US Stops Short of Backing Brazil on UN Council Seat
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By Saul Hudson SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The United States stoppedshort of endorsing Brazil's ambition for a permanent seat on anexpanded U.N. Security Council but did say the country would bea "solid candidate."
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Brazil's president called Tuesday for a U.N. Security Council that reflects "today's reality," ahead of a meeting with Japan, India and Germany to press for permanent seats on the powerful body.
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Brazil is a serious contender for a possible spot on an expanded UN Security Council, due to its size and its non-nuclear status, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday.
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The US considers Brazil a ``solid candidate&#39;&#39; to join an enlarged United Nations Security Council, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said.
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US Ambassador John Danforth criticized the UN General Assembly yesterday after diplomats made clear they will scuttle a resolution denouncing rights abuses in Sudan's Darfur region. Diplomats meeting in the General Assembly's human rights committee postponed a vote until today, when they are expected to file a ''no action&quot; motion -- a procedural move that lets them put off the ...
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The US State Department refused Wednesday to comment on calls for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to resign because of the oil-for-food scandal.
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UNITED NATIONS: The United States on Tuesday vetoed the draft of an Arab-backed resolution at the UN Security Council, which would have called on Israel to end its military operation in the Gaza Strip.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The United States expressed confidence in Secretary General Kofi Annan yesterday and said he should remain at the helm of the United Nations, an abrupt turnaround from its refusal to back him last week after a US senator called for his resignation.
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During a speech at the UN General Assembly yesterday, British Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, said that Brazil should be a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
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Brazilian president says countries come to agreement at the UN and not under US leadership.
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UNITED NATIONS, Dec 4: Although UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan received unqualified support from most of the 191 member states of the United Nations, UN officials and diplomats fear that
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The United States gave UN Secretary General Kofi Annan a belated show of support but said the United Nations remains under a cloud over allegations of corruption in Iraq.
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By Mark Turner at the United Nations and Guy Dinmore in Washington. The White House declined to express confidence on Wednesday in Kofi Annan&#39;s leadership as United Nations secretary general, on the day that
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The United Nations again blocked  Taiwan&#39;s quest for membership in the world body on Wednesday  despite a high-profile campaign this year by Taipei that has  irritated the United States as well as China.
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UNITED NATIONS The United States has now joined the rest of the world backing United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. It&#39;s an abrupt turnaround from the US refusal to back him last week after a senator called for his resignation.
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Russia has ruled out UN Security Council sanctions against Sudan for its failure to control Arab militias in the Darfur region. The senior UN envoy to Sudan will brief the Council Thursday on his just-completed
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Russia, China, Britain, France, Germany and dozens of other countries have rallied to support beleaguered U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan after a U.S. senator called for his resignation &#151; but the United States has stayed quiet.