The secret Downing Street memo

"Written by www.daily.pk    Monday, 10 November 2008 22:35 SECRET AND STRICTLY PERSONAL - UK EYES ONLY DAVID MANNING From: Matthew RycroftDate: 23 July 2002S 195 /02cc: Defence Secretary, Foreign Secretary, Attorney-General, Sir Richard Wilson,...

Kenya at peace Kibaki and Odinga agrees on coalition government

Former Secretary-General chief Kofi Annan gets deal struck. 29.02.2008 07:51:58 The Kenya President Mwai Kibaki along with opposition chief Raila Odinga signed an agreement on Friday to form a coalition...

Rocky Start for 6 Party Talks

"Six party talks with N.Korea resumed (if you can call it that) with N. Korean demands which, frankly, are pretty nuts."McClatchy Newspapers:North Korea defiantly boasted of its nuclear status Monday and set out a...

Annan Asks US Not to Abandon Human Rights

"Sometimes, it pays to remind the world's oldest democracy that it's a democracy. In his farewell address to the United Nations, outgoing Secretary General Kofi Annan did just that."Agence...

UN Agrees to Help in Gemayel Assassination Probe

"The 15-member Security Council responded swiftly to Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora's request for assistance in the Gemayel murder probe. Mr. Siniora wrote to Secretary-General Kofi Annan asking that the Gemayel murder be added to the U.N. inquiry into last year's...

Sudan: UN envoy persona non grata

"The Sudanese military has declared the UN special envoy to the country persona non grata, accusing him of "waging war against the armed forces"."

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."

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...

LEBANON: HEZBOLLAH REJECT ANNAN'S CEASEFIRE PLAN

Hezbollah on Friday rejected a plan by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan for an immediate ceasfire,

Yo Blair! New T shirts celebrate Middle Eastern diplomacy Bush style

The UK US relationship is special, so special that GW Bush greets Tony Blair with the old school welcome ‘Yo Blair!’ Learn about GW Bush’s approach to Middle Eastern diplomacy! Celebrate these moments of political honesty with a T shirt from www.conceptTshirts.co.uk ...

Bush blunders with Syria slip

"As diplomatic efforts today centred on sending an international force to southern Lebanon, unguarded comments by President Bush revealed his immediate focus was getting Syria to halt Hizbullah actions. Unaware...

UN to Help Create Framework for Increased International Assistance in Iraq

"Responding to requests by the new Government of Iraq, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has agreed to strongly support the development of a framework for increased international assistance to the violence-torn country. "

Another great Indian novel?

"The eighth Secretary General, to succeed Kofi Annan is due to be elected in the next four or five months. India has nominated Shashi Tharoor, an Indian national and presently under-secretary general in the UN, for the post. Besides him, others seeking election to the post...

U.N. Prepares to Start a New Peacekeeping Mission in East Timor

"Secretary General Kofi Annan warned that a new mission would need at least six more months to set up."

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