U.N. rights council adopts reforms
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Members of the U.N.'s new human rights watchdog formally agreed Tuesday to continue their scrutiny of Israel while halting investigations into Cuba and Belarus &#151; a move that immediately drew fire from the United States.
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The United Nations new human rights  watchdog agreed on Monday rules for working that oblige all  states -- even members of the Security Council -- to submit to  periodic scrutiny of their records.
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UNITED NATIONS - Facing a surge of attacks around the globe, the UN Security Council on Friday voted unanimously to step up its campaign against terror but backed away from authorizing a new list of terrorists who could be subject to sanctions and
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Japan says that all permanent members of the UN Security Council should be treated equally and have veto powers after the world body is revamped.
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The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution introduced by Russia to bolster international measures against terrorism.
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The UN Security Council voted yesterday to monitor illegal arms flows in Somalia for another six months, with an eye to tightening an arms embargo imposed on the East African country 12 years ago. The 15-nation council unanimously adopted a resolution stressing the obligation of all 191 UN member-states to comply fully with the 1992 weapons ban and ''expressing its ...
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UNITED NATIONS Oct. 8, 2004 - Facing a surge of attacks around the globe, the UN Security Council voted unanimously Friday to step up its campaign against terror but backed away from authorizing a new list
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The U.N. proposed the most sweeping changes in its history and recommended the overhaul of its key decision-making arm.
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The United Nations is adopting new steps in its global tsunami-relief campaign to guard against improprieties like those alleged in the oil-for-food program for Iraq, U.N. officials said Monday.
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Lawmakers approved amending Ivory Coast&#39;s constitution Friday to widen the pool of potential presidential candidates, implementing a crucial reform from a French-brokered peace deal last year for this war-riven West African nation.
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The United Nations new human rights watchdog agreed on Monday rules for working that oblige all states -- even members of the Security Council -- to submit to periodic scrutiny of their records.
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UNITED NATIONS : UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has been pushing for an overhaul of the United Nations, and the biggest challenge of all is how to reform the Security Council.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says the organization is in need of reform, but remains the international community&#39;s best hope for facing global threats and challenges.
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The U.N. Security Council was  set Friday to adopt a Russian-drafted resolution that seeks to  expand the prosecution and extradition of terrorist groups and  individuals, such as Chechen separatist leaders.
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The UN General Assembly adopts a treaty giving greater rights to the world's 650m disabled people
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Several U.N. Security Council nations expressed misgivings about a draft resolution introduced by Russia on Monday that would create a new blacklist of terrorist suspects subject to extradition.
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UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations, hit by a number of scandals, plans to revise its rules to better protect whistle-blowers, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said.