First Lady Calls for U.N. Resolution Over Ongoing Strife in Burma
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During her recent vacation at the family ranch near Crawford, Tex., first lady Laura Bush was reading news articles about the ongoing strife in Burma, where the military government has been arresting dissidents and protesters in large numbers in recent weeks. When she returned to Washington last...
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The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, has renewed an appeal to Burma to free detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and all other political prisoners.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world body on Thursday to create a single agency to empower women and girls and fight for their rights.
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Six female Nobel Peace laureates called on the world to keep up pressure on Myanmar's military junta to restore liberty and democracy in the country.
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The United Nations is calling on Burma&#39;s military rulers to improve its human rights record. UN Special Rapporteur Paulo Sergio Pinheiro told the General Assembly on Tuesday that he has received &quot;credible
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UNITED NATIONS, New York The head of the UN&#39;s peacekeeping operations has asked for a Security Council meeting Thursday to discuss the volatile situation in the Great Lakes region of Africa, a spokesman said.
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August 18, 2004UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday called on Burma&#39;s military government to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest and to speed up political reform. He also called on the region&#39;s ...
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The UN holds talks on the crisis in Burma, following a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world on Thursday to put the looming crisis over water shortages at the top of the global agenda this year and take action to prevent conflicts over scarce supplies
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The United States on Friday   asked the U.N. Security Council to deal with Myanmar, whose   junta government has jailed opponents, persecuted minorities   and sent refugees fleeing into neighboring states.
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Burma's leader calls for national unity, as the country marks 60 years since the end of British colonial rule.
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More than 25 celebrities including  actors Jim Carrey, Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams on  Thursday urged the United Nations to help win freedom for  Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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The Security Council calls for restraint as several people are reported killed in Burma's crackdown on protests.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Palestinians to end violence and look into forming a government that wins international acceptance.
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President Bush on Saturday urged world leaders to turn the words of a U.N. cease-fire resolution into action and help bring lasting peace to the Middle East.
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Indonesia has accused Burma of trying to avoid the issue of the ongoing detention of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Burma was asked at an Asia-Pacific summit this week to clarify media reports that
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The United States has cranked up the pressure on Myanmar's rulers by introducing a UN Security Council draft resolution urging them to release all political prisoners and end the use of rape as an instrument of war.