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Leaflets are seen on a delegates desk before a vote by the conference to adopt a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination, Friday, July 7, 2017 at United Nations headquarters. More than 120 countries have approved the first-ever treaty banning nuclear weapons at a U.N. meeting boycotted by all nuclear-armed nations. Friday's vote was 122 countries in favor with the Netherlands opposed and Singapore abstaining.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Costa Rican Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gomez, President of the United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, reacts after a vote by the conference to adopt a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination, Friday, July 7, 2017 at United Nations headquarters. More than 120 countries have approved the first-ever treaty banning nuclear weapons at a U.N. meeting boycotted by all nuclear-armed nations. Friday's vote was 122 countries in favor with the Netherlands opposed and Singapore abstaining.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley Associated Press photo
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U.N peacekeepers guard some Greek and Turkish Cypriots supporters of peace who entered inside the buffer zone during a protest to call on rival leaders of the two communities for peace on the island at Ledras main crossing point inside the U.N buffer zone that divided the Greek and Turkish Cypriots controlled areas, Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Several hundred Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots gathered in the divided capital's medieval center at a checkpoint along the U.N.-controlled buffer zone to voice their support for peace. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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FILE - In this Monday, April 4, 2011, file photo, a U.N. peacekeeper from Jordan provides security at night on the streets of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast is coming to an end Friday, June 30, 2017, 13 years after forces intervened to implement a peace agreement that left the war-wracked economic giant split into two pieces. (AP Photo/Jane Hahn, File)
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FILE - In this Sunday, April 3, 2011, file photo, a U.N. peacekeeper from Jordan, looks up as he and others return fire on troops supporting Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo during a patrol in the streets of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast is coming to an end Friday, June 30, 2017, 13 years after forces intervened to implement a peace agreement that left the war-wracked economic giant split into two pieces. (AP Photo/Jane Hahn, File)
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FILE - In this Saturday, April 9, 2011, file photo, United Nations soldiers wave as they drive past forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara, at a republican forces operating base on the outskirts of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast is coming to an end Friday, June 30, 2017, 13 years after forces intervened to implement a peace agreement that left the war-wracked economic giant split into two pieces. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
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FILE In this Friday, May 20, 2011 file photo, Bangladeshi United Nations soldiers stop to buy phone credit from a street vendor on the eve of President Alassane Ouattara's inauguration, in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast is coming to an end Friday, June 30, 2017, 13 years after forces intervened to implement a peace agreement that left the war-wracked economic giant split into two pieces.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
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An Australian U.N police officer passes by an Australian Federal Police flag during a flag-lowering ceremony to ended Australia's peacekeeping contribution in Cyprus, inside the U.N buffer zone in divided capital Nicosia, Friday, June 16, 2017. After 53 years of helping to keep the peace on ethnically divided Cyprus, Australia is calling it quits and pulling out its last three police officers serving with a United Nations peacekeeping force. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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Ian Hardy, 79, the first Australian U.N police officers in the island 53 years ago, is seen during a flag-lowering ceremony to ended Australia's peacekeeping contribution in Cyprus, inside the U.N buffer zone in divided capital Nicosia, Friday, June 16, 2017. After 53 years of helping to keep the peace on ethnically divided Cyprus, Australia is calling it quits and pulling out its last three police officers serving with a United Nations peacekeeping force. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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In this photo provided by the United Nations, the United Nations Security Council holds a meeting on the situation in the Middle East, Thursday, June 15, 2017 at United Nations Headquarters. (Kim Haughton/The United Nations via AP) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this March 16, 2016, file photo, Francis Lorenzo, second from left, a suspended ambassador from the Dominican Republic and former U.N. diplomat, leaves court in New York. Lorenzo pleaded guilty to new charges in a United Nations bribery scheme on Thursday, April 27, 2017, revealing himself as a key witness at a Chinese billionaire’s trial next month. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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In this April 11, 2017 photo, members of Haiti's new national military force run and chant during training at a former U.N. base in Gressier, Haiti. As U.N. military peacekeepers prepare for a full exit from this Caribbean nation, Haiti is trying to revive a military force 22 years after a national army was disbanded. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008 file photo, Sri Lankan army soldiers trained as U.N. peacekeepers march during a ceremony in Panagoda Army camp, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka. According to an AP investigation, some 150 allegations of abuse and exploitation were reported in Haiti between 2004 and 2016. The allegations involved U.N. peacekeepers and other personnel. Alleged victimizers came from Bangladesh, Brazil, Jordan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Uruguay and Sri Lanka, according to U.N. data and interviews. More countries may have been involved, but the United Nations only started disclosing alleged perpetrators’ nationalities after 2015. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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FILE - This Monday, July 11, 2011 file photo shows silhouettes of U.N. peacekeepers from Brazil at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. According to an AP investigation, some 150 allegations of abuse and exploitation were reported in Haiti between 2004 and 2016. The allegations involved U.N. peacekeepers and other personnel. Alleged victimizers came from Bangladesh, Brazil, Jordan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Uruguay and Sri Lanka, according to U.N. data and interviews. More countries may have been involved, but the United Nations only started disclosing alleged perpetrators’ nationalities after 2015. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres visits the U.N.-run Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees, in northern Jordan, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Guterres appealed to Arab states to overcome their divisions on Syria and help end the country's six-year-old civil war. The U.N. chief is to attend an annual Arab Summit in Jordan on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
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U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres talks to Syrian refugees in a 4th grade classroom at the U.N.-run Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees, in northern Jordan, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Guterres appealed to Arab states to overcome their divisions on Syria and help end the country's six-year-old civil war. The U.N. chief is to attend an annual Arab Summit in Jordan on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
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U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres visits the U.N.-run Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees, in northern Jordan, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Guterres appealed to Arab states to overcome their divisions on Syria and help end the country's six-year-old civil war. The U.N. chief is to attend an annual Arab Summit in Jordan on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
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U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres talks to Syrian refugees in a 4th grade classroom at the U.N.-run Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees, in northern Jordan, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Guterres appealed to Arab states to overcome their divisions on Syria and help end the country's six-year-old civil war. The U.N. chief is to attend an annual Arab Summit in Jordan on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
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U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres visits the U.N.-run Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees, in northern Jordan, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Guterres appealed to Arab states to overcome their divisions on Syria and help end the country's six-year-old civil war. The U.N. chief is to attend an annual Arab Summit in Jordan on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
