Support for UN reform increases
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Support is growing at the UN for a joint bid by four influential countries to increase the number of members of the Security Council.
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Recognition of Kosovan independence gains momentum with the US and EU nations pledging support.
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Four countries that want permanent membership on an expanded U.N. Security Council &#151; Brazil, Germany, India and Japan &#151; vowed on Tuesday to support each other's bids and pledged to reform the United Nations.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad   reaffirmed his support for a U.N. resolution backing the   ceasefire that ended a 34-day war in Lebanon, U.N.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Sunday.
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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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The UN Security Council yesterday gave wide support to a resolution that would impose sanctions against Ivory Coast if the government and rebels donât return to a peace process by the beginning of December, diplomats said.
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The opposition inside and outside Lebanon of giving President Emile Lahoud three additional years is gathering momentum. A report by the Beirut-based An Nahar daily on Monday said that the UN Security Council
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Four nations have announced their intention to support each others&#39; candidacies as permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in an attempt to make the UN&#39;s executive body more representative and legitimate.
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UNITED NATIONS: India launched its bid for a permanent United Nations Security Council seat on Tuesday, saying that an increasing number of countries were supporting it and arguing that expanded membership was crucial for addressing new global threats.
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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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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sought increased backing on Sunday for efforts to impose peace and order in Afghanistan from representatives of key countries involved there.
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Support for Prime Minister Tony Blair's policy of keeping British troops in Iraq until a &quot;stable democracy&quot; is ensured has increased over the past three months, according to an opinion poll published.
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Russia expressed cautious optimism that its initiative to step up the global campaign against terrorism will get unanimous support in the U.N. Security Council after lengthy negotiations to ensure that it does not outlaw resistance fighters.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Thursday hailed the African Union&#39;s decision to send more troops and police to the Western Sudan.
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Hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese took to the streets on Saturday in support of the island&#39;s latest bid for United Nations membership, which has been criticised by China and the United States.
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2 September 2004 - With an eye to Lebanon&#39;s upcoming elections, the United Nations Security Council this evening passed a resolution â-y the razor-thin margin of nine in favor with six abstentions â -laring support for polling free of outside
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The African Union needs increased United Nations support if it is to continue its peacekeeping operation in Darfur, European Commission aid chief Louis Michel said on Monday.