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"Unacceptable" was the identical response of diplomats from the U.S., South Korea and Russia to North Korea's recent announcement that it plans a nuclear weapon test. What does the word "unacceptable" actually mean in diplomatic language?

Some foreign policy analysts are calling for military action to stop genocide in Sudan. Susan Rice says Sudan will only respond to the threat of an attack; and if an attack is necessary, she advocates bombing strategic targets like airfields and blockading Sudan's port.

Transdneister is a small sliver within the Central Asian nation of Moldova. Recently, 97 percent of Transdneister residents voted for independence from Moldova -- they want to join the Russian Federation.

Two years ago, the Bush administration first used the word genocide to describe the conflict in Darfur, Sudan. Now Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Sudan has a final choice: cooperation or confrontation.

Pope Benedict XVI welcomes Muslim diplomats and dignitaries to his summer home near Rome. Benedict tells them that "our future" depends on dialogue between the two faiths. The visit was part of an effort by the pope to calm the anger resulting from his recent comments on Islam and violence.

Melissa Block talks with Jeffrey Laurenti, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation and longtime United Nations expert. He'll talk about what the protocols are for world leaders speaking at the U.N., and just how far away from them the Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez reached with his speech Wednesday morning, in which he called President Bush "the devil."

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended his country's nuclear activities as "transparent" and "peaceful" during a Tuesday address to the United Nations General Assembly. Speaking to the same body, President Bush warned that Iran must abandon its uranium enrichment program, or face sanctions.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sought to make the case for his government's right to develop nuclear capabilities. According to NPR's senior news analyst Ted Koppel, many in Tehran believe an accommodation can be reached -- if the sides come to understand one another.

President Bush addresses the United Nations General Assembly with a speech advocating the spread of democracy in the Middle East. But he's likely to face a skeptical audience that is critical of the U.S. policies in Iraq and Iran.

As an African Union peacekeeping force in the Darfur region faces a Sept. 30 pullout date, the international diplomatic community has decisions to make about Sudan. Susan Rice, an Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs under President Clinton, and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, sizes up the situation.