UN Official Backs Down: Rich Nations Not &#39;Stingy&#39;
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The international response to a catastrophic tsunami in Asia has been quick and generous, a senior UN official said on Tuesday, playing down his earlier comments that wealthy nations were stingy.
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GENEVA, Oct 23 (IPS) - Rich countries have failed to carry out reform of  their domestic farm subsidies programmes to reduce distortions in  global trade, says a senior official of the Paris-based  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a  grouping of 30 wealthy nations.
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WASHINGTON - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan was pressed Thursday to do more in Iraq, while at the same time he was being snubbed by the US president.
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Handicapping the race to lead the U.N.
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TEHRAN -- The UN chief got little satisfaction yesterday at the close of his trip to Tehran, snubbed by Iran's leader over international demands to stop enriching uranium and ignored in warnings not to incite hatred by questioning the Holocaust.
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PARIS, Jan 17 (IPS) - The richer nations have made much of the freeze  they have offered on debt repayments from tsunami-hit countries,  but many of the affected countries do not seem to want this  concession.
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&quot;Letâs not forget that Indiaâs soft tone and tenor is motivated by its ambition for the UN Security Council membership. It cannot obviously seek support of any-one as an aggressor and arrogant nation.
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Top News News, United Nations,Indian diplomatic sources have played down the upcoming recommendations of a high-level panel that fall short of New Delhi&#39;s expectations of getting full membership of the UN&#39;s Security Council.
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Britain, Germany, France, Russia, and China have rallied around Kofi Annan, but US President George W. Bush did not explicitly endorse the UN chief, under fire
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Rich nations failed to agree at meetings this weekend on a plan for canceling the debts the world&#39;s poorest countries owe to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
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The international response to a catastrophic tsunami in Asia has been quick and generous, a senior UN official said on December 28, 2004, playing down his earlier comments that wealthy nations were stingy.
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Britain, Germany, France,  Russia, and China rallied around U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan on Thursday, but President Bush refused to explicitly  endorse the U.N. chief under fire over suspected corruption in  an Iraqi-oil sales program.
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Wealthy countries are falling billions of dollars short of their promises to help fund reproductive health care and improvements in the status of women around the world, the United Nations said Wednesday.
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Taiwan says it regrets the United Nations&#39; decision not to consider allowing the island a seat in the world body. Taiwan&#39;s foiled bid is seen as another victory in China&#39;s efforts to diplomatically isolate the self-governed island.
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Britain, Germany, France,  Russia, and China rallied around U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan on Thursday, but President Bush did not explicitly  endorse the U.N. chief, under fire over suspected corruption in  the now-defunct Iraq humanitarian program.
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Tests reveal that a substance found at the U.N. is not dangerous.
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Secretary General Kofi Annan admitted that the UN oil-for-food scandal had &quot;cast a shadow&quot; over the United Nations, and made 2004 an especially troubled year, however, he played down the question of resigning.