UN watchdog says ready to go back to Iraq if asked
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VIENNA, Oct 13  - The UN nuclear watchdog, blocked from returning to Iraq since the US-led war, is ready to send inspectors back after reports of the disappearance of high-tech equipment that could be used to make nuclear weapons, a spokesman said
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TOKYO - Japan will try to confirm what UN Secretary General Kofi Annan meant by reportedly saying the US-led invasion of Iraq was an illegal act, top government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda said Thursday.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan assured the Iraqis that the world body will provide assistance to their elections next year, including more staff &quot;as circumstances permit.
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U.N. nuclear inspectors are welcome to  return, an Iraqi minister said on Tuesday in response to  concerns of an "apparent systematic dismantlement" of Saddam  Hussein's once-vigorous nuclear program.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan was questioned twice last year by the commission  investigating the Iraq oil-for-food scandal, a U.N. spokesman  acknowledged on Tuesday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was questioned twice last year by the commission investigating the Iraq oil-for-food scandal, a U.N. spokesman acknowledged on Tuesday.
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Under pressure to start withdrawing U.S. troops, the Bush administration wants the United Nations to play an expanded role in Iraq as a mediator both internally and with neighboring countries.
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The UN is &quot;doing the job&quot; of supporting elections in Iraq and no more staff are needed there, its Secretary General, Kofi Annan, has said.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's appeal for international troops to protect U.N. monitors during Iraq's elections next year is unlikely to get a reply from Europe before the U.S. elections, analysts and ...
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Iraq&#39;s interim government intends to proceed with elections in January even if the United Nations withdraws its experts from the country
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The United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, has declined to give a firm commitment about increasing the number of UN personnel in Iraq ahead of next month&#39;s elections in the country.
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U.N. nuclear inspectors are welcome to return, an Iraqi minister said on Tuesday in response to concerns of an "apparent systematic dismantlement" of Saddam Hussein's once-vigorous nuclear program.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says plans for elections scheduled for January in Iraq are on track and voting should take place if the situation holds.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Most international specialists assessing the fairness of Iraq's elections will monitor the Jan. 30 vote from the safety of neighboring Jordan, but a few observers will head to Baghdad and perhaps other Iraqi cities if security permits, UN and other officials said yesterday.
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A panel commissioned by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to draft a plan to broaden the UN Security Council is expected to issue its recommendations tomorrow.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has told Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett that her country's troops will be able to go home at the end of next year, voicing confidence that order will have been restored in war-torn Iraq by then.
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It is still "technically possible" for Iraq to hold elections in January as scheduled, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Thursday, while acknowledging that the United Nations may not have enough staff on the scene to support preparations for the vote.