United Nations

  • Aug 9, 2006
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MIDDLE EAST: UN struggles over crisis resolution

Washington and Paris are working on changes to their draft resolution to end hostilities in...

  • Aug 9, 2006
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ROMANIA/UKRAINE: Espoo inquiry finds against Kiev

A UN environmental inquiry has been held into the impact of Ukraine's Bystroe ship canal project...

Romania
  • Aug 9, 2006
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SERBIA/BOSNIA/CROATIA: More war crimes clips appear

Belgrade today demanded that a former Bosnian Muslim general be arrested, after a video was...

Serbia
  • Aug 7, 2006
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UNITED NATIONS: Global Compact faces challenges

The Global Compact, introduced by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 1999, is an important...

United Nations
  • Aug 7, 2006
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IVORY COAST: Gbagbo has no intention to go before poll

President Laurent Gbagbo said yesterday that he intends to stay in office until elections are...

Ivory Coast
  • Aug 7, 2006
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MIDDLE EAST/UN: Resolution divides antagonists

Israel is continuing its military operations in Lebanon today, and has also detained the Hamas...

  • Aug 4, 2006
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HAITI: Annan called for UN mission extension

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday made his first visit to Haiti, where he met President...

Haiti
  • Aug 2, 2006
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NATO/LEBANON: NATO is unlikely to send a major force

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said today that there would be no ceasefire until an...

Nato