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Ukraine fumes as Russia assumes presidency of the United Nations Security Council
United Nations — Ukraine and the U.S. have warned that handing Russia the gavel to chair the United Nations Security Council will provide President Vladimir Putin's regime a platform to spread ...
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The World Has Changed, but Can the U.N.? Don’t Hold Your Breath.
By Farnaz Fassihi Farnaz Fassihi led coverage of the just-concluded United Nations General Assembly ... on it to withdraw its troops. Image The Security Council’s failure to respond to Russia ...
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U.N. Security Council Calls for Dayslong Humanitarian Pauses in Gaza
Image The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution in New York on Monday, calling for immediate and urgent days-long humanitarian pauses in the Israel-Hamas war.Credit...Sarah Yenesel ...
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How the UN Security Council Can Reinvent Itself
Seventy-seven years into its troubled existence, the United Nations Security Council confronts a consequential decision: Transform or die. The choice was vividly illustrated in the first weeks of ...
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U.N. Security Council calls for expanded humanitarian aid in Gaza, as U.S. abstains
After days of protracted and slow-moving negotiations, the United Nations Security Council has approved a resolution calling for "urgent steps" to allow expanded aid into the Gaza strip ...