U.N. rights council up and running despite friction
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The new United Nations human rights watchdog earned mixed reviews Tuesday after its treatment of Cuba and Israel caused friction among major powers.
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NEW YORK - It is a classic UN dead end: Everyone agrees that the Security Council must be expanded to reflect a changed world, but no one can agree on how to do it.
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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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The Security Council handed South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon a second victory in a &quot;straw poll&quot; to select a successor to UN chief Kofi Annan, but the race remains wide open with more candidates expected to enter the fray.
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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, 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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Some of the five permanent members of  the United Nations Security Council are using their clout to  raise issues that do not belong in the decision-making body,  South Africa&#39;s foreign minister said on Tuesday.
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It has been striking how many speakers at the United Nations General Assembly this week have raised the three issues of achieving Palestinian statehood, fighting terrorism and promoting democracy around the world.
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September 25, 2004 -- While the opening of the General As sembly&#39;s 59th session drew much attention to the United Nations this past week, a flaccid Security Council resolution regarding Sudan re-confirmed the world body&#39;s irrelevance.
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United Nations: Buoyed by strong support from member nations including four out of five Security Council members, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has firmly rejected the demand of some American lawmakers to resign in view of allegations of corruption in
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Germany has been striving to be a permanent member of the UN Security Council throughout 2004, with initial success but still a rough road ahead.
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The U.N. Security Council backed the Lebanese government on Monday in its battle against Palestinian militants and expressed deep concern at "mounting information" of illegal arms crossing from Syria.
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The reform of the United Nations continued to dominate the fourth day of the general debate of the 59th session of the UN General Assembly on Friday.
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Japan has vowed to pursue its campaign for reform of the UN Security Council from which it hopes to secure a permanent seat on the key body despite opposition from some of its neighbours.
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Visiting UN Security Council diplomats push for 2005 elections in DR Congo despite huge obstacles.
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Members of the U.N. Security Council met yesterday behind closed doors to discuss the political situation in Burma for the first time, and afterward the U.S. ambassador, John R. Bolton, said the United States would push for a resolution on human rights and freedom for political prisoners to be voted...
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept 19: As the UN General Assembly began its 59th session, calls for the reform and expansion of the UN Security Council have gained new momentum with more nations staking