U.N. official calls for end to violence
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The United Nations' top humanitarian official inspected firsthand the destruction wrought by Israeli air raids on south Beirut as he began a relief mission to Lebanon on Sunday.
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Top United Nations human rights official  Louise Arbour called on Tuesday for investigation of alleged  abuses in Falluja, Iraq, including disproportionate use of  force and the targeting of civilians.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell  called on Monday for an end to violence and urged Israel and  the Palestinians to facilitate Palestinian elections as he  sought to revive a long-dormant U.S. peacemaking role.
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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.
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Kofi Annan, United Nations secretary-general, has urged the Security Council to step up its efforts to end the conflict in Sudan&#39;s western Darfur region, where growing violence
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The United Nations has called on all factions involved in several days of fighting in eastern Congo to agree to a cease-fire. Clashes continued Monday as the United Nations ordered the government to clarify
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The United Nations called on Monday  for an immediate cease-fire in eastern Congo as fighting  between rival army factions flared for a third day.
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The United Nations has called on all factions involved in several days of fighting in eastern Congo to agree to a cease-fire. Clashes continued Monday as the United Nations ordered the government
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Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the Security Council today to take swift action in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region where he said violence was on the rise, the number of displaced
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The chief of the United Nations nuclear agency urged Iran and North Korea on Monday to prove their nuclear programs are peaceful and also called for tighter controls to halt the globe&#39;s &quot;extensive illicit market&quot; in nuclear materials.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the Security Council on Thursday to issue &quot;the strongest warning&quot; to the forces fighting in Sudan to bring an end to the civil wars there.
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UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon issues a warning to the world.
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The U.N. Security Council urged Myanmar's military government on Wednesday to exercise restraint toward peaceful protesters and expressed concern at its violent response to demonstrations in the reclusive Asian nation.
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The US secretary of state calls for an end to the violence in the Palestinian territories, during a regional tour.
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Intervening in a Security Council debate, Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the panel on Thursday to act quickly on a new resolution to curb the violence in Darfur
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The U.N. Security Council on  Wednesday demanded an end to what it described as "ethnically  motivated attacks" in Kenya, where a wave of post-election  violence has left over 1,000 people dead.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called for new international action to halt violence in Darfur in a report released which highlighted the failure of negotiations and deteriorating security in the Sudanese region.