Here’s a look at what the 193-member United Nations does and how it works as leaders convene in New York for the annual General Assembly.

World leaders are again gathering in New York for the annual United Nations General Assembly. This will be the last meeting of the body for the current U.N. secretary general, Antonio Guterres. We hear about the challenges he faces in his final months in the job.

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The world’s major powers gather at the United Nations headquarters in New York. At the heart of the agenda are major global issues, including the

United Nations head António Guterres returns to New York for his final U.N. General Assembly as diplomacy falters over wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and the global body faces deep divisions.

President Donald Trump is set to address the U.N. General Assembly at a tumultuous moment for the world — and for his presidency

The United Nations officially came into existence on October 24, 1945, after the Charter was ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States, along with a majorit

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