Nine members of UN Security Council vote to renew sanctions against South Sudan as three African nations abstain
To be adopted, a Security Council draft resolution needs at least nine votes in favour and no veto from any of the council’s five permanent members – Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States.
UN says over a billion illicit firearms in circulation globally sustain conflict, terrorism and criminal networks
One definition has small arms and light weapons broadly categorised as weapons intended for individuals in armed or security forces, further classifying them as man-portable weapons made or modified to military specifications for use as lethal instruments of war.
