POLITICS: 'Reclaim Your United Nations,' Say Civil Society Leaders
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LONDON, Nov 18 (IPS) - Twentieth-century modes of international governance  must be adapted to the new millennium, and the time has come, say  civil society activists, because the United Nations will soon  reach its 60th anniversary, and international institutions like  the World Bank and World Trade Organisation need to be more  democratic.
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After a trying year punctuated by calls for his resignation by U.S. lawmakers, Secretary General Kofi Annan said the United States and the United Nations have to find a way to the put their disputes behind them and move ahead with plans to reform the world body and meet poverty reduction goals.
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Under fire amid a rash of civil war  human rights abuses, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has  turned the tables on the United Nations, questioning its  efficiency, and ability to help tackle terrorism.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Monday voiced his hope to an international meeting on water,sanitation and hygiene that one day the world will no longer have to face
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BRUSSELS, Sep 1 (IPS) - Leading civil society groups are cautiously  optimistic that development will rise among EU priorities.
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With around 100 world leaders converging on New York this week for the UN General Assembly, the hot-button item is Security Council reform.
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan outlines his vision for the UN in the 21st Century.
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There is no doubt that we are in a time of chaos in the world. Wars and genocide are as prevalent as ever.     Misery and suffering are on every continent of the globe we call earth. The world is currently focused on the 'War In Iraq' and the problem of nuclear proliferation in Iran and North Korea but the sad fact is threats to world peace are as prevalent as ever in spite of the efforts of the UN.    Where do we turn? Our respective governments? Grassroots support? Does genocide on the African continent for example even matter?    It is not unreasonable to look to the United Nations for understanding and problem resolution. Presumably, we expect it to be an unbiased and peace loving organization. Yet at closer examination one begins to realize the fact that the United Nations has been a total failure in terms of world peace. Rarely has the UN brought enough countries together to form an alliance to intervene meaningfully in the affairs of an oppressive and brutal country.    With the exception of the World Health Organization little good has come from the peace making mission of the U.N. I suggest the UN go to what it does best. With its world standing already established, the UN should focus on research, education and health, the missions it does best.
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The representatives of Sudanese Civil Society groups addressed the UN Security Council with a message at a special session, which was held in Nairobi today: &quot;People in Sudan want peace and they want it now.
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This is sad. Kofi Annan convenes a grand council of the great and the good of international diplomacy and asks them to come up with a new charter that re-invents the United Nations.
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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.
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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
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The UN General Assembly has given Secretary-General Kofi Annan a symbolic show of support in the face of calls by some US lawmakers for his resignation.
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More than 40 world leaders will gather at the United Nations (UN) in New York later tonight to discuss ways of alleviating hunger and poverty.
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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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UNITED NATIONS, Dec 4: Although UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan received unqualified support from most of the 191 member states of the United Nations, UN officials and diplomats fear that
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GLASGOW, May 29 (IPS) - Representatives of civic groups from the  post-Soviet region admit that their organisations are sometimes  more closely following the democratisation line set by donors  than the aspirations of their societies.