UN broadens its presence in Iraq
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UNITED NATIONS, New York The United Nations has announced that it is expanding its presence in Iraq outside of Baghdad to the cities of Erbil and Basra and planning to send a small addition of staff members into the country to assist in the elections
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THE United Nations yesterday said it was boosting its peacekeeping presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo after Rwanda threatened to attack rebels based there.
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WASHINGTON -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, fending off Republican demands for his resignation over alleged corruption, said yesterday he will expand UN support for Iraqi elections if need be. He said he was not offended that President Bush did not ask to see him during this visit to Washington.
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A United Nations panel has called for the UN&#39;s main decision-making body, the security council, to be expanded from 15 to 24 members, giving broader representation to developing countries.
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Top Japanese officials on Wednesday welcomed the United Nations&#39; proposal to increase the number of UN Security Council permanent members, as the move is favorable to Tokyo&#39;s ambition to become a member country.
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The United Nations no longer objects to American soldiers to guard its staff in Iraq after the search for separate contingents from around the world failed, diplomats and U.N. sources said on Wednesday.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Sunday that the Iraq war has done little to enhance security around the world or halt the activities of international terrorists.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan assured the Iraqis that the world body will provide assistance to their elections next year, including more staff &quot;as circumstances permit.
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Both Iraqi unity and global engagement may get a boost.
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A top UN official hints that security may improve enough soon for 4m displaced Iraqis to begin returning.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told a meeting of ministers from world powers and neighboring countries his government can provide adequate security to support a U.N. expansion in Iraq.
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The United Nations has begun  moving its peacekeeping force acting as a buffer along the  Eritrean-Ethiopian border from Eritrea to Ethiopia after Asmara  cut off fuel supplies, the world body said on Thursday.
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Iraq appealed to other nations Tuesday to send troops to protect an expanded U.N. staff that is essential for holding the country's first free elections by Jan. 31, saying terrorists must not be allowed to disrupt the vote.
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The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday unanimously renewed the mandate of the U.S.-led multinational force in Iraq through the end of 2007, granting a request from the Baghdad government.
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A U.N. cease-fire resolution has authorized up to 15,000 U.N. peacekeepers. Contributions from European countries so far have been limited:
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Australia has turned down a request by the United Nations to send more troops to Iraq to protect UN personnel there. Australia has agreed instead to train a contingent of Fijian soldiers for the job.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 22 -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told a gathering of 19 foreign ministers and senior diplomats Saturday that peace in Iraq "will not be obtained through military means alone" and that Iraq's neighbors must do more to prevent extremists from crossing into the country.