46 nations call for tougher U.N. environment role
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Forty-six nations called for the creation of a more powerful U.N. environment agency on Saturday, saying the survival of humanity was at risk, but the United States, China and Russia did not sign up.
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A new report on ecological damage from greenhouse gases dominated the sidelines of a UN conference on global warming Saturday as delegates from nearly 200 nations
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The Security Council examined the role of natural resources such as diamonds, poppies and oil in driving conflicts and destabilizing nations, angering some countries that accused the U.N.'s most powerful body of trying to undermine their sovereignty.
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UNITED NATIONS UN Secretary General Kofi Annan (KOH&#39;-fee AN&#39;-nan) is calling for &quot;an unprecedented global response&quot; to the tsunami that&#39;s killed at least 119 thousand people in south Asia.
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The top U.N. official for the environment asked Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday to convene an emergency international summit to combat global climate change, an official said, joining a growing chorus of world leaders and scientists calling for urgent action to cut greenhouse gases.
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More than 100 nations struggled yesterday to strike a balance between what rich and poor countries must do to cut greenhouse gas emissions and slow global warming.
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UNITED NATIONS - The head of the Senate's Environment Committee called on the White House Friday to hold a summit grouping the 12 largest greenhouse-gas emitting nations.Sen.
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President Bush, under international pressure to take tough action against global warming, on Thursday called for a summit of the United States and other nations that spew the most greenhouse gases on the planet.
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More than 50 nations issued a   plea on Wednesday for 10 more countries to ratify a 10-year old   treaty banning nuclear tests, a step that would transform an   informal moratorium into a binding commitment.
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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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The United Nations says momentum is building for tougher long-term action to fight global warming beyond the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol and a climate meeting starting in Vienna on Monday will be a crucial part of the process.
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Some countries have taken major strides to improve the rights and reproductive health of women but more must be done to meet goals set at a UN conference a decade ago, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Seeking more influence over global decisions, Brazil, Germany, India and Japan joined forces to lobby for a permanent U.N. Security Council seat and pledged to work together to reform the United Nations.
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The world must act against natural disasters as well as climate change , the United Nations says.
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A panel of 18 scientists from 11 nations called for drastic reductions in fossil-fuel emissions around the world.
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Rising global temperatures that are melting the Arctic and expanding the oceans are now drawing more than 80 world leaders to the U.N. podium for an unprecedented summit Monday on how to combat climate change.
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UNITED NATIONS A high-level panel is calling for changes in the United Nations to better handle global threats in the 21st century.