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Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, President of North Macedonia, addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Behind loudest issues, U.N. a world stage for disputes that are often out of spotlight

By Michael Weissenstein - Associated Press

Kenyan police officers, part of a UN-backed multinational force, drive past residents in armored vehicles on the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Proposed resolution asks UN to plan for UN peacekeepers to replace Kenya-led police mission in Haiti

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the United Nations, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and President of the Security Council for the month of July, center, chairs the Security Council meeting on maintenance of international peace and security, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, on the theme "Multilateral cooperation for a more just, democratic and sustainable world order." Whether it's Gaza, Ukraine, Syria or a new world order, it's been Russia versus the United States and the West during Moscow's presidency of the U.N. Security Council this month, with the growing divide on vivid display. (United Nations Photo/Manuel Elias via AP)

Russia-U.S. divide was on display during Moscow’s monthlong presidency of the U.N. Security Council

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks during a press conference at the American Diplomacy House in Seoul Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP)

Envoy says U.S. is determined to monitor North Korean nukes, through U.N. or otherwise

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

A general view shows a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Friday, March. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Palestinians want April vote on U.N. membership

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

U.S. United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, center, addresses a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the war in Gaza, on March 11, 2024, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Russia and China veto U.S. resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Gaza

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

The Security Council meets before voting on a resolution concerning a ceasefire in Gaza at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

U.S. vetoes an Arab-backed U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

African heads of state attend the 37th Ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) Summit at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Feb. 17, 2024. Arab nations are putting to a vote a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, knowing it will be vetoed by the United States but hoping to show broad global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo)

U.N. Security Council is voting on a Gaza cease-fire on Tuesday, with the U.S. certain to veto

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks during the Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. After many delays, the U.N. Security Council adopted a watered-down resolution Friday calling for immediately speeding up aid deliveries to desperate civilians in Gaza but without the original call for an “urgent suspension of hostilities” between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

U.N. approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza without call for suspension of hostilities

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

U.N. Security Council to vote on resolution urging cessation of hostilities in Gaza to deliver aid

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

A Palestinian woman holds her child after an Israeli strike on her neighborhood in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel presses ahead with bombarding Gaza, including areas it told Palestinians to evacuate to

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Reporters raise their hands to ask questions as Foreign Ministers, from left, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs Riyad al-Maliki, Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Jordan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi, and Egyptian Foreign Affairs Minister Sameh Shoukry, attend a news conference about the Israel-Hamas war, and pressure to reduce civilian casualties, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

U.S. vetoes U.N. resolution demanding immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

The United Nations headquarters building is seen from inside the General Assembly hall, on Sept. 21, 2021. (Eduardo Munoz/Pool Photo via AP, File)

The UN secretary-general invoked ‘Article 99’ to push for a Gaza ceasefire. What exactly is it?

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Destroyed buildings from Israeli airstrike are seen in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Live updates | Widening Israeli offensive in southern Gaza worsens dire humanitarian conditions

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Live updates | Widening Israeli offensive in southern Gaza worsens dire humanitarian conditions

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Live updates | Fighting in southern Gaza city as Israel widens its offensive

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Palestinian U.N. ambassador Riyad Mansour, background right, addresses members of the U.N. Security Council at United Nations headquarters Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

U.S. vetoes U.N. resolution condemning all violence against civilians in Israel-Hamas war

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Charles Michel, President of the European Council, addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

The U.N. system is ‘sclerotic and hobbled’ and needs urgent reform, top European Union official says

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Troubled assembly: Critics bash ‘dying organization’ as U.N. faces reform calls

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - Delegations gather for a United Nations Security Council meeting on nuclear non-proliferation regarding the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, March 23, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. The U.N. Security Council will hold its first open meeting on North Korea’s dire human rights situation since 2017 on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, the United States announced. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

U.N. Security Council to hold first open meeting on North Korea human rights situation since 2017

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press