The committee monitors implementation of a council resolution to prevent the spread of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.
The U.N. Security Council unanimously extended for another 10 years its committee that works to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
The 15-0 vote by the U.N.'s most powerful arm on Wednesday authorizes its 1540 Committee to keep operating until Nov. 30, 2032. The committee monitors implementation of council resolution 1540, approved in 2004 to prevent "non-state actors" from getting their hands on or trafficking a nuclear, biological or chemical weapon.
More than 30 years later, Ukraine is fighting for its survival as it laments the Budapest Memorandum's broken promises.
It was OPCW's first visit to Damascus since Bashar Assad's dramatic overthrow at the hands of Islamist-led rebels.
Atomic scientists reset the Clock to the closest point to the symbolic hour of apocalpyse it has ever been since 1947.
The secretive meetings reflect worries about Iran's nuclear program, its military aid to Russia, and Middle East tensions.
The Trump administration's erosion of U.S. policy as Europe's main protector played out in a series of U.N. votes on Ukraine.
The coalition Merz forms will greatly influence his ability to govern the country or to strengthen multilateral institutions.
Trump's embrace of Putin and contempt for long-established transatlantic ties is an existential crisis for Europe and NATO.
More than 30 years later, Ukraine is fighting for its survival as it laments the Budapest Memorandum's broken promises.
