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Voting rights in international organizations
Proportion of voting rights in international organizations, with only small changes over time to reflect agreement on suspension and negotiated changes.
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Proportion of voting rights in international organizations, with only small changes over time to reflect agreement on suspension and negotiated changes.
Share of members of international organizations defined as developing countries.
Five nations won seats on the U.N. Security Council for the next two years, putting them in a position to influence global policies on peace and security.
Proponents of a U.N. global high seas treaty for protecting biodiversity are set to resume talks in August with the goal of approving it as soon as possible.
International investigators were directed to focus their efforts on possible war crimes by Russian soldiers near Ukraine's capital and other regions.
Prompted by its own paralysis over Syria and Ukraine, the U.N. moved to prevent abuse of power by Russia and other permanent Security Council members.
The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, pointing to evidence of grave war crimes in Ukraine.
By an overwhelming majority, the U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution that blamed Russia for Ukraine's severe humanitarian crisis.
The ICJ ordered Russia to halt its invasion of Ukraine in a legally binding decision that is mainly symbolic because there is no direct means of enforcing it.
Delegates from 175 nations to the U.N. Environment Assembly voted unanimously to devise a treaty that tries to cleanse the world of plastic pollution.
The U.N. General Assembly condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine and demanded that Russian forces halt their offensive on Ukrainian cities and ports.
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine set off global alarm over a new Cold War and dire challenges to power structures and international organizations.
The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution to combat Holocaust denial and urged all nations and social media companies to fight anti-Semitism.
U.S. President Joe Biden used his first address to the United Nations to reassure other nations his administration is committed to multilateralism.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres was re-elected to lead the world body for the next five years, winning the General Assembly's unanimous support.
The U.S. prevented the U.N. Security Council from issuing a statement calling for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers.