developing countries, in particular African ones,' China's UN Ambassador Zhang Yesui told an informal plenary of the General Assembly Thursday.

February 19th, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - China has called for a greater representation of developing countries, in particular those from Africa, in a reformed UN Security Council. 'In the reform of the Security Council, priority should be given to the greater representation of developing countries, in particular African ones,' China's UN Ambassador Zhang Yesui told an informal plenary of the General Assembly Thursday.

January 21st, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council has welcomed the Gaza ceasefire between Islamic Hamas militants and Israel, and called for making it into a durable truce with guarantees to prevent arms smuggling and opening border crossings. 'Members of the Security Council welcome the ceasefire in Gaza and the international and regional partners, in particular the Egyptian initiative, in helping bring this about,' a security council statement said Wednesday.