Four nations launch UN seat bid
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Brazil, Germany, Japan and India launch a joint bid for permanent seats on the UN Security Council.
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Kofi Annan, the Secretary General of the United Nations, was welcomed to London by the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, on 19 October 2004.
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Britain and the United States  called for a vote on Thursday on a U.N. resolution to allow the  United Nations to begin assembling a peacekeeping force for  Sudan's Darfur region, despite opposition from the government  in Khartoum.
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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 United States and European  nations hope to circulate a U.N. Security Council resolution on  Wednesday that seeks a four-month delay on a independence plan  for Kosovo in an effort to get Russia&#39;s approval.
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Britain, France and Ghana on Wednesday circulated a revised Security Council draft resolution authorizing joint African Union-UN peacekeeping in Darfur for an initial period of 12 months.
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The EU's biggest four countries are pushing to impose and oversee independence in Kosovo without a fresh UN mandate, risking the ire of Russia and Serbia
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World leaders gathering at the United Nations confront a depressing global agenda dominated by new terrorist threats, a humanitarian disaster in Sudan, turmoil in Iraq, and a growing gap between the richest and poorest inhabitants of planet Earth.
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Taiwan has launched a fresh bid for membership of the United Nations, a presidential aide said Friday, but the move met with an immediate riposte from China.
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A United Nations panel has called for the UN&#39;s main decision-making body, the security council, to be expanded from 15 to 24 members, giving broader representation to developing countries.
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World leaders and personalities from some 60 countries Tuesday launched a new UN forum aimed at averting the "predicted clash of civilizations" in the wake of September 11 and other terror attacks.
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Candidates in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election began 30 days of campaigning for the Oct. 9 poll, the United Nations said.
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Handicapping the race to lead the U.N.
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Germany, Japan, Brazil and India -- the so-called G4 group --launched a joint effort for permament seats on the United Nations Security Council after meeting on the fringes of the UN General Assembly in New York.
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Several Central American countries and the Dominican Republic have pledged to support Taiwan in its bid to join the United Nations, officials said Thursday.
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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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[World News]: Islamabad, Dec 28 : Pakistan and Iran Tuesday called for a debate on proposed reforms of the United Nations and supported the creation of eight new Security Council seats, the foreign office said.