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The World Speaks To North Korea Unanimously (updated) :: MAXINE
Today, the world, through the UN Security Council, voted unanimously (15-0) to hit North Korea with further sanctions following the nuclear test that North Korea conducted earlier this week.Among other sanctions,...How to rein in North Korea
"CONDEMNING North Korea's nuclear test explosion was the easy part, taking the United Nations Security Council only half an hour instead of the usual weeks of wrangling over anodyne words. Even the Chinese...
created by conneticutkati | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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Ivorian diamonds 'still on sale'
"Ivorian diamonds are still being sold on the international market in breach of the international ban imposed almost a year ago, United Nations experts say. "Child abuse 'widespread'
"Violence against children is widespread and tolerated around the world, a report by the UN has claimed."S Korean proposed as new UN chief
"South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon has been nominated by the UN Security Council as the successor to Secretary General Kofi Annan."South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon to replace Kofi Anon?
THE LAST WORD: South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon. Ban is almostcertain to replace Kofi Annan as the next secretary-general of the UnitedNations. He is expected to be formally approved by the 15-member...The Royalist - Princess Stephanie Follows In Diana's Footsteps
"Prince Rainier and Princess Grace's youngest daughter is more used to making headlines for her own often colourful private life. Now, though, she is set to show her more serious side to the world with a new public role which will see her following in the footsteps of the...Don't fence me in: Mexico lashes border plan - World - smh.com.au
The outgoing Mexican President, Vicente Fox, has called the plan "shameful" and compared it to the Berlin Wall. Mr Fox has spent his six-year term lobbying for a new guest worker program and an amnesty...S. Korea, Russia try to stop N. Korea - AP via Yahoo! News
" "I think if North Koreans do have the nuclear test, I think that they have to realize that they will face serious consequences," Wang said Wednesday. The comment was China's most forceful public response...Sigourney Weaver and the US: calling for an end to bottom trawling
"United Nations, New York, United States — Actress Sigourney Weaver, star of Alien and Ghostbusters, has joined us at the UN in New York calling for a moratorium on high- seas bottom trawling. Adding more weight...Annan's financial form to be secret - The Washington Times
"U.N. officials said yesterday that they will not publicly release a financial disclosure form filed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan last month -- 10 months after he ordered all senior U.N. officials to file the...The Never-Ending Myanmar Nightmare
"For well over a decade, the military junta in Myanmar has been trying to bring the Karen ethnic minority under its thumb. This year, the offensive has intensified -- magnifying the ongoing refugee disaster in...What has become of the Middle East?
"The terrorism threat which the U.S. interfered in the Middle East to stop is actually intensifying, so is the danger of bloody military conflicts launched by the U.S. or Israel with the ultimate support of the...
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MORALITY AND THE LAW LII: The UN -FRIEND OR FOE By Stephen Ellis
The United Nations General Assembly is meeting again this week. It brings to light several questions that are being asked more and more frequently. (A) Do we really need the UN? (B) Does the U.N. really do any good for anyone? (C) Is the UN really worth the billion or so...NY Governor Sick of Chavez, Will Boycott Citgo -- CNS NEWS
"Following another Bush-bashing by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, New York's governor is so angry that he said he will personally boycott one of the Chavez government's biggest revenue makers - the Citgo oil...
created by ecj-MAXINE | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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