U.N. defends action on chemicals that alarmed NY
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U.N. officials on Thursday defended elaborate precautions they took in a Manhattan office last week after finding possible toxic chemicals, which tests now indicate was a commercial solvent.
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A substance removed from the United Nations office last week is not a toxic chemical agent, police and a U.N. official told CNN on Thursday.
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GENEVA -- The U.N. health chief on Wednesday harshly criticized countries that do not share their H5N1 virus samples, accusing them of crippling the world in the fight against a possible flu pandemic.
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Some House Democrats are coming to the defense of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan after several Republican lawmakers called for his resignation because of allegations of corruption in the organization's oil-for-food program.
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Council approve any &quot;preventive&quot; war, which was not the case when the United States invaded Iraq. organized crime. It criticised UN bodies, from the Security Council to the Human Rights Commission and proposed the world body.
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The U.S. delegation to a global conference on disasters wants to purge a U.N. action plan of its references to climate change as a potential cause of future natural calamities.
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Description: A Bush administration task force has raised serious doubts about whether drugs imported from abroad can be made safe.
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Officials investigate why  seemingly harmless chemicals were mistaken for bio-warfare agents at a UN building.
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The United States is lining up with China, India and the world's other biggest polluters in opposition to mandatory cuts in Earth-warming greenhouse gases sought by the United Nations and European countries.
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By Mimi Hall  WASHINGTON -- New government rules seeking to thwart terrorist attacks on chemical plants are facing stiff opposition from state leaders, environmentalists and others who say the regulations are flawed, vague and unlikely to protect the public.
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United Nations officials found vials of dangerous chemicals in a locked box in a U.N. building near the world body's New York headquarters that inspectors had removed from Iraq a decade ago, but U.N. officials said on Thursday there was no danger.
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Scientists in Hong Kong say they may have found a series of chemicals that could counter the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and other viruses.
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UNITED NATIONS, Aug 10 (IPS) - Two leading human rights groups have criticised the  U.N. Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee for  refusing to castigate governments that crack down on human rights  in the name of fighting terrorism.
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The world must act against natural disasters as well as climate change , the United Nations says.
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Tests reveal that a substance found at the U.N. is not dangerous.
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New rules to help the United Nations  contain public health emergencies took effect on Friday,  requiring countries to disclose potential threats from disease,  chemical agents, radioactive materials and contaminated food.
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Scientists in Hong Kong said yesterday they had devised a new way to identify chemicals that can counter new and dangerous viruses, such as SARS, and these chemicals may be developed into drugs.