The Saturday Profile: For New U.N. Chief, a Past Misstep Leads to Opportunity
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Incoming U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon got his new job in an unlikely manner for a man known for head-of-the-class performances.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, making his first trip to Washington since members of Congress called for his resignation over allegations of fraud in
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New York - The United Nations last week unveiled a wide-ranging blueprint to reform the organisation, but found media attention more focused on calls for UN secretary-general Kofi Annan to resign.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has chosen the head of the U.N. Development Program as his new chief of staff, who will be looked at to help push through reforms as the global body faces corruption allegations and strained relations with Washington.
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Dec. 3, 2004 -- In his first interview since announcing his resignation as US ambassador to the United Nations, John Danforth forcefully denied that he stepped down because of disappointment that he was not
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There is no doubt that we are in a time of chaos in the world. Wars and genocide are as prevalent as ever.     Misery and suffering are on every continent of the globe we call earth. The world is currently focused on the 'War In Iraq' and the problem of nuclear proliferation in Iran and North Korea but the sad fact is threats to world peace are as prevalent as ever in spite of the efforts of the UN.    Where do we turn? Our respective governments? Grassroots support? Does genocide on the African continent for example even matter?    It is not unreasonable to look to the United Nations for understanding and problem resolution. Presumably, we expect it to be an unbiased and peace loving organization. Yet at closer examination one begins to realize the fact that the United Nations has been a total failure in terms of world peace. Rarely has the UN brought enough countries together to form an alliance to intervene meaningfully in the affairs of an oppressive and brutal country.    With the exception of the World Health Organization little good has come from the peace making mission of the U.N. I suggest the UN go to what it does best. With its world standing already established, the UN should focus on research, education and health, the missions it does best.
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UNITED NATIONS -- South Korea's former ambassador to the United Nations, Choi Young-jin, will travel to Ivory Coast in the coming weeks to run the world body's peacekeeping efforts, making him the first South Korean diplomat to lead a major U.N. mission in Africa, and the latest compatriot tapped...
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An American was appointed to head U.N. political affairs on Friday after the United States vied for the first time to hold the post that negotiates agreements in a variety of crisis points around the world, the United Nations announced.
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Â·  Chief negotiator resigns after rift on strategyÂ·   Doubts surround future of foreign minister
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Analysis: Past U.N. plans to pacify the country haven't worked. Why it's  unlikely the latest ceasefire resolution can do it either
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U.S. Ambassador John Bolton   pushed on Wednesday for a quick resolution to the race to   succeed Kofi Annan as U.N. secretary-general, a move that could   favor the South Korean front-runner.
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A TIME correspondent recalls his meeting with the late U.N. Secretary General on the defensive about his Wehrmacht past
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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.
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The race for Dirctor-General at the World Health Organization has always been peppered with horse-trading, but this year's election could be the most unseemly to date
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For generations, the United States has selected its diplomats through a two-stage test seen as a model of merit-based rigor. Pass hundreds of questions in a dozen subject areas and a day-long oral grilling by Foreign Service officers, and join the ranks. Fail, and find a different line of work.
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Paddy Ashdown presents his plan after he was rebuffed as U.N. special envoy.
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The abrupt resignation of Sean O&#39;Keefe will saddle NASA&#39;s next admnistrator with unfinished business: struggling to return