United Nations

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Attending a State Department dinner on Monday, July 11, 2011, in Washington after talks by the Quartet of Mideast peacekeepers are (from left) U.N. Ambassador Lynn Pascoe, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the Quartet's representative. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Illustration: U.N. gun grabbing by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

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Illustration: U.N. CO2

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Prime Minister Hun Sen sought U.N. help in the late 1990s to create the "killing fields" tribunal, though he didn't want a fully international court.

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon won a unanimous vote of confidence Tuesday from the world body's General Assembly. (Associated Press)

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Illustration: United Nations & abortion by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

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Dinka Ngok civilians needing medical assistance, some suffering from gunshot and machete wounds, who were internally displaced as a result of the recent Sudanese conflict, arrive in the town of Turalei after being airlifted from Abyei by U.N. helicopter. (Associated Press)

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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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Ibrahim Dabbashi, Libya's deputy ambassador at the United Nations

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A Mai-Mai child soldier, recently demobilized by the United Nations, says he has nothing to do now and is considering a return to fighting. It is a decision many may make if not offered an alternative. (Lindsay Branham/Special to The Washington Times)

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference after a meeting of international organizations concerning the Libya situation at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on Thursday, April 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Afghans carrying a man, who got wounded following an attack on U.N.'s office during a demonstration to condemn the burning of a copy of the Muslim holy book by a Florida pastor, in Mazar-i- Sharif north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, April. 1, 2011. An Afghan official says seven people have been killed at a U.N. office in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif when a Quran burning protest turned violent. (AP Photo/Mustafa Najafizada)

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Prison wardens stand guard in Somaliland's new maximum security prison at Hargeisa that was refurbished with money provided by the United Nations. Officials hope the facility may be able to start taking Somali pirates convicted in other countries. The U.N. plans to build two more prisons in Somalia to hold an influx of convicted pirates. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks at the dedication of the Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations Building in New York on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama speaks Tuesday at the dedication of the Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations Building in New York. (Associated Press)

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U.N. peacekeepers from Brazil stand guard at the gate of a polling station ahead of Sunday's second round of presidential elections in the Cite Soleil section of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Saturday, March 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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The Japanese national flag flies outside of the United Nations building that hosts the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, office, in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, March 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

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U.N. peacekeepers patrol in Abyei, Southern Sudan, on Friday, March 11, 2011. Scores of villagers have died in recent fighting in Southern Sudan despite the presence of 10,000 U.N. troops mandated with protecting civilians. Now, internal documents say U.N. officials have ordered the peacekeepers not to operate in an area where civilians are at risk in upcoming battles, after being asked to avoid the region by the south's military. (AP Photo/Tim Freccia)

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A resident of Ghana displays a piece of paper mentioning his nationality as he waits with other refugees to enter Tunisia after fleeing Libya on the Libya-Tunisia border in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Tuesday, March 1 , 2011.U.N. refugee agency spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said Tuesday "the situation is reaching crisis point" at the Libya-Tunisia border where authorities say up to 75,000 people have fled Libya since Feb. 20. (AP Photo/Giorgos Moutafis)