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Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan Abdelrahman Al-Burhan, President of the Transitional Sovereign Council of Sudan, addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Want a place on the U.N. stage? Leaders of divided nations must first get past this gatekeeper

By David Biller and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

US President Joe Biden addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Live Updates: World leaders convene for Day 2 of the UN General Assembly high-level meeting

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NYPD and Coast Guard boats patrol the East River outside the United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

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Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

China on Taiwan: ‘External interference’ won’t be tolerated

By Ted Anthony - Associated Press

Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

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President of the Marshall Islands David Kabua addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Drowning island nations: ‘This is how a Pacific atoll dies’

By Pia Sarkar - Associated Press

President of Niger Mohamed Bazoum addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

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President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, at the United Nations Headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro addresses the 77th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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In this Sept. 21, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden delivers remarks to the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

World gathers in full at U.N. after turbulent pandemic years

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

US demands status of all Syrian detainees be made public

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this Feb. 1, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden smiles as former Secretary of State John Kerry, left, takes the podium to speak at a campaign stop at the South Slope Community Center in North Liberty, Iowa. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

John Kerry held backchannel talks with Iran, Javad Zarif

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this image made from a video screen shows and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft meeting virtually with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen (unseen) on Wednesday night, Jan. 13, 2021. Craft's trip to Taiwan was canceled but Craft told Tsai: “The United States will always stand with Taiwan.” (The United States Mission to the United Nations via AP)

Outging US ambassador says world must end Taiwan’s exclusion

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this image made from UNTV video, Pope Francis speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, at UN headquarters, in New York. (UNTV via AP)

The Latest: Boris Johnson to urge global unity against virus

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In this image made from UNTV video, Michel Aoun, President of Lebanon, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at UN headquarters. (UNTV via AP)

Lebanon asks world’s help ‘trying to rise from its rubble’

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

In this image made from UNTV video, delegates attend the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at UN headquarters in New York. The U.N.'s first virtual meeting of world leaders started Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from some of the planet's biggest powers, kept at home by the coronavirus pandemic that will likely be a dominant theme at their video gathering this year. (UNTV via AP)

The Latest: Venezuela’s Guaidó urges nations to decry Maduro

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In this image made from UNTV video, Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at U.N. headquarters in New York. The U.N.'s first virtual meeting of world leaders started Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from some of the planet's biggest powers, kept at home by the coronavirus pandemic that will likely be a dominant theme at their video gathering this year. (UNTV via AP)

China’s Xi: COVID reveals isolationism as a futile pursuit

By TED ANTHONY and FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

In this image made from UNTV, representatives of different countries listen to speakers during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at U.N. headquarters in New York. This year's annual gathering of world leaders at U.N. headquarters is almost entirely &quot;virtual.&quot; Leaders have been asked to pre-record their speeches, which are being shown in the General Assembly chamber, where each of the 193 U.N. member nations are allowed to have one diplomat present. (UNTV via AP )

The Latest: Nigeria urges vaccine to be available to all

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Illustration on the U.N. at 75 by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

At 75, the U.N. General Assembly in need of reform

By Clifford D. May

Nobel laurate Jody Williams campaigns against killer robots

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press