Turkish officials were in Washington last month to defend their government's no-vote in the latest round of U.N.sanctions against Tehran.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

No breakthroughs took place as the three leaders met on the sidelines of the U.N.General Assembly session in New York.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

"UNRWA is helping us." "I remember the first days of the closure when we had no flour, the U.N.gave us flour and food.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

For example,in most sub-Saharan African countries, the U.N.Children's Fund says more than half the deliveries take place at home, with no skilled birth attendant present.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

Tehran's U.N.Ambassador, Mohammed Khazaee, lectured the council after the vote,and said "no amount of pressure and mischief" will break Iran's "determination to pursue and defend its legal and inalienable rights."

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

The Palestinians say they decided to take the matter of statehood to the U.N.Security Council out of frustration that 16 years after the signing of the Oslo accords there is still no peace agreement.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Analysts say it remains to be seen whether the Palestinians' unilateral effort to get a U.N.security endorsement of a Palestinian state will be sustained or is no more than a publicity stunt meant to get Israel to make concessions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16