UN Council eyes role of natural resources
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The Security Council examined the role of natural resources such as diamonds, poppies and oil in driving conflicts and destabilizing nations, angering some countries that accused the U.N.'s most powerful body of trying to undermine their sovereignty.
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NEW YORK: Kofi Annan&#39;s plan to more than double the international peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo has received a frosty reception at the UN Security Council.
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UNITED NATIONS, New York The United Nations has proposed the most sweeping changes in its history, recommending the overhaul of its top decision-making group, the Security Council, and holding out the possibility that it could grant legitimacy to pre
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Natural disasters are affecting more and more people, the UN says ahead of a  conference on reducing the risks.
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The UN may permanently lift trade sanctions on timber this week.
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The G-4 argues that the UN body must include, on a permanent basis, countries that have the will and the capacity to take on major responsibilities.
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Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website  United Nations, CMC - The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has reiterated its call on the international community to recognise the Caribbean Sea a "special area" within the context of sustainable development.
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Goals set a decade ago to cut world population growth and ensure women&#39;s rights could be missed without greater resources and political will, a UN report said on Wednesday.
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The Arctic Council, a group of eight countries with Arctic territory, including the United States, is expected to issue recommendations on global
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A high-level panel appointed last year by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged on Tuesday the adoption of new, far-reaching ground rules to help the world face new and
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The UN conference envoys of President Bushâs Administration along with some developing countries and oil producing nations have blocked a more resolute and committed effort to cap fossil fuel emissions such as coal and oil after reductions already
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The United Nations says momentum is building for tougher long-term action to fight global warming beyond the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol and a climate meeting starting in Vienna on Monday will be a crucial part of the process.
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The UN Security Council was to discuss a new US draft resolution aimed at tightening the pressure on Sudan over the crisis in Darfur, including possible sanctions on its oil sector.
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Some of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council are using their clout to raise issues that do not belong in the decision-making body, South Africa's foreign minister said on Tuesday.
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The UN's cultural body meets in New Zealand to decide which sites should be given World Heritage status.
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Natural disasters are affecting more and more people, the UN says ahead of a conference on reducing the risks.
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A Washington-based policy group says the United Nations (UN) secretary-general Kofi Annan must take responsibility for his staff&#39;s actions.