List of United Nations articles
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The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva Russia to U.N. Members: You’re With Us or Against Us
Moscow will interpret a failure to vote against its ouster from the Human Rights Council as a show of support for the U.S.
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An Iranian flag flies next to a ground-to-ground Sejjil missile at an undisclosed location in Iran. The Little Iran Nuclear Deal That Couldn’t
A revived nuclear pact could benefit Washington and Tehran but is proving a hard sell.
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the 69th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 24, 2014. Putin’s War Is an Existential Crisis for the United Nations
It needs to be replaced by an organization where one nation cannot escape accountability because it is in a special class.
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Peace activists pose with mock nuclear missiles in Berlin. The West Is With Ukraine. The Rest, Not So Much.
Africa and Asia’s long-standing ties to Russia and resentments against Washington keep them on the fence—for now.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin at press conference a joint press conference with German Chancellor at the Kremlin in Moscow, on February 15, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev/ Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images) Prosecuting Putin
Bringing the Russian president to trial will be a challenge. But war crimes lawyers are raring to go.
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World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley at the U.N. Office in Geneva. WFP Women Fault Food Agency’s Boys’ Club
Hundreds of employees at the World Food Program protest the dominant role of men in responding to world’s humanitarian emergencies.
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World Food Program Chief David Beasley U.N. to Keep Beasley at WFP as Food Crises Roil the World
The head of the United Nations’ top food agency will get a job extension now that Russia’s invasion has put food security at risk for millions.
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The U.N. General Assembly Hall The U.N. Treaty That Could Be the Oceans’ Last Great Hope
With a big push from a coalition of nearly 50 countries, can the landmark agreement pass?
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Results of the United Nations’ vote on Russian aggression are projected. U.N. Denounces Russia’s Ukraine Invasion
U.N. General Assembly deplores Russian aggression in Ukraine in a lopsided 141-5 vote that underscored Russia’s deepening diplomatic isolation.
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Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia Russia’s Actions Fuel Calls for U.N. to Rein in Security Council Veto Power
The U.N. Charter puts limits on the veto power permanent members enjoy. Now, some countries want that enforced.
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Waste pickers scavenge for items at the Dandora garbage dump. The Time for a Global Plastics Treaty Is Now
The Montreal Protocol phased out ozone-depleting chemicals. The international community should take a similar step against polluting plastics.
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A meeting of the United Nations Security Council is held in New York. Ukraine Crisis Spills Into Yemen Diplomacy
The UAE withholds criticism of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as it seeks Moscow’s diplomatic backing in Yemen.
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United Nations headquarters U.S. Expels 12 Alleged Russian Spies
Russia warns retaliation likely.
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Vassily Nebenzya (center), Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, keeps his hand down during a vote on a draft resolution that would deplore Russia for invading Ukraine at U.N. headquarters in New York on Feb. 25. Russia Vetoes U.N. Resolution Demanding Troop Withdrawal From Ukraine
China, India, and the United Arab Emirates abstain.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield speak. Biden Struggles to Get Some Allies to Support Condemnation of Russia at the U.N.
India and the UAE remain on the fence, worried about relations with Moscow.
