United Nations Security Council

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Secretary of State John F. Kerry had a rare one-on-one meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at a meeting of the five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany during the 68th session of the U.N. General Assembly. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks in a security council meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York, Thursday, July 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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** FILE ** Members of the United Nations Security Council vote for tough new sanctions to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test, during a meeting at U.N. headquarters on March 7, 2013. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) speaks Jan. 31, 2012, to Susan Rice, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, at United Nations headquarters as British Foreign Secretary William Hague listens to Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja'afari address to a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria. (Associated Press)

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Syria's U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari (far left) and Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin (far right) listen to speakers July 19, 2012, during a Security Council vote at the United Nations. Russia and China vetoed a U.N. resolution to impose non-military sanctions on Syria. (Associated Press)

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Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja'afari addresses the United Nations Security Council, Saturday, April 14, 2012, at U.N. headquarters after the council cast a unanimous vote authorizing the deployment of the first wave of U.N. military observers to monitor a cease-fire between the Syrian government and opposition fighters. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice addresses members of the media at U.N. headquarters Saturday, April 14, 2012 after the United Nations Security Council cast a unanimous vote authorizing the deployment of the first wave of U.N. military observers to monitor a cease-fire between the Syrian government and opposition fighters. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (center) chairs a Security Council meeting in the Gorki residence outside Moscow on Nov. 23, 2011. From left is Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. (Associated Press/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Deputy U.N. Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi (right) hugs Libya's U.N. Ambassador Mohamed Shalgham after a meeting of the Security Council at United Nations headquarters in February. Tension was high at the time after fighting broke out between pro- and anti-Gadhafi forces.

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon greets Libya's U.N. ambassador, Mohamed Shalgham, after a meeting of the Security Council at the United Nations in New York on Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Russia's Ambassador Vitaly Churkin speaks after a vote sanctioning Iran during a session of the United Nations Security Council, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Brazil's United Nations Ambassador Maria Ribeiro Viotti speaks before the United Nations Security Council voted on new sanctions against Iran on Wednesday, June 9, 2010. On Monday, June 21, 2010 Iran announced it was barring two U.N. nuclear inspectors. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)