Latest Security Council News

Ministerial Statement on Enhancing Australia-Japan Defence Cooperation
Why does it feel like the US and Iran are stuck in an endless conflict loop?
Security Council Press Statement on Terrorist Attack in Pakistan
Statement on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ballistic missile launches
Joint Statement from Australia-Philippines Defence Ministers’ Meeting
Joint statement on the World Day against Trafficking in Persons: Forced into crime – a call for protection, not punishment
Summon Spirit of Compromise to Peacefully Settle Disputes, Secretary-General Urges Security Council, Calling for More Diplomacy in World Facing Increasing Peril
Security Council Committee concerning Libya Adds One Vessel to Its Sanctions List
Put Stop to Exploitation, Plundering of Natural Resources, Secretary-General Urges Security Council, Calling for Strong Governance Grounded in Justice, Transparency
UN experts alarmed by killings, displacement and gender-specific harm as Israel escalates hostilities: Lebanon
Security Council 1533 Sanctions Committee Adds Six Individuals and Two Entities to Its Sanctions List
The Trump administration wants to dismantle the International Criminal Court. Can it?
Security Council, 10195th Meeting (AM) UNOWAS
Security Council, 10194th Meeting (AM) Yemen
Security Council, 10192nd Meeting (AM) Non-proliferation
Security Council, 10191st Meeting (AM) Ukraine
Speech | UN Chiefs Of Police Summit 2026
Toowoomba locals proud to honour home
Press Conference by Security Council President on Work Programme for July
Security Council Committee Pursuant to Resolution 2745 (2024) Discusses Final Report of Panel of Experts
Resume Concerted Diplomatic Efforts towards Full Ukraine-Russian Federation Ceasefire Now, Top UN Official Urges Security Council
Security Council Sanctions Committee concerning Democratic Republic of the Congo Discusses Final Report of Group of Experts
What’s in the US-Iran peace deal? A lot of concessions and empty promises from Trump, in return for little
UN report warns about persistent use of anti-personnel mines, urges adherence to mine ban treaty
Longstanding Defence Deployments Extended
War in Ukraine at Deadliest Point in Four Years, UN Officials Warn Security Council, as Speakers Urge Immediate Ceasefire, Return to Diplomacy
Statement On Situation Between Hezbollah And Israel
Security Council Press Statement for Houthi Detentions Anniversary, 6 June
Press Conference by Security Council President on Work Programme for June
Ukraine War Risks Spiralling Out of Control, Secretary-General Warns Security Council, Calls for Full, Unconditional Ceasefire
Security Council Sanctions Committee Concerning South Sudan Discusses Final Report of Panel of Experts
Listings Under Parts 3 And 4 Of Charter Of UN Act 1945
Statement by UN experts deploring widespread attacks on healthcare in Sudan, 10 years after Security Council Resolution 2286
Joint call by the President of the ICRC, the Director-General of WHO and the International President of MSF
UN expert calls for international action to end impunity and break cycle of violence: Myanmar
UN experts condemn Israel’s unprecedented bombing in Lebanon after ceasefire announcement, demand immediate halt to hostilities
Humanitarian Scorecard: Six Months In, Gaza Ceasefire is Failing
Meeting On Strait Of Hormuz
Human Rights Council Concludes Sixty-First Regular Session after Adopting 38 Resolutions
Combating North Korea Remote IT Worker Threats
A war without accountability: why the Middle East crisis is also a legal quagmire
Gaza Crisis, West Bank Settler Violence ‘Unsustainable’, Experts Tell Security Council, as Speakers Demand Respect for Resolution 2334 (2025)
UN experts urgently call for lasting peace: Afghan-Pakistani border
Gangs expand reach in Haiti amid persistent deadly violence – UN Human Rights Office report
Australian National Statement in the IMO Council’s 36th Extraordinary Session
‘We’re the good guys’: why moral storytelling doesn’t make the war on Iran necessary or legal
Australia to provide defensive military assistance to Gulf
Restrictions on Women, International Isolation Hindering Afghanistan’s Progress, Deputy Mission Head Tells Security Council