EDITH M. LEDERER

Latvia's President Edgars Rinkēvičs speaks during an interview at Latvia's U.S. Mission, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Latvia’s president says West must arm Ukraine to keep Russia from future global adventures
Latvia’s president says Russia is planning for a long war in Ukraine and he warns that countries need to keep supplying weapons to Kyiv to discourage Moscow from threatening other nations in the future.
 
This is a locator map for Sudan with its capital, Khartoum. (AP Photo)
Over half of Sudan’s population needs humanitarian aid after nearly 7 months of war, UN says
Almost seven months of war between Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary group have left a wave of destruction.
 
FILE - A Palestinian child walks with a bicycle by the rubble of a building after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. A new U.N. report paints a stark picture of the devastating collapsing Palestinian economy after a month of war and Israel’s near total siege of Gaza. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
Stark UN report on devastation to Palestinian economy shows GDP fell 4% after a month of war
A new U.N. report paints a stark picture of the collapsing Palestinian economy after a month of war and Israel’s near-total siege of Gaza.
 
UN nuclear chief says nuclear energy must be part of the equation to tackle climate change
The U.N. nuclear chief says nuclear energy must be part of the equation to tackle climate change. The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency said climate-warming hydrocarbons still supply more than 80% of the world’s energy, even after the green transition of the past 20 years.
 
UN convoy stretching 9 kilometers ends harrowing trip in Mali that saw 37 peacekeepers hurt by IEDs
The United Nations says a 9-kilometer-long U.N. convoy withdrawing from a rebel stronghold in northern Mali arrived at its destination after a harrowing 350-kilometer journey that saw vehicles hit six improvised explosive devices and injure 37 peacekeepers.
 
Palestinians look for survivors under the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)
UN Security Council fails to agree on Israel-Hamas war as Gaza death toll passes 10,000
The U.N. Security Council has once again failed to agree on a resolution about the Israel-Hamas war. Despite hours of closed-door talks on Monday, differences remained among Security Council members on how to prevent more civilian deaths in Gaza.
 
This is a locator map for Sudan with its capital, Khartoum. (AP Photo)
Sudan’s military conflict is getting closer to South Sudan and Abyei, UN envoy warns
The U.N. special envoy for the Horn of Africa is warning that the conflict between Sudan’s army and rival paramilitary force now in its seventh month is getting closer to South Sudan and the disputed Abyei region.
 
15 UN peacekeepers in a convoy withdrawing from northern Mali were injured by 2 explosive devices
The United Nations says 15 U.N. peacekeepers in a convoy withdrawing from a rebel stronghold in northern Mali were injured when vehicles hit improvised explosive devices on two occasions this week.
 
Palestinians loot a truck with humanitarian aid near the Rafah border crossing in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
The average Palestinian in Gaza is living on 2 pieces of bread a day, UN official says
The Gaza director for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees says the average Palestinian in Gaza is living on two pieces of Arabic bread made from flour that the U.N. had stockpiled in the region.
 
UN votes overwhelmingly to condemn US economic embargo on Cuba for 31st year and urge its lifting
The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn the American economic embargo of Cuba for a 31st year. Thursday’s vote on the resolution in the 193-member General Assembly tied the record of support for the Caribbean island nation.
 
FILE - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 19, 2023. Iran is carrying out executions “at an alarming rate,” putting to death at least 419 people in the first seven months of the year, the United Nations chief said in a new report. That's a 30% increase from the same period in 2022. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Executions in Iran are up 30%, a new United Nations report says
A new report from the United Nations says Iran is carrying out executions “at an alarming rate,” putting to death at least 419 people in the first seven months of the year. The report to the U.N.
 
UN forum says people of African descent still face discrimination and attacks, urges reparations
The U.N. body formed to promote respect for and protect people of African descent around the world says in its first report that they continue “to be victims of systemic racial discrimination and racialized attacks.”
 
