Renovation plan proposed for UN building
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday proposed an accelerated plan to renovate the U.N.'s headquarters overlooking New York's East River that would complete the overhaul by 2013.
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The UN's cultural body meets in New Zealand to decide which sites should be given World Heritage status.
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A high-level panel appointed last year by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged on Tuesday the adoption of new, far-reaching ground rules to help the world face new and
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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
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The rules for using military force will be a key focus for an international panel working to update and reform the United Nations, a member of the panel said on Monday.
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The head of a U.N. inspection office said the world body needed a "major overhaul" of how it procures $1.9 billion in goods annually and called for less secrecy about probes of staff and companies involved.
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British architect David Chipperfield on Wednesday unveiled plans to complete the renovation of Berlin&#39;s Museum Island, that was damaged and fell into neglect during World War II and the communist division of the capital.
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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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The United Nations has proposed a major $97 million (54 million pound) overhaul of its security system with 778 new posts, a response to devastating safety reports after the 2003 bombing of its offices in Iraq.
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VIENNA -- In a fresh sign of easing tensions, North Korean officials yesterday invited the chief of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency to come to their capital, Pyongyang, next month to develop plans aimed at dismantling the nation's nuclear weapons program, officials said here.
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The former London and North Western Railway could be recreated under government plans, a report says.
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UNITED NATIONS -- A high-level United Nations panel is expected to recommend this week that the Security Council be enlarged from 15 to 24 members as part of a movement to reshape the world body in the 21st century, UN diplomats said.
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UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called on world nations to make a long-term commitment to rebuilding lives and communities shattered by the south Asia tsunami disaster.
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UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 7 -- After stalling efforts to renovate the United Nations' Manhattan headquarters, the Bush administration joined other U.N. members this week in approving $4.9 million to renovate incoming Secretary General Ban Ki Moon's East Side residence, including a new $2.1 million central heating and air-conditioning system and a $200,000 kitchen upgrade....
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The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog  said on Monday that moving to inspect and close facilities  behind North Korea's nuclear weapons program would be complex  as the two sides seek to rebuild severed ties.
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The U.N. proposed the most sweeping changes in its history and recommended the overhaul of its key decision-making arm.
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VIENNA -- The UN nuclear watchdog agency is pushing for a fresh look at an Iranian military complex linked by the United States to possible atomic arms research just days after being granted limited access, diplomats said yesterday.