United Nations

  • Dec 29, 2006
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INTERNATIONAL: UN Security Council faces divisions

Issues characterising UN developments next year can be divided into two groups: those affecting...

International
  • Dec 28, 2006
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PROSPECTS 2007: Unresolved conflicts dog the Balkans

The Balkans region is likely to be sharply differentiated between those countries whose...

Balkans
  • Dec 28, 2006
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THAILAND/NORTH KOREA: Gold trade under scrutiny

Thailand today defended its import of gold from North Korea, denying that the purchase violated...

North Korea
  • Dec 22, 2006
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LIBERIA: Extractive sector remains challenging

The UN Security Council on December 20 renewed sanctions on the import of diamonds from and...

Liberia
  • Dec 12, 2006
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IRAN/UN: New nuclear draft stands better chance

The United Kingdom, France and Germany yesterday circulated at the Security Council their latest...

Iran
  • Dec 11, 2006
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SERBIA/UN: Radicals hail Seselj ending hunger strike

Radical Party Deputy Chairman Tomislav Nikolic said yesterday that Vojislav Seselj was taking...

Serbia
  • Dec 7, 2006
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UN/SOMALIA: UN call for peacekeepers rankles Islamists

The UN Security Council yesterday unanimously approved a US-sponsored resolution authorising the...

Somalia
  • Dec 5, 2006
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US/UN: Bolton's fall ends era of forceful diplomacy

US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton yesterday announced that he would resign his post at the end...

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