United Nations

  • Feb 7, 2002
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LATIN AMERICA: Argentina, global slump will hit 2002

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean yesterday reduced...

  • Feb 6, 2002
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WESTERN SAHARA/MOROCCO: UN comments on oil

In a letter to the UN Security Council, UN legal counsel Hans Corell said yesterday that...

Western Sahara
  • Feb 6, 2002
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LIBERIA: Defence Ministry confirms heavy fighting

The Defence Ministry yesterday confirmed reports of heavy fighting between government forces...

Liberia
  • Feb 6, 2002
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AFGHANISTAN: Return of warlordism puts Karzai at risk

While the country's interim administration has garnered exceptional foreign economic and...

Afghanistan
  • Feb 1, 2002
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COLOMBIA: Rights abuse rises as peace talks fail

Efforts by the international community to reduce human rights abuses or broker peace have had...

Colombia
  • Jan 31, 2002
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UNITED STATES: Population fund stance remains divisiv

The White House is holding up the transfer of 34 million dollars to the UN Population Fund.

United States
  • Jan 31, 2002
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AFGHANISTAN: Karzai urges UN to expand ISAF security

Interim Prime Minister Hamid Karzai yesterday urged the UN Security Council to consider...

Afghanistan
  • Jan 29, 2002
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SYRIA: UN questions oil supplies from Iraq

The United Kingdom yesterday challenged Syria at the United Nations, asking it to explain its...

Syria