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- The United Nations General Assembly Hall sits empty before the start of the 76th Session of the General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Sept. 20, 2021, in New York. A key U.N. committee has again blocked Myanmar’s military junta from taking the country’s seat at the United Nations, two well-informed U.N. diplomats said Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (John Angelillo/Pool via AP, File)
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Diplomats: UN blocks Myanmar military from taking UN seat
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Wed,12/14/22-6:40PM , 111 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A key U.N. committee has again blocked Myanmar’s military junta from taking the country’s seat at the United Nations, two well-informed U.N. diplomats said Wednesday.
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- Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya, seated, speaks with Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, just before Nebenzya addressed the Security Council during a session to discuss the situation with grain shipments from Ukraine at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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UN Security Council denies Russia call for bio weapons probe
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Wed,11/02/22-12:00AM , 188 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected Russia’s attempt to establish a commission to investigate its unfounded claims that Ukraine and the United States are carrying out “military biological” activities that violate the convention prohibiting the use of biological weapons.
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- Palestinians burn tires during a protest against Israeli military raid in the West Bank, along the border fence with Israel, in east of Gaza City on Oct. 25, 2022. The U.N. Mideast envoy said 2022 is on course to be the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank since the U.N. started tracking fatalities in 2005, and he called for immediate action to calm "an explosive situation" and move toward renewing Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
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UN: 2022 likely deadliest for Palestinians in West Bank
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Sat,10/29/22-12:45AM , 384 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Mideast envoy said 2022 is on course to be the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank since the U.N. started tracking fatalities in 2005, and he called for immediate action to calm “an explosive situation” and move toward renewing Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
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- A drone is seen in the sky seconds before it fired on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 17, 2022. The Iranian-made drones that Russia sent slamming into central Kyiv this week have produced hand-wringing and consternation in Israel, complicating the country’s balancing act between Russia and the West. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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West and Russia clash over probe of drones in Ukraine
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Fri,10/21/22-7:22PM , 196 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and key Western allies accused Russia on Friday of using Iranian drones to attack civilians and power plants in Ukraine in violation of a 2015 U.N. Security Council resolution and international humanitarian law.
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