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US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks during a press conference at the American Diplomacy House in Seoul on April 17, 2024. Photo: JUNG YEON-JE/Pool via REUTERS
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US envoy says full UN membership won't help Palestinians with statehood

Thomas-Greenfield made the comments at a news conference in Seoul, after being asked whether the United States was open to recognise the request by the Palestinian Authority to have full UN membership

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, US on 14 September 2020. File Photo REUTERS
Middle East

Israel, Iran trade accusations at Security Council meeting

The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
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UN Security Council to meet Sunday on Iran attack: presidency

Palestinians rush to collect the humanitarian aid airdropped into Gaza. File photo: Collected
Hamas-Israel war

Israel says more aid is entering Gaza, but UN says little has chaged

People are seen at a market after army seized power in a coup in Yangon, Myanmar February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
South Asia

Middle class 'rapidly eroding' as poverty soars in Myanmar: UN

Photo: Collected
Hamas-Israel war

Security Council reviews Palestinian bid for full UN membership

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg presents the alliance's annual report at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium March 14, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
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NATO ministers mull 100 billion euro military fund for Ukraine

Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour speaks with the media accompanied by Yemen's Ambassador to the United Nations Abdullah Ali Fadhel Al-Saadi and Algeria's Representative to the United Nations Amar Bendjama following a meeting of the Security Council to vote on a Gaza resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan leading to a permanent sustainable ceasefire, and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, March 25, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Explainer

Could the Palestinians become a full United Nations member?

File photo of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Photo: Collected
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UN chief says there is growing consensus to tell Israel that a ceasefire is needed

The ambiguous language used by the US in the resolution was questioned by Russia, China and Algeria. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

Why the US 'ceasefire' resolution failed at the UN

UN urges more water cooperation to build peace
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UN urges more water cooperation to build peace

A wildfire can be seen, slightly blurred through heat waves, after it was whipped up by high winds in Pampa, Texas, U.S., March 2, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
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UN sounds 'Red Alert' as world smashes heat records in 2023

Photo: Reuters
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US and Japan seek UN resolution calling on all nations to ban nuclear weapons in outer space