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LED IN: United States President Barack Obama, speaks during the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (Associated Press)

Obama’s U.N. speech urges unity in facing Islamic State, Russia

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The United Nations Security Council votes to unanimously adopt a draft resolution regarding the threat of foreign terrorist fighters during the 69th session of the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

U.N. to crack down on terrorist travel

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

UN to focus on protecting civilians in South Sudan

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

High-ranking Ukrainian officers investigate at a gunfight site near the village of Blahodatne, eastern Ukraine, on Thursday, May 22, 2014. At least 11 Ukrainian troops were killed and about 30 others were wounded when Pro-Russians attacked a military checkpoint, the deadliest raid in the weeks of fighting in eastern Ukraine. Three charred Ukrainian armored infantry vehicles, their turrets blown away by powerful explosions, and several burned vehicles stood at the site of the combat. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

13 Ukraine troops dead; over 30 wounded in attack

By Ivan Sekretarev and Peter Leonard - Associated Press

Mali urges UN to demand disarmament of all groups

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the United Nations, former New Zealand ambassador Colin Keating addresses an open session of the United Nations Security Council at United Nations Headquarters, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Keating, who was president of the Security Council in April 1994, apologized Wednesday for the council's refusal to recognize that genocide was taking place in Rwanda and for doing nothing to halt the slaughter of more than one million people. (AP Photo/United Nations, Evan Schneider)

Apology for UN refusal to stop Rwanda genocide

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

UN lavishes rare praise on Sierra Leone

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

This photo provided by an anti-Bashar Assad activist group Edlib News Network (ENN), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, show anti-Syrian government protesters hold a placard resembling U.S. President Barack Obama during a demonstration, at Kafr Nabil town, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday, March 7, 2014. The Arabic in the background reads, &quot;Kafr Nabil,&quot; the name of the town. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)

Syrian forces wrest border town from rebels

By DIAA HADID - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, file photo, Gen. Salim Idris, who defected from the Syrian army in July, speaks during an interview in Antakya, Turkey. Idris the former leader of the Western-backed Syrian opposition’s military wing on Wednesday Feb. 19, 2014. rejected his recent dismissal, and along with more than a dozen senior insurgent commanders severed ties with the political opposition-in-exile, further fragmenting the notoriously divided rebel movement.(AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky, File)

Syrian troops advance near Golan Heights city

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, file photo, a citizen journalism image provided by the United Media Office of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows members of the United Nations investigation team take samples from sand near a part of a missile that is likely to be a chemical rocket, according to activists, in the Damascus countryside of Ain Terma, Syria. The Obama administration is offering to destroy some of Syria's deadliest chemical weapons in international waters aboard a nearly 700-foot (213-meter), U.S. government-owned ship, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Local Committee of Arbeen, File)

U.N. tells Syria to hurry on chemical weapons disposal

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Amb. Gurbanov: Azerbaijan’s resolve as international partner through peace and security

By Amb. Fakhraddin Gurbanov

In this photo provided by the United Nations, the United Nations Security Council observes a moment of silence in memory of the passing of Nelson Mandela, at U.N. Headquarters, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. Nelson Mandela died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 at age 95. (AP Photo/The United Nations, Eskinder Debebe)

Azerbaijan’s successful journey as a non-permanent member of the U.N. security council

** FILE ** In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, file photo, the United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution that will require Syria to give up its chemical weapon, at U.N. Headquarters. Saudi Arabia is rejecting its seat on the U.N. Security Council and says the 15-member body is incapable of resolving world conflicts. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Saudi Arabia, angry with West, slams door on U.N. Security Council seat

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, a worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. The chances for progress between Iran, the U.S. and its partners have seldom been better. This is the message coming from Iran and six world powers ahead of renewed talks this week meant to end a decade of deadlock on Tehran's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)

Cautious optimism surfaces amid progress in Iranian nuclear talks

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Free Syrian Army fighter holds his son outside their home in Habit village, the Syrian central province of Hama, Wednesday, Sep. 25, 2013. (AP Photo)

U.N. votes to destroy Syrian chemical weapons stockpile

By Guy Taylor and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama talks about Syria as he meets with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 27, 2013. The president hosted Singh for talks on trade and security in a fragile region, offering a chance to inject new life into the partnership amid concerns that relations have stagnated. (Associated Press)

Obama: U.N.’s Syria resolution a ‘potentially huge victory’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Talks on Tuesday during the U.N. General Assembly between Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about Syria's chemical weapons were described as "constructive," diplomatic-speak for cautious optimism. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: U.S. caving to Russia on Syria use of force language

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Islamic bloc wants a permanent seat at U.N. Security Council: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

President Obama gestures while speaking during a Civil Society Roundtable with Russian gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender activists on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, in St. Petersburg. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

What U.N.? Obama runs Bush playbook by assembling coalition of the willing

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

**FILE** This citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Fadi Kerkoz mourning next to a body of his brother Shadi Kerkoz, who was killed in a battle against Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, in the town of Qusair, near the Lebanon border, Homs province, Syria, on June 2, 2013. (Associated Press)

Syrian rebels slam Russia’s blocking U.N. critique of Assad regime

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times