UN votes to put Burma on agenda
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A US-sponsored motion puts Burma on the formal agenda of the UN Security Council, drawing China's anger.
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Junta to meet as Burma sees the largest demonstrations yet against the country's ruling military.
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United Nations, Aug 18 - The United Nations has told the ruling military Junta in Myanmar that its process for transition to democracy and national reconciliation will lack &quot;credibility&quot; unless it engages the opposition political parties and releases ...
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The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize an African Union force to help stabilize Somalia over the next six months, setting the stage for U.N. peacekeepers to take over the long-term job of bringing peace to the Horn of Africa nation.
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The UN Security Council is set to vote on deploying 17,000-strong peacekeeping force seen as crucial to the success of a fragile peace agreement holding in Sudan's Darfur region.
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President George W. Bush is set to announce new U.S. sanctions against Myanmar over human rights as the annual U.N. General Assembly gathering of world leaders gets under way on Tuesday.
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Myanmar's military government will hold a referendum on a new constitution in May this year followed by multi-party elections in 2010, the first in two decades, state television announced on Saturday.
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The European Union drops its objections to allowing Burma to attend a joint summit with Asia later in the year.
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The Security Council voted unanimously Friday to wrap up the U.N. peacebuilding mission in Sierra Leone in September 2008, praising this year's democratic elections and efforts to professionalize its armed forces.
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The Bush administration and lawmakers from both parties are pushing for the U.N. Security Council to condemn Myanmar's recent crackdown on activists.
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President George W. Bush announced new U.S. sanctions against Myanmar on Tuesday as world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly focused on rising protests against military rule in the southeast Asian state.
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Bowing to international pressure, Myanmar's rulers on Tuesday agreed to bring forward to early November a return visit by UN mediator Ibrahim Gambari a day after clearing the first visit by the UN's top human rights official in four years.
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Gordon Brown calls for an urgent UN meeting on Burma, saying that "the whole world is now watching".
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The UN secretary general calls for Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be freed from house arrest.
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BANGKOK - After 14 years of on-and-off sessions, a constitutional convention in Burma produced a set of charter guidelines yesterday, the first step on a "road map to democracy" whose end is still not in sight.
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Burma's military junta announces a constitutional referendum in May and a general election in 2010.
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The UN holds talks on the crisis in Burma, following a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests.