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United Kingdom's Ambassador to the United Nations Matthew Rycroft speaks to reporters as he arrives for a Security Council consultation on North Korea, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Security Council strongly condemns North Korea missile test

by Edith M. Lederer Associated Press, and Eric Talmadge Associated PressFebruary 13, 2017

Israeli border police officers scuffle with Palestinian protesters, some dressed as Santa Claus, during a protest in front of an Israeli checkpoint, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem Friday.

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UN condemns Israeli settlements, no US veto

by Edith M. Lederer Associated Press, Bradley Klapper Associated Press, and Josef Federman Associated PressDecember 23, 2016

A Syrian woman holding a child who were evacuated from the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo during the ceasefire arrive at a refugee camp in Rashidin, near Idlib, Syria, early Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. The Security Council on Monday approved the deployment of U.N. monitors to the Syrian city of Aleppo as the evacuation of fighters and civilians from the last remaining opposition stronghold resumed after days of delays. (AP Photo)

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UN approves Aleppo monitors as evacuations from city proceed

by Bassem Mroue Associated Press, and Edith M. Lederer Associated PressDecember 19, 2016

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, smoke rises in green government buses, in Idlib province, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016. Activists said, militants have burned at least five buses assigned to evacuate wounded and sick people from two villages in northern Syria. The incident could scuttle a wider deal that encompasses the evacuation of thousands of trapped rebel fighters and civilians from the last opposition foothold in east Aleppo. (SANA via AP)

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France, Russia reach compromise as Aleppo rescue of thousands remains uncertain

by Karin Laub Associated Press, and Edith M. Lederer Associated PressDecember 18, 2016

A Cuban and a U.S. flag hang on the windshield of a car in a garage in Havana, Cuba in August. The U.S. has abstained, for the first time, from a U.N. resolution criticizing America’s economic embargo against Cuba. This is expected to effectively pit the Obama administration, with the UN, against the Republican-led Congress, which supports the 55-year-old embargo despite the United States’ resumption of full diplomatic relations with Cuba.

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US abstains in UN vote on Cuba embargo for the first time

by Edith M. Lederer Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressOctober 26, 2016

In this Sept. 28, 2015 file photo, United States President Barack Obama addresses the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. World leaders meeting at the United Nations starting today will be trying to make progress on two intractable problems at the top of the global agenda — the biggest refugee crisis since World War II and the Syrian conflict, now in its sixth year.

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World leaders to focus on refugee crisis and Syria at United Nations

by Edith M. Lederer Associated PressSeptember 18, 2016