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The European Union gave strong personal backing to Kofi Annan as secretary-general of the United Nations on Friday in a diplomatic broadside against US critics trying to force him from office.
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US envoy John Danforth publicly backed United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, saying ``we are expressing confidence in the secretary-general and his continuing in office&#39;&#39; to end
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Russia, China, Britain, France, Germany and dozens of other countries have rallied to support beleaguered UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan after a US senator called for
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BRUSSELS, Sep 16 (IPS) - The European Union and some of its largest member  states have reaffirmed their support for Iraq this week under the  gaze of Iraq's interim President Ghazi al-Yawar and amid  rising tensions in the country.
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Britain, Germany, France,  Russia, and China rallied around U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan on Thursday, but President Bush refused to explicitly  endorse the U.N. chief under fire over suspected corruption in  an Iraqi-oil sales program.
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The United Nations secretary-general, Kofi Annan, has appealed to the European Union to play a bigger role in UN peacekeeping operations.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said   on Friday European nations would provide the backbone of a   15,000-strong United Nations peace force for Lebanon and he had   asked France to lead it.
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The European Union has invited Kofi Annan as a special guest to its summit next Friday to demonstrate its support for the U.N. secretary-general amid a campaign in the United States to force him out.
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Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda welcomed the overwhelming endorsement contained in a resolution of the European Parliament backing the EU constitutional treaty on Wednesday and urging member states to ratify ...
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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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European Union foreign affairs chief Javier Solana said Monday the Iraqi authorities can count on the support of the 25-nation EU after this weekend's elections highlighted the willingness to move toward a democratic Iraq.
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Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, yesterday backed France&#39;s European Commissioner, Jacques Barrot, and said he had no regrets over his handling of a dramatic showdown with MEPs last month.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan sought European support Friday for his plan to give regional heavyweights such as Brazil and Japan more clout at the United Nations.
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Spain and France on Tuesday expressed their support to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, who was accused by US senators of corrupting the UN "Oil-for-Food" program for Iraq.
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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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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  firmly supports the European Union's emerging common foreign  policy and Washington will welcome further EU integration, the  Financial Times quoted her as saying on Friday.
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UNITED NATIONS - Secretary General Kofi Annan received a standing ovation Wednesday from diplomats representing the 191 UN member states, a rare public display of support for the beleaguered UN chief following recent calls for his resignation from