| MEMBER | The U.S., e.g., to the U.N. |
| NATL | Of the entire U.S., e.g. |
| NOTES | I.O.U.'s, e.g. |
| MOUNTKENYA | Africa's second-highest peak, which shares its name with one of the five countries recently elected to the U.N. Security Council; the other four are in the other theme entries |
| BIER | Beck's, e.g., to the Germans |
| MER | The Celtic Sea, e.g., to the French |
| ETATS | The Carolinas, e.g., to the French |
| YOST | He preceded Bush as U.S. Representative to the U.N. |
| AES | U.S. Amb. to the U.N., 1961-65 |
| OMEN | Broken mirror, e.g., to the superstitious |
| PAPA | John Paul, e.g., to the Italians |
| ETAT | Washington, e.g., to the French |
| LAC | Ontario, e.g., to the Quebecois |
| WHONEEDSIT | "You must give that to the U.N.'s disease-tracking agency"? |
| RAE | Bob who was the Canadian ambassador to the U.N. |
| REFLEXES | Uncontrollable reactions, e.g. to the knee being tapped with a small rubber hammer (8) |
| WECHARGEGENOCIDE | Book-length petition presented to the U.N. by the Civil Rights Congress, in 1951 |
| EBAN | First Israeli ambassador to the U.N. |
| NYC | Home to the U.N. headquarters |
| WMDS | Subjects of an infamous 2003 Colin Powell speech to the U.N. |
