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• Countries pledge 40,000 U.N. peacekeepers at U.N. summit

  U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Monday more than 50 countries have pledged some 40,000 peacekeepers for possible deployment on United Nations missions, as well as helicopters, medical units and training and equipment to deal with roadside bombs.

• China's Xi touts women's rights at United Nations, U.S. critical

  China's President Xi Jinping told the United Nations on Sunday that all Chinese women have the opportunity to excel, touting his government's record on women's rights as the United States slammed Beijing and others for jailing women for their views.

• U.N. report cites Israel crimes against children, no consensus on listing

  U.N. agencies in Israel and the Palestinian territories reported an alarming number of child victims in last year's war in the Gaza Strip but were split on whether Israel should be put on a list of violators of children's rights, a U.N. document said.

• U.N. support for Congo campaign against Rwanda rebels in doubt over abuses

  United Nations support for a planned military operation against Rwandan rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could be in doubt because Congo named a general accused of rights abuses to head the offensive, diplomats and officials said on Friday.

• Nine Ukrainian soldiers killed in 'tense' eastern conflict: Kiev military

  Nine Ukrainian servicemen have been killed in fighting Russian-backed separatists in the past 24 hours, the Kiev military said on Tuesday, as rebels fought to encircle a key town straddling transport routes between their two strongholds.

• Hold U.S. envoy Power defends Ebola guidelines, warns on Guinea

  The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Friday defended federal guidelines for monitoring health workers returning from three Ebola-stricken West African countries while urging greater coordination to contain the outbreak in Guinea.

• U.S. diplomat travels to West Africa as Ebola quarantine moves take hold

  As the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations embarked on a trip to West Africa, new rules in three U.S. states mandating quarantine for health workers returning from the Ebola-stricken region drew criticism, even as some U.S. lawmakers called for a travel ban on the three worst-hit countries.

• Samantha Power: UN Ambassador Defends President Obama's Stance On Syria & Pushes Again For Disabilities Act (Video)

  Samantha Power, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, defended President Barack Obama's policies on the civil war in Syria, arguing that the recent United Nations agreement to destroy President Bashar Assad's stockpile of chemical weapons is a benefit, even if the massive scale of violence wages on.

• Samantha Power: Ambassador Says 'No Viable Path Forward' to Draft UN Resolution and Punish Assad with Military Strikes (Video)

  Samantha Power, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said that there is "no viable path forward" in the Security Council regarding authorizing military strikes against the Bashar al-Assad's regime through a resolution agreed upon by the 5 most powerful nations, thanks in large part to Russia holding it "hostage,"

• Susan Rice: President Obama Taps New National Security Adviser Replacing Tom Donilon; Nominates Susan Power as U.N. Ambassador (Video)

  President Obama has picked Susan Rice to replace Tom Donilon as his new national security adviser, replacing Tom Donilon whose work as national security adviser since 2010 won praise from a president who spoke of " strengthening our alliances" and "enhancing our relationship with key powers."