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The 35-year-old UN peacekeeping mission in the disputed Western Sahara region came to an end Sunday after the Security Council failed to renew its mandate. Morocco, which claims the region as its own, welcomed the decision, while its opponents from the Algeria-backed Polisario Front called it "unacceptable".
Turkey has nominated its former foreign minister and UN ambassador Feridun Hadi Sinirlioglu for the position of UN secretary-general, state-media reported on Saturday. The submission was officially backed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who has been particularly vocal in calling for reform of the UN Security Council.
UN Security Council rejected the competing proposals, leaving the peacekeeping mission without an approved extension.
The mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Western Sahara will expire on October 31. The UN Security Council could not agree on a resolution to extend the mission.
UN official warns of escalating violence in Haiti as security personnel face retaliatory attacks by armed gangs.
Eritrea has officially requested UN Security Council assistance over the conflict in Tigray. Both Eritrea and Ethiopia accuse each other of fueling regional instability.
Saudi Arabia and Yemen's internationally recognised gov't urge UN Security Council action amid Houthi escalation.
Fully abolishing the veto would require the unlikely agreement of all five permanent Security Council members.
Africa wants permanent seats and veto power, but agreement remains elusive.
Africa has 54 countries at the United Nations, but not one has a permanent seat on the powerful UN Security Council.
Experts warn the UN faces crises of funding, relevance, and Security Council gridlock.
AI leaders are due to brief the UN Security Council at an emergency session later today. The meeting comes after weeks of warnings about the potentially uncontrollable risks posed by artificial intelligence. Delano D’Souza reports.
World leaders say UN Security Council failing to function
President Donald Trump addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday and pledged to support AI, despite calls to pace advanced models.
Rochelle Ferguson Bouyahi is pleased to welcome Fanny Badache, Researcher at Sciences Po and Lecturer at the University of Geneva. The UN mandate is international peace and security, yet its ability to fulfill that mandate ultimately depends on the cooperation of sovereign states, namely the five powerful permanent members of the Security Council. As the UN is confronted with an increasingly fragmented, volatile and unpredictable international order, Badache argues that when those powers are divided, the mechanisms designed to enable collective security can instead produce paralysis.
The UN chief's mandate ends on December 31 this year, with a successor yet to be named.
