How to Use Security Council in a Sentence

Security Council

noun
  • If Iran agreed, the Security Council would have to adopt a new resolution.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Trump later fired him from his role at the National Security Council.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
  • This is not the first time the administration has sought to expand the Security Council.
    — Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Weighty states, such as India and Brazil, want permanent seats of their own on the Security Council.
    — Richard Gowan, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike the normal veto process, in this case a Security Council veto works to maintain sanctions rather than block them.
    — Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Early drafts of the resolution have been shared with other members of the Security Council, the source said.
    — Eugenia Yosef, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
  • All five permanent members of the Security Council had supported the deal.
    — Richard Gowan, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The National Security Council didn't release a statement on the call.
    — By vivian Salama, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The discussion is being planned by Panama, which is presiding over the Security Council this month.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
  • What’s more, observers noted that Lavrov was the only permanent member of the Security Council to miss the meeting.
    — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Ukraine has also submitted a request to attend the Security Council meeting and present its position.
    — Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Airstrikes have also killed the head of its Supreme National Security Council and a raft of other top-ranking leaders.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The comments signal Moscow may use its veto power, as one of five permanent members of the Security Council.
    — Arsalan Shahla, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Israel says Hezbollah has violated the cease-fire hundreds of times and has also complained to the Security Council.
    — Abby Sewell and Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Also at issue are China and Russia, two of the five permanent members on the Security Council.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said the country had not yet responded.
    — Gemma Fox, Time, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Despite their rifts, the permanent members of the Security Council still agree on a wide range of subjects from aid operations to sanctioning jihadists.
    — Richard Gowan, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The final agreement will be approved through a binding resolution of the UN Security Council.
    — Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
  • Days later, Vindman and his twin brother were removed from their National Security Council jobs.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
  • And if a member of the Security Council violates the UN Charter, its voting rights should be suspended.
    — Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Trump downgraded the Africa desk at the National Security Council by merging it with the one for the Middle East.
    — Laura Kelly, The Hill, 17 July 2025
  • The 10 rotating seats on the 15-member Security Council are earmarked for different regions of the world.
    — Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Djuric was in New York for a United Nations Security Council meeting on Kosovo.
    — Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Iran’s Supreme National Security Council announced the country had agreed to the ceasefire and would allocate two weeks to finalize a peace deal.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 8 Apr. 2026
  • At the same time as Trump posted, a United Nations Security Council meeting continued.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The country has also said the UN Security Council will convene an emergency meeting to discuss the drone incursions.
    — Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has been brazenly candid about its objectives.
    — Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
  • They also must be approved by the National Security Council, and the government will monitor how the weapons are managed afterward.
    — ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Advertisement My career would later take me up the ladder of the National Security Council.
    — John Wrory Ficklin, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Venezuela and Colombia have requested a 15-member Security Council meeting to discuss the matter.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 3 Jan. 2026

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