FILE - People react near the memorial for the victims of a Russian rocket attack in the village of Hroza near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. A report by U.N investigators has pointed a finger at Russia as likely being responsible for the deaths of 59 civilians at a village café hit by a missile in eastern Ukraine in early October, in what was one of the deadliest strikes since the Kremlin’s forces launched a full-scale invasion 20 months ago. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko, File)
More than 40% of Ukrainians need humanitarian help under horrendous war conditions, UN says
A senior U.N. official says Russian strikes are inflicting unimaginable suffering on the people of Ukraine and that more than 40% of them need humanitarian assistance.
 
FILE - The United Nations special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, speaks to journalists in Damascus, Syria, Feb. 13, 2023. Pedersen said Monday, Oct. 30, that the Israel-Hamas war is spilling into Syria, fueled by growing instability, violence and a lack of progress toward a political solution to its 12-year conflict. Pedersen told the Security Council that, on top of violence from the Syrian conflict, the Syrian people now face “a terrifying prospect of a potential wider escalation” following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and the ongoing retaliatory military action. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki, File)
A UN envoy says the Israel-Hamas war is spilling into Syria, adding to growing instability there
The United Nations special envoy for Syria is warning that the Israel-Hamas war is spilling into the neighboring country. Syria is facing growing instability, violence and a lack of progress toward a political solution of its 12-year conflict.
 
Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. ambassador, addresses members of the U.N. Security Council at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
UN agency in Gaza says urgent cease-fire is a matter of life and death for millions of Palestinians
The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees is telling a U.N. emergency meeting “an immediate humanitarian cease-fire has become a matter of life and death for millions.”
 
Results are displayed as the U.N. General Assembly voted for a non-binding resolution calling for a "humanitarian truce" in Gaza and a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
UN General Assembly calls for ‘humanitarian truce’ in Gaza leading to halt in Israel-Hamas fighting
The U.N. General Assembly has approved a nonbinding resolution calling for a “humanitarian truce” in Gaza leading to a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers.
 
Mourners attend the funeral of the Israeli man Sagiv Ben Svi, killed by Hamas militants while attending a music festival, at a cemetery in Holon, central Israel, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. More than 1,400 people were killed and over 200 taken captive in an multi-front attack by the militant group that rules Gaza on Oct. 7.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Palestinians plead ‘stop the bombs’ at UN meeting but Israel insists Hamas must be ‘obliterated’
“Stop the bombs and save lives!” the Palestinian ambassador pleaded at an emotional U.N. meeting on the war in Gaza. But Israel’s envoy was adamant, declaring again, “We will not rest until Hamas is obliterated.”
 
Russia's United Nations Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya raises his hand as he votes against a new U.S. resolution over the conflict between Israel and Palestinians, which was vetoed in the U.N. Security Council, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
UN Security Council fails again to address Israel-Hamas war, rejecting US and Russian resolutions
The U.N. Security Council has failed again to address the Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza, rejecting rival United States and Russian resolutions.
 
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Israeli officials were outraged Wednesday over U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' comment that the deadly Hamas attack on southern Israel “did not happen in a vacuum,” calling it justification for terrorism. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Israel vows again to destroy Hamas, rejecting calls for a cease-fire in Gaza at a major UN meeting
Israel is vowing again to destroy Hamas, rejecting calls for a cease-fire at a high-level U.N. meeting from the U.N. chief, the Palestinians and many countries and declaring that its war against the extremist group in Gaza is also “the war of the free world.”
 
FILE - Residents flee their homes to escape clashes between armed gangs in the Carrefour-Feuilles district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. 25, 2023. The United Nations Security Council approved on Oct. 2 the deployment of an international armed force to Haiti. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
Growing gang violence is devastating Haitians, with major crime at a new high, UN envoy says
The U.N. special envoy for Haiti says growing gang violence is devastating the lives of its people, with major crimes rising to a new high. Maria Isabel Salvador told the U.N.
 
