U.N. secretary-general flunks first test
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U.N. Secretary-General Flunks First Test Ban Ki-moon passed a crucial test in Paris last month, a French-only lunch with President Jacques Chirac.Comment
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon met Friday with a scandal-stung predecessor, Kurt Waldheim, and his spokeswoman described the visit as "private and personal" while sidestepping questions about the appropriateness of the meeting.
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After two years, the United States and the United Nations had hoped to take the spotlight off the bitterly divisive war in Iraq. It didn't happen. At the opening of the U.N. General Assembly, President Bush and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan sparred over the war that can't escape the headlines.
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The prime minister has thrown his weight behind beleaguered secretary general of the United Nations as Kofi Annan faces stringent criticism over the UN oil-for-food scandal in Iraq.
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Flying 215,000 miles and visiting 39 countries, Ban Ki-moon has put tireless energy into his first year as U.N. secretary-general but has struggled to raise the profile of the much-criticized body.
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STATE DEPARTMENT Secretary of State Powell is rejecting comments made by the UN secretary-general about the war in Iraq. In an interview with the BBC, Kofi Annan (KOH&#39;-fee AN&#39;-nan) called the US-led military
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The U.N. chief got little satisfaction Sunday at the close of his trip to Tehran, snubbed by Iran's leader over international demands to stop enriching uranium and ignored in warnings not to incite hatred by questioning the Holocaust.
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Sudan's president again rejected the deployment of U.N. peacekeeping troops in the war-torn Darfur region during a meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Saturday. But one of the country's two vice presidents said he would accept international intervention.
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Most top U.N. officials have defied a request to submit their resignations to make way for new appointees, the world body said on Wednesday, hinting at the obstacles to reform faced by new U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon.
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan was at pains to avoid controversy during a visit to Britain, one of the chief proponents of a war in Iraq that Annan recently described as illegal.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell  disputed U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's assertion that the  U.S.-led war in Iraq was illegal and said in an interview  published on Friday the comment was "not a very useful  statement to make at this point."
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Flying 215,000 miles and  visiting 39 countries, Ban Ki-moon has put tireless energy into  his first year as U.N. secretary-general but has struggled to  raise the profile of the much-criticized body.
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India rejected a request by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan to visit tsunami-hit areas of the country, fearful such a trip would interfere with relief efforts, a newspaper said.
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U.N. officials on Thursday  defended elaborate precautions they took in a Manhattan office  last week after finding possible toxic chemicals, which tests  now indicate was a commercial solvent.
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A ranking South Korean official on Friday argued it was too early to assume that the country will be referred to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for its past nuclear experiments.
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In a blow to US, the United Nations has turned down its request to assist Iraqi judges and prosecutors trying ousted President Saddam Hussein.
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UNITED NATIONS - A union representing United Nations (search) staff has voted &quot;no confidence&quot; in senior management, including Secretary-General Kofi Annan (search).