The United Nations elected five judges to the International Court of Justice for nine-year terms

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Ukraine will have to give up some land to end the war

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António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, spoke at COP31, opening a climate summit

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Dozens of United Nations ambassadors from more than 20 countries visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in Poland, led by Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, to warn against antisemitism and Iran's threats

Participating in International Criminal Court warrants subjects American citizens to international law rather than United States domestic law

The International Criminal Court's prosecution of leaders can sometimes be politically motivated

Relying on a capable United States president to manage International Criminal Court membership risks exposing the United States to a global authority during periods of weaker leadership

The United States' system of governance is less compatible with the International Criminal Court than European governments are

The United States could utilize the International Criminal Court in its own way due to its status as a global power

The frequent change of leadership in the United States makes joining the International Criminal Court unworkable

Joining the International Criminal Court would extend its authority and influence over American citizens

Without a capable president to manage membership, joining the International Criminal Court would leave the United States vulnerable to the governance of a global authority

The United States can support accountability and extend the reach of the International Criminal Court without giving the court a foothold within U.S. borders or policy

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The UN General Assembly voted to replace the Mercator projection with the Equal Earth map, which shows countries' true relative sizes, in a "Correct the Map" resolution put forward by African Union states and the Bahamas

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A rival Russian-drafted resolution to extend the UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara failed

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Russia vetoed a U.S.-drafted UN Security Council resolution that would have supported Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara and altered the peacekeeping mission

The disproportionate amount of death on one side in the Gaza conflict constitutes a genocide

Joining the International Criminal Court would require the United States to cede sovereignty to an international institution that lacks a meaningful democratic connection to United States citizens

Joining the International Criminal Court demonstrates a political will to prosecute war criminals

The International Criminal Court gives significant power to unelected judges in the European Union

If the United States joins the International Criminal Court, the United States could appoint judges to make the court's decisions more reasonable from an American perspective