U.N. envoy to push China to do more on Myanmar
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China will be asked to do more to encourage the military rulers of Myanmar to engage in dialogue with the opposition, the U.N. special envoy to the troubled Southeast Asian nation said on Thursday.
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A top U.N. rights envoy condemned on  Wednesday the arrest and jailing of opposition activists in  military-ruled Myanmar and said he had received credible  reports of rights violations in border areas.
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The United States on Friday  asked the U.N. Security Council to deal with Myanmar, whose  junta government has jailed opponents, persecuted minorities  and sent refugees fleeing into neighboring states.
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Myanmar's ruling junta has agreed to bring forward a visit by U.N. special envoy Ibrahim Gambari, who now expects to go there in the first week of November, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
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The U.N. Security Council  upbraided Myanmar on Thursday for slow progress on democratic  reforms as the world body's special envoy said the junta there  was trying to delay his next visit until April.
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Myanmar attempted to soothe UN concerns over the detention of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi after the world body's Secretary General Kofi Annan condemned the military regime over its claimed democracy drive.
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China is willing to play a more constructive role in Darfur, an envoy said, offering to provide more aid to victims of the Sudan conflict critics say Beijing has ignored.
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A top State Department official said yesterday that a U.N. envoy's meeting with Burma's leadership this month has yielded little progress and that the United States will push ahead next month for passage of a "strongly critical" U.N. Security Council resolution.
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The EU's special envoy for Myanmar on Friday called for UN mediator Ibrahim Gambari to be allowed to make another visit as soon as possible, with the release of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as a top priority.
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China's support has been vital to achieving initial steps toward national reconciliation in military-ruled Myanmar, an EU envoy said on Thursday, but added Beijing would not directly pressure the regime towards reform.
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Iraq urged regional and world powers on Saturday to back an expanded U.N. role in Iraq but U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said there was more to be done on security before he could increase U.N. staff.
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NEW YORK  UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday raised doubts about Myanmar&#39;s resolve to implement a road map for democracy and urged the nation&#39;s military leaders to immediately release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell pressed ChiThe United States has praisedChina's role to date, but US officials say Washington is looking for Beijing to exert more pressure on Pyongyangna to convince North Korea to return to stalled talks on its nuclear weapons programs and urged Beijing to take up a Taiwanese offer for dialogue.
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Bowing to international pressure, Myanmar's rulers on Tuesday agreed to bring forward to early November a return visit by UN mediator Ibrahim Gambari a day after clearing the first visit by the UN's top human rights official in four years.
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Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Wang Guangya gestures during the UN Security Council vote at the United Nations in New York, Sept.
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The United Nations reacted  cautiously on Monday to Myanmar's announcement of a  constitutional referendum and elections, saying the political  process there needs to include a range of parties.
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The U.N. Human Rights Council told  Myanmar on Friday to prosecute those who committed abuses  during a crackdown on peaceful monk-led protests and free Nobel  laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and all other political prisoners.