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Israel and Palestinians clash at UN meeting as tensions rise
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Wed,01/18/23-9:37PM , 44 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israel’s U.N. ambassador accused the Palestinians on Wednesday of stabbing a knife into any chance for reconciliation by seeking an advisory opinion from the U.N.’s highest court on Israel’s decades-old occupation — and the Palestinian U.N. envoy accused Israel’s new government of seeking to crush its people.
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Ms. Emine Dzhaparova, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine, speaks outside the Security Council chambers at United Nations headquarters, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Ukraine official says Zelenskyy hopes to visit UN next month
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Sat,01/14/23-12:19AM , 51 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to visit the United Nations to address a high-level meeting of the 193-member General Assembly on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of his country if the security situation permits, a senior Foreign Ministry official said.
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Palestinian Ambassador Riyad H. Mansour speaks during a meeting of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee at United Nations headquarters on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. On Friday, Dec. 30, 2022, the U.N. General Assembly asked the U.N.’s highest judicial body to give its opinion on the legality of Israeli policies in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem. Mansour thanked countries that backed the measure. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File)

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UN seeks court opinion on 'violation' of Palestinian rights
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Fri,12/30/22-6:23PM , 208 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has asked the U.N.’s highest judicial body to give its opinion on the legality of Israeli policies in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem.
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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 , 118 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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