New Zealand to support Vietnam&#39;s Security Council bid
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New Zealand will support Vietnam&#39;s bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, Prime Minister Helen Clark said Tuesday.
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The powerful American Chamber of Commerce has publicly swung behind New Zealand&#39;s case for a free trade deal with the United States, saying it will vigorously push the deal with the second Bush Administration.
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London: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh 's plea for India's inclusion in the United Nations Security Council was strongly backed by the United Kingdom on Monday as the two countries pledged to jointly combat ...
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Vietnam's National Assembly votes overwhelmingly in favour of joining the World Trade Organisation.
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NEW YORK (Kyodo) Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi voiced Japan&#39;s desire Tuesday to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council, making his first strong pitch before the UN General Assembly and indicating the Constitution will not be revised to
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Several Central American countries and the Dominican Republic have pledged to support Taiwan in its bid to join the United Nations, officials said Thursday.
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BERLIN/PARIS: Russia agreed overnight (NZT) to back an agreement to forgive up to 80 per cent, or about $US33 billion ($NZ47.32 billion) worth, of Iraq&#39;s debts to the Paris Club of creditors, paving the way for further such write-offs by other countries.
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The European Union has concluded talks with Vietnam on its entry into the World Trade Organization, clearing a major hurdle in the Southeast Asian country's attempts to join the group by 2005.
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Security Council members were  receptive on Tuesday to a U.N. force for Chad and the Central  African Republic but must deal first with Chad's president, who  wants police and not soldiers.
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Hong Kong's former health chief said she has secured support from &quot;some countries&quot; for the top job at the World Health Organisation (WHO), hours before the nominations process was to end.
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New Zealand is just about as far from the North Atlantic as you can get. Despite the distance, leaders of NATO will next week be discussing how to draw the Pacific nation and other regional democracies further ...Comment
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The Netherlands would support European Union sanctions over Iran&#39;s nuclear programme if the UN Security Council fails to agree on new measures, Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen said Monday.
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New Zealand Rugby Union chief executive Chris Moller registered the union&#39;s interest with the IRB at a meeting in London this week.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council's five permanent members yesterday unanimously backed South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon's bid to become the United Nations' next secretary general, making it likely that he will be endorsed next week by the 15-nation council as the world's top diplomat.
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An international forum including China and Russia expressed support Saturday for an Asian to be the next head of the United Nations.
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said he has won broad support among Asian countries for Germany's bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council.
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Germany&#39;s dream of a permanent seat on the UN Security Council got support from Great Britain and France Thursday but prompted domestic concerns that the country was perhaps too ambitious.