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A TV screen shows an image of North Korea's rocket launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on June 1, 2023. The United States and its allies clashed with Russia and China on Friday, June, 2, over North Korea’s failed launch of a military spy satellite this week in violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions, which Moscow and Beijing refused to condemn.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

U.S., allies clash with Russia, China over North Korea’s failed military spy satellite launch

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a joint news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu after their talks, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, April 7, 2023. So far, the Russian presidency of the U.N. Security Council has been the most contentious in the memory of long-time U.N. diplomats and officials. More fireworks are to come later in the month when Lavrov presides over the premier event of the presidency — an open council meeting on defending the principles of the U.N. Charter. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Russia’s U.N. council presidency is most contentious in memory

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, holds a binoculars as Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu sits near watching the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus Zapad-2021 at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. With his room for maneuver narrowing quickly amid Russian military defeats in Ukraine, Putin has signaled that he could resort to nuclear weapons to protect the Russian gains in Ukraine - the harrowing rhetoric that shattered a mantra of stability he has repeated throughout his 22-year rule. (Sergei Savostyanov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Putin’s power play: Russia’s rebuke neuters U.N. push to end war in Ukraine

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Members of the Security Council participate during a session to discuss the situation with grain shipments from Ukraine at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Russian roadblock: U.N.’s role in Ukraine sharply limited by Moscow’s veto power

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - A protester carries a piece of wood simulating a weapon during a protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in the Petion-Ville area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 3, 2022. Haiti's government has agreed to request the help of international armed forces as gangs and protesters paralyze the country and basic supplies including fuel and water dwindle, a top ranking Haitian official told The Associated Press on Friday, Oct 7. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

U.N. eyes deploying a rapid armed force to Haiti to help end

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya raises his hand against a U.N. Security Council vote on a draft resolution sanctioning Russia's planned annexation of war-occupied Ukraine territory, Friday Sept. 30, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Russia seeks secret UN vote on condemning Ukraine annexation

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya, left, keeps his hand down as some members of the U.N. Security Council vote on a draft resolution sanctioning Russia's planned annexation of war occupied Ukraine territory, Friday Sept. 30, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Russia vetoes U.N. resolution calling its referendums illegal

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

This undated photo provided on April 17, 2022, by the North Korean government shows Kim Jong-un at an undisclosed location in North Korea. The Korean Central News Agency said Thursday, May 12, 2022, tests from an unspecified number of people in the capital Pyongyang confirmed that they were infected with the omicron variant. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

U.S. clashes with China and Russia over North Korea sanctions

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

A soldier smokes a cigarette while walking next to a destroyed building after a bombing in Satoya neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Live updates: Zelenskyy says Ukraine ready to discuss deal

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks to reporters during a news conference at United Nations headquarters on March 1, 2021. The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to meet Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 for the first time on Russias troop buildup and threatening actions against Ukraine at the request of the United States, and all key players are expected to square off in public over the possibility of a Russian invasion and its global impact. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Russia, U.S. square off at U.N. Security Council over Ukraine

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint press conference with Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod, following their meeting at the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Eigtveds Pakhus, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday, May 17, 2021. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

Antony Blinken signals no immediate U.S. press for Mideast cease-fire

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee and Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

A Palestinian man runs away from tear gas during clashes with Israeli security forces in front of the Dome of the Rock Mosque at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City Monday, May 10, 2021. Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protesters at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Monday, the latest in a series of confrontations that is pushing the contested city to the brink of eruption. Palestinian medics said at least 180 Palestinians were hurt in the violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, including 80 who were hospitalized. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

UN council meets on Jerusalem violence, considers statement

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Anti-coup protesters run after seeing police and soldiers arrive to disperse their demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Demonstrations have continued in many parts of the country since Saturday's meeting of leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, as have arrests and beatings by security forces despite an apparent agreement by junta leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing to end the violence. (AP Photo)

UN calls for return to democracy in Myanmar, end to violence

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

UN demands combatants protect schools, hospitals and water

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Elsa Tesfa Berhe, 26, center, a reproductive health official from Adwa, collects water a day after arriving from Humera to Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, near the border with Ethiopia, on March 16, 2021. Reusing gloves and rationing water, Berhe treated women secretly after Eritrean soldiers swept through health centers, looting even the beds and telling patients to leave. As she snuck out to deliver babies and treat the wounded, she saw people trying to bury bodies at the risk of being shot, or pouring alcohol on corpses in an attempt to hide the smell. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

UN: Tigray’s humanitarian crisis worsens, no Eritrean exit

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Russia tries to ban Kosovo flag at UN — unsuccessfully

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

An Afghan security official looks for mines or improvised explosive device with metal detector on a roadside during a trip organized by the police for The Associated Press, in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2021. Sticky bombs slapped onto cars trapped in Kabul’s chaotic traffic are the newest weapons terrorizing Afghans in the increasingly lawless nation. The surge of bombings comes as Washington searches for a responsible exit from decades of war. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

UN chief warns that use of IEDs is increasing globally

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

A worker from &quot;Hevra Kadisha,&quot; Israel's official Jewish burial society, dress in full protective gear rests at a special morgue for people who died from COVID-19, during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, in the central Israeli city of Holon, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

UN condemns violence against Myanmar protesters and deaths

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Anti-coup protesters run around their makeshift barricade they burn to make defense line during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, March 28, 2021. Protesters in Myanmar returned to the streets Sunday to press their demands for a return to democracy, just a day after security forces killed more than 100 people in the bloodiest day since last month's military coup. (AP Photo)

Funerals become scenes of Myanmar resistance, more violence

Associated Press

Anti-coup protesters hold up images of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi as they gather in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Mar. 5, 2021. Demonstrators defy growing violence by security forces and stage more anti-coup protests ahead of a special U.N. Security Council meeting on the country's political crisis. (AP Photo)

UN envoy calls for urgent action to reverse Myanmar coup

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press