How to Use Security Council in a Sentence

Security Council

noun

• This week, the 15-member United Nations Security Council voted for a pause in the fighting.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2023
• The current skirmishes don’t violate the terms of the UN Security Council guidelines that ended the 2006 war.
  — Mallory Moench, TIME, 15 Oct. 2023
• Nearly three weeks since the outbreak of fighting, the UN’s Security Council remains divided on how to proceed with the crisis.
  — Helen Regan, CNN, 25 Oct. 2023
• The National Security Council didn't release a statement on the call.
  — By vivian Salama, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2023
• The position was mandated as part of the U.N. Security Council’s resolution last week to expand aid to civilians in the enclave.
  — Frances vinall, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
• In the Security Council resolution, the world’s great powers took a first step toward accepting this vision.
  — Salam Fayyad, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2024
• Russia could provide this, but the problem is [U.N. Security Council] sanctions.
  — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2024
• Thirteen of the 15 Security Council members voted to authorize the mission.
  — Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• Russia is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council with veto power over resolutions.
  — Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 10 June 2024
• Last week, the U.N. Security Council called for immediately speeding up aid deliveries, but there has been little sign of change.
  — Najib Jobain, Wafaa Shurafa, and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Dec. 2023
• As a result, the Security Council has never condemned Hamas, not before October 7th or after.
  — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2024
• The encounter is likely to take place sometime this fall, a National Security Council official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to preview future events.
  — Meryl Kornfield, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2023
• The secretary-general should not be selected by the permanent five member states of the Security Council but by the wider General Assembly.
  — Roland Rich, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
• Russia, a permanent member of the Security Council, backed that resolution; Putin himself was president at the time.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
• However, at least four civilians were killed and six injured in the attack, according to the Kurdistan Regional Security Council.
  — TIME, 16 Jan. 2024
• Shoigu, a Putin loyalist, was instead appointed as head of Russia’s Security Council.
  — Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
• Kaag can use her briefings to the UN Security Council to update the world on the implementation of the famine-prevention plan and hold different stakeholders accountable for meeting their benchmarks.
  — Hardin Lang, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2024
• Russia, however, requested an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on the strikes.
  — Lolita C. Baldor, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2024
• Spokespeople for the National Security Council and the Pentagon declined to comment.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 19 Apr. 2024
• Attacks on hospitals are one of six grave violations the U.N. Security Council monitors and reports.
  — Solcyré Burga, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024
• But many other countries have raised the issue of recasting the Security Council this week, calling for broader and more equitable representation for them, and at least limitations on veto power, if not its abolition.
  — Michael Crowley, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• Climate change would no longer be considered an issue worthy of discussion on the National Security Council, and allied nations would be encouraged to buy and use more fossil fuels rather than renewable energy.
  — Lisa Friedman, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2023
• But international frictions, including over Washington’s previous use of its veto power in the Security Council and its refusal to call for a permanent cease-fire, doomed the resolution.
  — Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• The Security Council has 15 members, including five permanent members with veto power and 10 nonpermanent members elected for two-year terms.
  — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
• But an assembly resolution is not legally binding, whereas all member states agree to abide by Security Council resolutions.
  — Julia Jester, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
• The Security Council had already adopted two resolutions on the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza, but none calling for a cease-fire.
  — Edith M. Lederer, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
• The ministry further demanded that the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council convene an extraordinary meeting to address this pressing issue.
  — Katya Soldak, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
• The National Security Council hasn't identified any ties between the assassination attempt and any foreign officials.
  — Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
• The Security Council defeat was especially stinging for the Biden administration.
  — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• Generally, international law forbids a country from using military force on the sovereign soil of another nation without its consent, except with the permission of the United Nations Security Council or in cases of self-defense.
  — Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024