UN plan would expand 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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UNITED NATIONS -- A high-level United Nations panel is expected to recommend this week that the Security Council be enlarged from 15 to 24 members as part of a movement to reshape the world body in the 21st century, UN diplomats said.
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The United Nations mission in East Timor  may be extended by another five years from 2008 to oversee the  revamp of the young nation&#39;s fragile security forces, its chief  said on Monday.
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UNITED NATIONS: India launched its bid for a permanent United Nations Security Council seat on Tuesday, saying that an increasing number of countries were supporting it and arguing that expanded membership was crucial for addressing new global threats.
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The Security Council voted unanimously Friday to extend the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo for a year and demanded that all militias and armed groups in the volatile east lay down their weapons and start disarming.
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The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to extend the mandate of the 13,600-member U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon and called for a permanent cease-fire and long-term solution to last summer's Israel-Hezbollah war.
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A report by a high-level panel on reforming the United Nations proposes expanding the criteria for U.N. military action but maintains the need for Security Council approval, U.N. diplomats said.
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The UN Security Council moved on several fronts to tackle the global upsurge in terrorist attacks, calling on all countries to prosecute or extradite terrorist suspects and starting a process that could lead to a greatly expanded list of terrorists
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The U.N. Security Council  endorsed 40 pages of plans on Friday for a Darfur peacekeeping  force of more than 23,000 troops and police to protect  civilians and use force to deter violence.
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Almaty. (Interfax-Kazakhstan) - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev thinks it is necessary to expand the UN Security Council and strengthen the role of the UN General Assembly in tackling the most pressing current issues.
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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 U.N. Security Council yesterday approved a long-sought resolution that would place an expanded peacekeeping force in Sudan's troubled Darfur region under U.N. authority, even as the government appeared to have begun a new offensive against rebel forces.
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Four nations have announced their intention to support each others&#39; candidacies as permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in an attempt to make the UN&#39;s executive body more representative and legitimate.
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NEW YORK - It is a classic UN dead end: Everyone agrees that the Security Council must be expanded to reflect a changed world, but no one can agree on how to do it.
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The U.N. Security Council called  on Wednesday for more funds for a hard-pressed African Union  peacekeeping force in Somalia and asked the U.N.  secretary-general to keep planning for a U.N. force there.
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CAIRO - Egypt&#39;s regional and international clout qualify it for a permanent seat on an expanded UN Security Council, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said on Saturday.
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UNITED NATIONS, New York The United Nations has proposed the most sweeping changes in its history, recommending the overhaul of its top decision-making group, the Security Council, and holding out the possibility that it could grant legitimacy to pre