United Nations

  • Mar 20, 2007
  • 2 min read

RUSSIA/IRAN/UN: Moscow view hardens on atomic issue

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is due in South Africa today for talks with President...

Russia
  • Mar 20, 2007
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IVORY COAST: AU back Gbagbo/Soro peace plan

The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council today asked the UN to back the peace deal...

Ivory Coast
  • Mar 19, 2007
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BALKANS: Violence likely -- however Kosovo plays out

Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov said yesterday that Kosovo negotiations should...

Balkans
  • Mar 16, 2007
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RUSSIA/IRAN/UN: Moscow signals tactical shift on Iran

A draft resolution to impose new UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme was sent to the...

Russia
  • Mar 14, 2007
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IRAN/UN: New sanctions resolution said to be imminent

The Permanent Five UN Security Council members and Germany are hoping to finalise the text of a...

Iran
  • Mar 14, 2007
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BALKANS: German think-tank is prophesying Kosovo war

The region could plunge into "serious unrest, if not revolutionary uprisings", according to study...

Balkans
  • Mar 12, 2007
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SERBIA/UN: Kosovo premier is confident of UN vote

Kosovo's Albanians expect Russia not to veto UN special envoy Martti Ahtisaari's plan when it...

Serbia
  • Mar 9, 2007
  • 6 min read

BOSNIA: External decisions come at region low point

Controversy is growing over last week's International Court of Justice (ICJ) genocide ruling. The...