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Since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the numbers attending High-Level Week at UN Headquarters in New York have steadily ticked upwards, and this year is set to be a packed event.

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The United States says it will support the addition of two new permanent seats on the powerful U.N. Security Council for ...

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The International Court of Justice (ICJ), a UN body essentially responsible for resolving inter-state disputes, has been ...

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