Russia fails in bid to return to UN’s Human Rights Council. Bulgaria and Albania win backing in General Assembly vote for two Eastern European seats available on UN body.

UNITED NATIONS, May 20 (Reuters) - A Russian-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution that called on all countries to prevent "for all time" the placement, threat or use of any weapons ...

Russia’s desperate bid to rejoin the UN’s top human rights body will be tested in a General Assembly vote on Tuesday, more than a year after it was booted out for invading Ukraine.

Russia failed Tuesday in its bid to reclaim its seat on the controversial U.N. Human Rights Council after it was suspended by the General Assembly in April 2022 following its invasion of Ukraine.

Russia’s UN ambassador Vasily Nebenzya, meanwhile, said those on his side “on the whole are pleased with the results of the vote.” “The vote has demonstrated a watershed – a watershed ...

Russia was defeated in its bid to regain ... than half the 193 UN member nations, there is certain to be a concern, especially by Ukraine and its Western allies, that Moscow's support was that ...

Russia Fails in Rival UN Bid on Nuclear, Other Weapons in Space By ... Russia put forward the text after it vetoed a U.S.-drafted resolution last month that called on countries to prevent an ...

Russia put forward the text after it vetoed a U.S.-drafted resolution last month that called on countries to prevent an arms race in outer space. The Russian veto prompted the United States to ...

“Russia deployed this new counterspace weapon into the same orbit as a U.S. government satellite,” said Wood, adding that the May 16 launch followed Russian satellite launches “likely of ...

Russia's UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia responded: "I didn't even fully understand what he was talking about." The 1967 Outer Space Treaty already bars signatories — including Russia and the ...