Palestinian U.N. ambassador Riyad Mansour, background right, addresses members of the U.N. Security Council at United Nations headquarters Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
US vetoes UN resolution condemning all violence against civilians in Israel-Hamas war
The United States has vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have condemned all violence against civilians in the Israel-Hamas war and urged humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.
 
Palestinian U.N. ambassador Riyad Mansour, background right, addresses members of the U.N. Security Council at United Nations headquarters Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
UN Security Council rejects Russia’s resolution on Gaza that fails to mention Hamas
The U.N. Security Council has rejected a Russian resolution on Gaza that condemned violence and terrorism against civilians but made no mention of Hamas, whose surprise attack killed 1,300 Israelis.
 
Palestinians flee from northern Gaza to the south after the Israeli army issued an unprecedented evacuation warning to a population of over 1 million people in northern Gaza and Gaza City to seek refuge in the south ahead of a possible Israeli ground invasion, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders 1 million to evacuate as ground attack looms
Palestinians began a mass exodus Friday from northern Gaza after Israel’s military told some 1 million people to evacuate toward the southern part of the besieged territory.
 
FILE - Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, from left, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Monsignor Hector Henao and National Liberation Army leader Israel Ramirez, alias Pablo Beltran, attend a ceremony to formally begin a six-month cease-fire as part of a process to forge a permanent peace between the National Liberation Army or ELN, and the government, in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s commitment to transform long-marginalized rural and conflict areas and new peace efforts were the highlights of his first year in office, the U.N. special envoy for the South American country said.(AP Photo/Ivan Valencia, File)
UN envoy: Colombian president’s commitments to rural reforms and peace efforts highlight first year
Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s commitment to transform long-marginalized rural and conflict areas and new peace efforts were the highlights of his first year in office, the U.N. special envoy for the South American country said.
 
Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya, left, shuffles papers as he listens to Vassily Nebenzia, Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations, during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council as the war in Ukraine and recent attacks by Russia were discussed Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Russia is defeated in its bid to regain a seat on the UN’s top human rights body
Russia has been defeated in its bid to regain a seat in the United Nations premiere human rights body by a significant majority in an election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine.
 
Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya, left, shuffles papers as he listens to Vassily Nebenzia, Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations, during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council as the war in Ukraine and recent attacks by Russia were discussed Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Russia claims `neo-Nazis’ were at wake for Ukrainian soldier in village café where missile killed 52
Russia’s U.N. ambassador is alleging that “neo-Nazis” and military-age men were at the wake for a Ukrainian soldier in a village café where a missile last week killed 52 people. Vassily Nebenzia told a U.N.
 
Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations, killing hundreds and taking captives. Palestinian health officials reported scores of deaths from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
US demands condemnation of Hamas at UN meeting, but Security Council takes no immediate action
The U.N. Security Council has held an emergency meeting behind closed doors with the United States demanding that all 15 members strongly condemn “these heinous terrorist attacks committed by Hamas.”
 
Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi is seen in a meeting on women's rights in Tehran, Iran, on July 3, 2008. The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Narges Mohammadi for fighting oppression of women in Iran. The chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the prize Friday, Oct. 6, 2023 in Oslo. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iran unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel peace laureate, UN expert says
A U.N. independent investigator says Iranian authorities are cracking down on protesters, unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, and carrying out an “alarming” number of executions.
 
Nearly 4 million people in Lebanon need humanitarian help but less than half receive aid, UN says
The U.N. says Lebanon faces one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with nearly 4 million people in need of food and other assistance. But less than half are receiving aid because of a lack of funding.
 
Armed members of "G9 and Family" march in a protest against Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
UN to vote on resolution to authorize one-year deployment of armed force to help Haiti fight gangs
The U.N. Security Council is scheduling a vote for Monday on a resolution that would authorize a one-year deployment of an international force to help Haiti quell a surge in gang violence and restore security so the troubled Caribbean nation can hold long-delayed elections.
 
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