Speculation surrounds UN ambassador pick
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Speculation on a new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations to succeed John Bolton is focusing on Washington's current ambassador in Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, and a former U.S. deputy ambassador at the U.N., Richard Williamson.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said yesterday corruption allegations in the Iraqi oil-for-food program had cast a shadow over the United Nations but said again he would not resign as the world's top diplomat. To meet criticism in the Republican-dominated US Congress that the United Nations was withholding documents, Annan said a UN probe led by Paul Volcker, the former ...
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For generations, the United States has selected its diplomats through a two-stage test seen as a model of merit-based rigor. Pass hundreds of questions in a dozen subject areas and a day-long oral grilling by Foreign Service officers, and join the ranks. Fail, and find a different line of work.
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Planning an election is difficult even under the best of circumstances. As one United Nations consultant remarked, it&#39;s &quot;the largest logistical operation that a country undertakes
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WASHINGTON - In a surprise announcement, UN Ambassador Jack Danforth said yesterday that he is leaving the key diplomatic post he has held for just five months to return to life in St.
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Condoleeza Rice, President George W. Bush&#39;s national security adviser and right-hand woman, is odds-on to replace US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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ELEANOR HALL: The United Nation&#39;s chief is facing intense criticism on another issue today too. UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, is under increasing pressure to resign over the corruption allegations surrounding
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WASHINGTON - In a surprise announcement, UN Ambassador John C. Danforth said Thursday that he is leaving the key diplomatic post he has held for just five months to return to life in St.
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New secretary general challenged over 'secret appointment' to replace top prosecutor.
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Sweden's Ambassador to the United States, H.E. Mr. Jan Eliasson, was endorsed as president of the UN General Assembly for its sixtieth session, due to begin in September 2005, Ministry for Foreign Affairs said ...
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John Danforth, the US ambassador to the United Nations, will leave his post in January after less than seven months on the job. In a letter of resignation sent to President Bush on November
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10 December 2004 - One day after the United States Ambassador to the United Nations John Danforth gave his full backing to Secretary-General Kofi Annan - who had heard calls for his resignation from certain quarters in that country - a UN spokesman
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It has been reported that United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan is making preparations for a new initiative for a solution to the problems of Cyprus in 2005, and has demanded an allocation for a UN Cypriot office to be reactivated.
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U.S. Ambassador John Bolton   pushed on Wednesday for a quick resolution to the race to   succeed Kofi Annan as U.N. secretary-general, a move that could   favor a South Korean front-runner.
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Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman wants UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to quit his job, retiring US Envoy John Danforth thinks the UN is not doing its job, and Pat Buchanan and conservative
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The Security Council was to hold a fourth straw poll on the next UN leader which will determine whether the front-runner, South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon, seen here in September 2006, has the backing ...Comment
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Sudan appears to be balking at granting a visa to the new U.S. special envoy for Sudan, Andrew Natsios, and is restricting the movement of all U.S. officials to Khartoum, the State Department said on Friday.