United Nations
INTERNATIONAL: Human role in climate change
The seventeenth session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was held in...
InternationalLIBERIA: Sanctions alone unlikely to topple Taylor
A Liberian envoy travelled to the United Nations on April 3 to try to avert the imposition of...
LiberiaIRAQ: Saddam's regional diplomacy puts US on the spot
An Arab summit is due to be held in Amman later this month....
IraqCHINA: Image matters most in human rights compliance
With the UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva set to open on March 19, Beijing last...
ChinaINTERNATIONAL: Change stalks environmental governance
Global environment ministers last week took a number of important decisions on the governance of...
InternationalHAITI: Foes at home and abroad dog returning Aristide
Jean-Bertrand Aristide took office on February 7 as president of Haiti for the second time....
HaitiLEBANON: Sharons victory raises fears of instability
Sharon's election has increased fears that the situation along the Lebanese-Israeli border...
LebanonCAMBODIA: Questioning credibility of genocide trials
The Constitutional Council today began its examination of draft legislation providing for the...
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