Member states reject Annan resignation
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United Nations: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, under attack from a US right-wing republican, who demanded that he step down in connection with allegations of corruption in the now defunct &#39;oil-for-food&#39; programme, has got a backing from several member
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UNITED NATIONS Dozens of countries are lining up to support UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (KOH&#39;-fee AN&#39;-nan) after Senator Norm Coleman called for Annan&#39;s resignation.
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Non-aligned nations rejected on Tuesday  any &quot;interference&quot; in Iran&#39;s nuclear transparency deal with  U.N. inspectors, in a rebuff to the United States and European  Union.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Russia rejected as unacceptable yesterday a new UN Security Council resolution drafted by Europeans and the United States that paves the way to independence for Kosovo in four months.
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The European Union has invited Kofi Annan as a special guest to its summit next Friday, a Dutch presidency spokesman said, demonstrating support for the U.N. secretary-general amid a campaign in the United States to force him out.
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NEW DELHI  - President Vladimir Putin has been given a thumbs-down from India&#39;s media after failing to back veto rights for any new permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
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A group of high profile South Africans, including former president Nelson Mandela, has condemned attempts to force United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan to resign.
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The United States is leaving open the option of pushing for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to step down, amid calls from US lawmakers for his resignation.
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Britain, Germany, France, Russia, and China rallied around U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday, but President Bush did not explicitly endorse the U.N. chief, under fire over suspected corruption in ...
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is planning to carry on in his job, despite calls by some US lawmakers and news organizations for his resignation.
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UNITED NATIONS, United States  - The United States has given UN Secretary General Kofi Annan a belated show of support but says the United Nations remains under a cloud over allegations of corruption in Iraq.
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United Nations member states voiced support for Secretary-General Kofi Annan after a U.S. senator called for him to resign over possible fraud in Iraq's oil-for-food program. The State Department endorsed a Senate investigation of the troubled program but sidestepped the issue of Annan's future.
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Taiwan&#39;s 12th bid to enter the UN failed after the UN General Assembly decided on Wednesday not to include a proposal considering Taiwan&#39;s representation in the body in its agenda.
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Russia, China, Britain, France, Germany and dozens of other countries have rallied to support beleaguered U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan after a U.S. senator called for his resignation &#151; but the United States has stayed quiet.
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STATE DEPARTMENT Secretary of State Powell is rejecting comments made by the UN secretary-general about the war in Iraq. In an interview with the BBC, Kofi Annan (KOH&#39;-fee AN&#39;-nan) called the US-led military
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The U.N. General Assembly thwarted Taiwan's bid for membership in the world body Friday, with a majority of countries speaking out against its inclusion during a marathon debate.
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Kofi Annan rejects claims that France and Russia might have been willing to ease sanctions on Iraq in return for oil.