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BOSNIA: Slovak diplomat is next Western mediator
His predecessor was to have been the last high representative, but renewed tensions in...
BELARUS/UN: West stops Minsk joining UN rights body
Intense US, UK, French and Canadian lobbying yesterday denied Belarus election to the UN Human...
BelarusBOSNIA/UN: Slovak takes over tough task in Sarajevo
Outgoing High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling warned yesterday that Bosnia (BiH) may...
SERBIA/UN: Kosovo splits UNSC on sovereign principle
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Moscow this week to persuade it not to veto a UN...
SerbiaSOMALIA: Security remains poor despite TFG 'victory'
Four African Union (AU) peacekeepers were killed today along with a civilian when their convoy...
SomaliaCONGO-KINSHASA: MONUC extension bodes well on security
The UN Security Council yesterday extended the its peace-keeping mission in the Congo (MONUC)...
Congo-KinshasaAFGHANISTAN: Power brokers move to cement authority
The upper house on Tuesday approved a National Stability and Reconciliation Bill which includes...
AfghanistanRUSSIA/CHINA/SUDAN: Governments deny arms report
Russia is "unswervingly" observing the UN arms embargo on Sudan, a source in the Foreign Ministry...
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