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The results of a vote to adopt a draft resolution are shown on a display during an emergency special session of the UN General Assembly on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, October 27, 2023

UN General Assembly supports Palestinian bid for membership despite US opposition

By REUTERS
 Screens show the voting results during the United Nations General Assembly vote on a draft resolution that would recognize the Palestinians as qualified to become a full U.N. member, in New York City, US May 10, 2024.

UNGA votes 143-9 to upgrade Palestinian statehood status

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the opening of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly

UNGA expected to upgrade Palestinian statehood status

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, New York, US, September 22, 2023

UN General Assembly vote on a Palestinian statehood may affect US funding

By REUTERS
 Foreign and Israeli journalists stand on a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip in the city of Sderot, southern Israel, October 19, 2023. `

World Press Freedom Day 2024 marks exodus of journalists from Russia to Israel

By VERONICA NEIFAKH/THE MEDIA LINE
 PROTESTERS ACCUSE the US of funding genocide in Gaza, as they descend on a hotel where US President Joe Biden was staying in San Francisco last month.

Not every war crime is a case of genocide

 PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR to the UN, Riyad Mansour, sits in the General Assembly. The State of Palestine is recognized by more than 130 countries, but not by most of the countries of the OECD, says the writer.

Palestinians want April vote for full United Nations membership

By REUTERS
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the opening of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly

The Palestinian initiative to suspend Israel from the UN

 Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board at the National Defence Control Centre in Moscow, Russia December 19, 2023

Russia deepening ties with global axis of evil, Israel charges at UN

 HILLEL NEUER’S work has become even more critical since the Hamas attacks of October 7 and the mounting evidence of the complicity of UN bodies and their employees – the most culpable body being UNRWA.

Hillel Neuer's mission to uncover controversies plaguing the United Nations

Then-Israel Ambassador to the UN Abba Eban speaks at the General Assembly in New York in the early 1970s.

Where is our Abba Eban?

By Romy Leibler/The Media Line
 U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan attends a session during the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 16, 2024

The UN must be reconstructed from the ground up

By JUDAH WAXELBAUM
 The flag alley at the United Nations European headquarters is seen during the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, September 11, 2023.

United Nations should be put on trial - opinion

 People visit the United Nations Headquarters as delegates of the Security Council delayed for one extra day the vote on a proposal to demand that Israel and Hamas allow aid access to the Gaza Strip, December 20, 2023

UN Security Council aims to vote Friday to boost aid to Gaza

By REUTERS
Israel's Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan held up a sign depicting Yahya Sinwar's office phone number at the UN.

‘Call Sinwar for ceasefire’: Israeli envoy shows Hamas chief's number at UN

 A screen shows the voting results during the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on ceasefire resolution in Gaza, in New York City, US, December 12, 2023

UN General Assembly calls for Gaza ceasefire in 153-10 vote

 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres exits the press room after speaking at the United Nations prior to a meeting about the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023

UN to host panel asking if Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

 A general view during a vote at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the conflict between Israel and Hamas at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., October 16, 2023

Iran's appointment to chair UN rights meeting draws condemnation

By REUTERS