Security Council reform hot topic at UN meet
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UNITED NATIONS : UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has been pushing for an overhaul of the United Nations, and the biggest challenge of all is how to reform the Security Council.
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With the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq serving as a backdrop, a high-level international panel called for sweeping changes Tuesday of the United Nations, including a recommendation that the Security Council must in the future authorize any pre-emptive or preventive global military action.
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South Africa is ready to serve as a permanent member of a revamped UN Security Council, the foreign minister said as a campaign for expanding the UN&#39;s decision-making body heated up.
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NEW YORK: Kofi Annan&#39;s plan to more than double the international peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo has received a frosty reception at the UN Security Council.
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The United Nations proposed the most sweeping reforms in its history yesterday, recommending the overhaul of its key decision-making organ, the Security Council, and holding
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Britain and India made their case for reform of the United Nations Security Council, arguing its credibility was at stake if it did not bring new players onto the world stage.
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The Security Council has bemoaned the slow progress in initiating democratic reforms in Myanmar and pressed for an early visit to the country by UN mediator Ibrahim Gambari.
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A UN Security Council team held talks in Khartoum on Sunday to thrash out the details of a beefed up peacekeeping force for Darfur after the Sudan government finally gave its green light to the plan.
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World leaders gathering at the United Nations confront a depressing global agenda dominated by new terrorist threats, a humanitarian disaster in Sudan, turmoil in Iraq, and a growing gap between the richest and poorest inhabitants of planet Earth.
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Pakistan and Iran called for a debate on the UN proposed reforms and as well as creating eight non-permanent Security Council seats, Pakistanâs foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
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For the fourth time in history, the UN Security Council met away from its New York headquarters. Gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, it again attempted to find a way to bring peace to one of Africa&#39;s longest-running conflicts and humanitarian disasters.
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With the U.N. Security Council meeting this week to consider whether to impose sanctions on Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took aim at the body Tuesday, saying the United States' permanent inclusion on the council undermines its effectiveness and credibility.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Just a few months ago, Kofi Annan was one of the most respected UN chiefs in history, poised to lead the organization through a sweeping agenda of reform.
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World leaders gathered at the United Nations on Tuesday to confront an agenda dominated by new terrorist threats, a humanitarian disaster in Sudan, turmoil in Iraq
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The United Nations unveiled a sweeping proposal to overhaul the organisation, including the Security Council, in what would be the biggest UN reform since its founding in 1945.
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A high-level panel appointed last year by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged on Tuesday the adoption of new, far-reaching ground rules to help the world face new and
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The reform of the United Nations continued to dominate the fourth day of the general debate of the 59th session of the UN General Assembly on Friday.