U.S. wants decision now on U.N. chief race
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U.S. Ambassador John Bolton   pushed on Wednesday for a quick resolution in the race to   succeed Kofi Annan as U.N. secretary-general, an action that   could favor the South Korean front-runner.
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Sen. John McCain on Sunday urged quick confirmation for John Bolton as U.N. ambassador, saying the nominee is needed to talk back to "two-bit dictators" such as Venezuela's president.
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The Bush administration's choice to run the World Bank could be revealed as soon as this week, the White House said Tuesday.
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By Dick Meyer. By Dotty Lynch. By Tom Fenton. With six weeks until Election Day, President Bush went before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday hoping to soften his image stateside.
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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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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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Robert Zoellick, a nimble negotiator who has crisscrossed the globe as President Bush's trade chief and as the country's No. 2 diplomat, is the White House's choice to be the next World Bank president. Bush will announce the decision on Wednesday, according to a senior administration official.
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THE US has switched direction on the future of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, announcing yesterday it supported his tenure and was not calling for his resignation.
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Jordan's U.N. Ambassador Prince Zeid al Hussein announced his candidacy on Tuesday to be the next U.N. secretary-general, becoming the fifth hopeful and the first Muslim to enter the race to succeed Kofi Annan.
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UNITED NATIONS - The United States called for a Thursday vote on a resolution telling Syria to stop interfering in Lebanonâs presidential election despite strong opposition to the measure in the UN Security Council.
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Two days before Lebanon's parliament meets to pick the army chief as head of state, a U.S. envoy said on Saturday the country should hold the vote which has been delayed repeatedly by pro- and anti-Syrian factions.
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The United States and its major-power  partners want a decision on the final status of Serbia's United  Nations-administered Kosovo province this year and see no need  for delay, a U.S. envoy said on Monday.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The United States expressed confidence in Secretary General Kofi Annan yesterday and said he should remain at the helm of the United Nations, an abrupt turnaround from its refusal to back him last week after a US senator called for his resignation.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is to urge the US to work with other nations rather than acting unilaterally.
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The Indian candidate for U.N. secretary-general said that the race to succeed Kofi Annan 'could well be all over' if the current front-runner again does well in the next informal poll of the U.N. Security ...Comment
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Description: The president plans to nominate one of his closest aides to serve as the next Secretary of State. Condoleezza Rice would replace Colin Powell, who announced his departure Monday.
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The Bush administration on Friday urged quick U.N. action on a global treaty to ban all cloning of human embryos, including for medical research, but diplomats said the measure would go nowhere before the Nov. 2 U.S. elections.