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US Mideast Envoy Takes Aim at Cherished UN Concepts: ‘Int’l Law’ and ‘Int’l Consensus’

Calling into question revered pillars of multilateralism such as “international consensus,” President Trump’s special representative for Mideast peace negotiations told the U.N. Security Council...

US Iran Envoy: No Need to Allow Iranian FM to ‘Roam Freely Around’ NYC

The U.S. special envoy for Iran, Brian Hook, said Monday the U.S. will honor its U.N. treaty obligations to allow Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif to visit New York on U.N. business, “but that doesn’t...

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Maduro Minister Gathers Allies at the UN

Flanked by allies including representatives from Russia, Cuba, North Korea, Iran and the Assad regime, the embattled Maduro regimes’ foreign minister, Jorge Arreaza, on Thursday said the group would...

US Pushes Back Against ‘Reproductive Rights’ Language in UN Texts

The United States waged a lonely struggle at the United Nations on Monday as it opposed the inclusion in resolutions of language that some advocacy groups have used to promote abortion – and even a global...

Urging UN to Vote to Condemn Hamas, Haley Asks Arabs: ‘Is The Hatred That Strong?’

Speaking in support of what would have been the first-ever UNGA resolution condemning Hamas, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley asked the Arab states Thursday,“Is the hatred toward Israel so strong that you’ll...

Haley, After Losing Series of Votes on Cuba: That’s ‘Why So Many People Believe That Faith in the United Nations is Often Misplaced’

After losing ten votes at the U.N. Thursday relating to Cuba, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley called the outcome a reminder “why so many people believe that faith in the United Nations is often...

UN Member-States Criticize US Over UN Funding

The United States, whose taxpayers account for some $10 billion a year in contributions to the United Nations system, was criticized at a meeting in New York on Tuesday for being late with its payments,...

UN Spokesman Sidesteps Questions on How Officials Should Respond to ‘Caravan’ Migrants Who Stormed Border to Enter Mexico

The U.N. wants U.S. and Mexican authorities to consider each case of migrants in the “caravan” headed for the U.S. “individually,” but a spokesman on Monday declined to be drawn when asked what...

US Diplomat Reminds UN That There is No Palestinian State

As the U.N. General Assembly considered a resolution temporarily granting the Palestinian observer mission powers of a member-state, a U.S. diplomat said the U.S. “does not recognize that there is a...

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Haley Announces She is Resigning as UN Ambassador, Says U.S. Is Respected Again

UN Ambassador Nikki Haley announced Tuesday that she is resigning from her post, effective at the end of the year, saying she believes in term limits and giving someone else a chance to do the job.

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