United Nations
INTERNATIONAL: Financial stability needs coordination
The UN Conference on Trade and Development yesterday released its 2008 Trade and Development...
InternationalINTERNATIONAL: Sudan raises Security Council tensions
The request has opened a rift within the Council over both the appropriateness of actions to end...
InternationalINTERNATIONAL: Drug trade still strong despite curbs
Recent expert reports on global drug markets have stressed that the markets for opiates and...
InternationalINTERNATIONAL/SUDAN: ICC pursues calculated risk
The ICC's moves against President Omar Hassan al-Bashir represent the first time that the...
InternationalUN/KOSOVO: Russia is key to positive Kosovo outcome
On July 25, Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin accused Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of...
KosovoINTERNATIONAL: Drug control reform remains tenuous
Despite the numerous successes of multilateral drug control efforts over the last century,...
InternationalLATIN AMERICA: Andean coca acreages rise
The UN on June 17 published its latest annual estimates for coca and cocaine production. Although...
Latin AmericaRUSSIA/UN: Moscow tries to bend UN to its purposes
Russia is one of the five permanent veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council, a legacy of...
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