United Nations

  • Apr 25, 2001
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Human role in climate change

The seventeenth session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was held in...

International
  • Apr 6, 2001
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LIBERIA: Sanctions alone unlikely to topple Taylor

A Liberian envoy travelled to the United Nations on April 3 to try to avert the imposition of...

Liberia
  • Mar 9, 2001
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IRAQ: Saddam's regional diplomacy puts US on the spot

An Arab summit is due to be held in Amman later this month....

Iraq
  • Mar 8, 2001
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CHINA: 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...

China
  • Feb 14, 2001
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INTERNATIONAL: Change stalks environmental governance

Global environment ministers last week took a number of important decisions on the governance of...

International
  • Feb 13, 2001
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HAITI: Foes at home and abroad dog returning Aristide

Jean-Bertrand Aristide took office on February 7 as president of Haiti for the second time....

Haiti
  • Feb 12, 2001
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LEBANON: Sharons victory raises fears of instability

Sharon's election has increased fears that the situation along the Lebanese-Israeli border...

Lebanon
  • Feb 2, 2001
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CAMBODIA: Questioning credibility of genocide trials

The Constitutional Council today began its examination of draft legislation providing for the...

Cambodia