UN to adopt disability convention
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The UN General Assembly is set to adopt a treaty giving greater rights to the world's 650m disabled people
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Beijing - The United Nations must show it is tough enough to ensure the security of its members so that individual countries do not take measures into their own hands, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday.
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UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations, hit by a number of scandals, plans to revise its rules to better protect whistle-blowers, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said.
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In its special session in Nairobi, the UN Security Council reached a unanimous agreement on a draft resolution to establish peace in Sudan on the ground it will be adopted today ( Friday) in conclusion of the special meeting to be held in Nairobi, Kenya.
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U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan will tell the 191-member U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that the rule of law in the post-Sept. 11  world has been eroded both by the United States and by other nations as they battle terrorism, and by Islamic extremists and their horrific acts of violence, according to senior U.N. officials.
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The new UN Human Rights Council reaches a deal on how it will scrutinise member states' rights records.
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United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has opened a special session of the Security Council in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. It is the first time in 14 years that the UN Security Council has met outside New York.
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NEW YORK: Kofi Annan&#39;s plan to more than double the international peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo has received a frosty reception at the UN Security Council.
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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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Competition at the 12th Paralympic Games for disabled athletes gets under way Saturday in Athens, Greece. Nearly 4,000 athletes from 136 countries are competing in 19 disciplines over 11 days.
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LONDON, Nov 18 (IPS) - Twentieth-century modes of international governance  must be adapted to the new millennium, and the time has come, say  civil society activists, because the United Nations will soon  reach its 60th anniversary, and international institutions like  the World Bank and World Trade Organisation need to be more  democratic.
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The U.N. Security Council was set Friday to adopt a Russian-drafted resolution that seeks to expand the prosecution and extradition of terrorist groups and individuals, such as Chechen separatist leaders.
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The United Nations has sentexperts to help with rescue and relief work in Indonesia, India and other Asian countries stricken by powerful earthquakes and tidal waves, a UN spokesman said on Sunday.
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Former UN head Kofi Annan is to announce the details of a deal reached at talks to end Kenya's political crisis.
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Top officials from dozens of countries supported a U.N. initiative to create a new global forum on migration on Friday, but the U.S. said the international community should rely on the arrangements already in place to deal with the problem.
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13 September 2004 - As Secretary-General Kofi Annan offered his condolences today to the families of the victims of Hurricane Ivan, which is wreaking a devastating toll across the Caribbean region, United Nations humanitarian agencies are stepping up
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The UN Security Council approves the deployment of an African peacekeeping force to tackle unrest in Somalia.