Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Council members China and Russia

April 16, 2024

UN Security Council fears open conflict between Venezuela, Guyana

Venezuela’s authoritarian President, Nicolás Maduro, recently passed a law declaring the border region of Essequibo, which belongs to Guyana, a Venezuelan federal state.

Nicolás Maduro
February 22, 2021

U.S. ends boycott of UN Human Rights Council

The U.S. still has deep misgivings about the council’s unrelenting focus on Israel

President Xi Jinping of China (Credit: BBC)