French president urges expansion of UN Security Council on visit to Oxford
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OXFORD, England  - French President Jacques Chirac said Friday the United Nations Security Council does not represent today's world and should be expanded to include Germany, Japan and developing countries such as Brazil and India as permanent members.
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French President Jacques Chirac has called for a sounder and fairer international order based on a reformed and strengthened United Nations.
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The United Nations appealed to  Europeans on Friday to commit soldiers to the first wave of  3,500 troops for a U.N. force in Lebanon and the United States  urged France to be among the key contributors.
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LONDON : French President Jacques Chirac begins a two-day visit to Britain for an annual Anglo-French summit with the issue of Iraq still hanging over relations between the two European powers.
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The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday called on all parties in Ivory Coast to redouble efforts to hold elections by June and extended the mandate of U.N. and French peacekeepers in Ivory Coast to help organize the ballot.
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France's President Jacques Chirac has urged African leaders to strengthen democracy and the rule of law as he opened a summit seen as one of his last major forays on the world stage.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday championed the idea of a &quot;simplified treaty&quot; for the European Union, which European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso said was gaining support.
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French President Jacques Chirac continued a fence-mending but at times edgy state visit to Britain Friday reaffirming that the U.N. should decide on foreign interventions.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran have called for the expansion of the United Nations Security Council through the creation of eight non-permanent seats for four-year renewable terms rather than through the addition of new permanent members.
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Jacques Chirac told Oxford students today that France&#39;s relations with Britain were as important to it as its ties with Germany, despite recent disagreements over the war in Iraq.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to Poland on Thursday could tip the balance in persuading its eurosceptic conservative leaders not to veto talks on a new European Union treaty.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Thursday asked Europe to lend troops, civilian workers and expertise to the world body&#39;s operations.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Monday urged China to play a bigger role in promoting world development and maintain world peace so as to make leading contribution to world development and security.
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The French president says the European arms embargo on China is outdated and should be lifted.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said  France could boost its presence in Afghanistan to help the  Afghan army and police in a surprise visit to give French  troops his Christmas greetings.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited India on Friday to cement ties with a booming Asian economic power, trying to boost civil nuclear cooperation and defence deals.
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Britain and France said on Friday they would push for the U.N. Security Council to quickly authorise thousands of troops and police for Darfur and told Khartoum to act fast on the crisis or face more sanctions.