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The head of an independent United Nations commission that concludes Israel has committed genocide in Gaza argues that countries supplying weapons to Israel, like the United States, are also complicit.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un reportedly visited China in his first trip abroad since taking power. Also, Marcia Coyle of National Law Journal previews a Supreme Court gerrymandering case.

NPR'S Ann Cooper reports that the United Nations is divided over how to respond to the U.S. airstrikes over Iraq. Unlike during the Persian Gulf War, the U.S. does not enjoy wide support for the military action. And some diplomats are charging the strikes were designed to help Clinton's re-election campaign.

Host Liane Hansen continues her onversation with Sadako Ogata (sah-DA-koh oh-GAH-tah), the United Nations High ommissioner for Refugees. This week they focus their discussion on the recent eturn of more than 1,000 Rwandan refugees. They also consider other current esponsibilites of the UNHCR, which provides assistance for the world's 27 illion refugees.

The meeting includes a special conference called by France and Saudi Arabia to push for recognition of Palestinian statehood.

The government has denied the massacre ever happened. Now, the U.N. is asking for an investigation.

Rajendra K. Pachauri's departure from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a big embarrassment for the group, which won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize along with former Vice President Al Gore.

With many member nations flouting rules and weakening their support, is the organization now at one of its most vulnerable moments?

Melissa Block talks with Shashi Tharoor, United Nations under-secretary general, about Tuesday's bomb blast in Baghdad that killed Sergio Vieira de Mello, the U.N. special representative to Iraq.

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station was among the Ukrainian structures damaged by a barrage of Russian missiles on Wednesday. Though power has been restored, the threat of nuclear meltdown remains.