U.N. urges foreign forces, Taliban to cut civilian deaths
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U.N. officials in Afghanistan said on Monday that up to 380 civilians were killed in the Afghan conflict in the first four months of 2007 and called on Western military forces and the Taliban to respect laws protecting civilians.
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Britain lobbied U.N. officials on Thursday with a proposal for the world body to lead a comprehensive "campaign plan" for peace in Afghanistan, where NATO-led troops are struggling against Taliban insurgents.
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The Red Cross calls on warring parties in Afghanistan to do more to protect civilians as the conflict spreads.
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NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop  Scheffer pledged on Tuesday to investigate civilian deaths in  Afghanistan, but contrasted NATO&#39;s record there with a Taliban  who &quot;behead people, burn schools, kill women and children.&quot;
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed Sunday for Europe and the United States to back a major overhaul of global security measures to combat terrorism, keep weapons of mass destruction from spreading and quell regional conflicts.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said   on Monday Iraq was in danger of descending into civil war, as   insurgents killed more than 30 people in a fresh wave of bomb   attacks ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.
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The NATO-led force in Afghanistan admitted Sunday to killing more civilians, this time in Pakistan, a day after harsh criticism from President Hamid Karzai about military operations.
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Clashes and bombings killed 34 Taliban fighters and one policeman in Afghanistan, while President Hamid Karzai told the U.N. Wednesday that terrorist sanctuaries elsewhere must be destroyed to eliminate the violence engulfing his country.
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The U.N. Secretary-General urged Iraqis to take advantage of the recent decrease in violence and deaths to work across ethnic, sectarian and political lines for national reconciliation.
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Somalia's transitional government urged the Security Council on Friday to speed up its planning for the possible deployment of a U.N. peacekeeping force to replace African Union troops in the war-wracked nation.
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The UN secretary general Kofi Annan called on Israel to end its military operation in Gaza. An operation which resulted in killing scores of Palestinians most of them are civilians including children since last Tuesday.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Saturday called for an end to the violence in Ivory Coast, which has killed nine French troops and an American.
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A United Nations human rights body called on Iran on Friday to abolish the death penalty as well as amputation, flogging and stoning for people who committed crimes as minors.
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The U.N. secretary-general called Wednesday for an end to "foreign interference" that has exacerbated Lebanon's political crisis and said he had received more information that Syria was involved in sending weapons and fighters across the border.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called for help to stop killings in Darfur.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan intends to tell world leaders on Tuesday to respect human  life, whether civilians or prisoners of war in Iraq, villagers  in Sudan or children in northern Uganda or Russia.
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Britain lobbied U.N. officials  on Thursday with a proposal for the world body to lead a  comprehensive &quot;campaign plan&quot; for peace in Afghanistan, where  NATO-led troops are struggling against Taliban insurgents.