Yawer demands help from UN for elections
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BAGHDAD -- Interim President Ghazi al-Yawer demanded more help from the United Nations ahead of the country's Jan. 30 elections, saying yesterday that poor security was no excuse for the world body to stay away.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan assured the Iraqis that the world body will provide assistance to their elections next year, including more staff &quot;as circumstances permit.
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The UN secretary general asks world leaders to make an unprecedented response to the Indian Ocean disaster.
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Britain called for a stronger United Nations that would back political or even military intervention in states that commit crimes against humanity or suffer humanitarian disasters.
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The United Nations secretary-general has urged the Security Council to take immediate action over a US draft resolution on Sudan&#39;s Darfur region.
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The United Nations has not sent enough election workers to help monitor pivotal elections scheduled for January, Iraq&#39;s foreign minister said here Wednesday.
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By Evelyn LeopoldUNITED NATIONS - 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 a South Korean ...Comment
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Calling for urgent reform of the United Nations, President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged to help Brazil, Germany, India, Japan and a major African country join the UN Security Council as permanent members.
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Leaders offer to visit strife-torn region and renew call for UN resolution.
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International and Sri Lankan human rights campaigners called for a United Nations inquiry into abuses against civilians by Tamil Tiger rebels and government forces on the strife-torn island.
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The UN urges an independent investigation into reports of human rights abuses in Ethiopia's Ogaden region.
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The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday urged all Lebanese political parties to enter into talks to prevent a further deterioration of the political crisis there.
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Palestinian officials appealed Thursday for international monitors to help with their presidential elections and urged Israel&#39;s unilateral plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip be folded into a stalled international peace plan.
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WASHINGTON -- The United Nations special representative for Iraq yesterday painted a bleak picture of the situation on the ground and ruled out a large-scale return of UN personnel to Iraq, despite mounting US and Iraqi pressure for more UN help with elections that are slated for January.
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Iraqi elections should go ahead as planned in January despite mounting violence unless the United Nations says it is not feasible, interim President Ghazi al-Yawar says.
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THE United Nations intends to open two offices outside of Baghdad following pressure from Washington and Iraqi authorities to provide more help before January 30 elections, officials said today.
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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.