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Mikhail Ulyanov, head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's arms control and non-proliferation department, speaks at a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. Ulyanov said Russia would welcome the extension of the U.N.-sponsored investigations into chemical weapons use in Syria, but considers it necessary to amend the ground rules for them. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

US, Russia offer rival measures to pursue Syria violations

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, meets with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

The Latest: US calls for meeting on weapons proliferation

Associated Press

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, left, listens as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a high level Security Council meeting on United Nations peacekeeping operations, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Mike Pence calls on U.N. Security Council to end bias against Israel

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence greets British Prime Minister Theresa May during a high level Security Council meeting on United Nations peacekeeping operations, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Pence applauds UN resolution on peacekeeping reform

By ALEXANDRA OLSON - Associated Press

This undated file photo distributed on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, by the North Korean government, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, second from right, at an undisclosed location. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) ** FILE **

US proposes UN ban on oil to North Korea and asset freeze

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

United Nations U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley addresses a U.N. Security Council meeting on North Korea, Monday Sept. 4, 2017 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Nikki Haley puts foot down: ‘Enough is enough’; North Korea ‘begging for war’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

South Korean army soldiers prepare barbed wires during a military exercise in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017. Following U.S. warnings to North Korea of a &quot;massive military response,&quot; South Korea's military on Monday fired missiles into the sea to simulate an attack on the North's main nuclear test site a day after Pyongyang detonated its largest ever nuclear test explosion. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

The Latest: South Korea conducts live-fire naval drills

Associated Press

‘A clear message’ to North Korea

By United States Mission to the United Nations

Bolstered by new harsher sanctions from the U.N., the U.S. and North Korea's neighbors are joining to isolate Pyongyang over its missile program. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump hails U.N.’s vote to further sanction North Korea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

US and allies call Iran’s recent rocket launch ‘threatening’

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

China says US and North Korea are key to peace _ not Beijing

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

A girl carries a bucket filled with water from a well that is allegedly contaminated with cholera bacteria, on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, July 12, 2017. The U.N. health agency said Tuesday that plans to ship cholera vaccine to Yemen are likely to be shelved over security, access and logistical challenges in the war-torn country. Yemen's suspected cholera caseload has surged past 313,000, causing over 1,700 deaths in the world's largest outbreak. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

UN envoy says the conflict in Yemen is intensifying daily

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

UN envoy: Liberia’s democratic future hinges of elections

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Ambassadors to the United Nations raise hands in a U.N. Security Council resolution vote to sanction North Korea, Friday, June 2, 2017, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

UN votes to add 15 North Koreans, 4 entities to UN blacklist

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Liu Jieyi enters a Security Council meeting about North Korea at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

China calls for new talks with North Korea on nukes

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

People watch a news broadcast on the launch of the solid-fuel Pukguksong-2 missile on a screen in front of the railway station in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, May 22, 2017. North Korea said it's ready to deploy and start mass-producing a new medium-range missile capable of reaching Japan and major U.S. military bases there following a test launch Sunday, May 21, 2017, it claimed confirmed the missile's combat readiness and is an &quot;answer&quot; to U.S. President Donald Trump's policies. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

UN condemns North Korea missile launch, vows new sanctions

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

US to hold UN human rights meeting _ after deal with Russia

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this Aug. 16, 2016, file photo, a Brazilian U.N. peacekeeper opens a gate at the U.N. base in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) ** FILE **

U.N. votes to end to Haiti peacekeeping mission in mid-October

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, gave a forceful condemnation of the latest chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians. Meanwhile, the Trump administration was confronting another foreign policy crisis over North Korean missiles. (Associated Press)

The Latest: Netanyahu welcomes US attack on Syria base

Associated Press

Rex Tillerson to chair UN meeting on North Korea’s nukes

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press