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The U. N. leader also expressed hope that Russia would support him for a second term leading the U. N.

The series of meetings come a week before the full U. N. Security Council is to hear an I. A. E. A. report on Iran.

The U. N. World Food Program says more than a billion people -- one in six worldwide -- do not get enough food to be healthy.

Mr. Ban said the U. N. lost some of its best and bravest staff that day, but their legacy endures.

He said the U. N. would be temporarily evacuating staff in Mazar-e-Sharif while security there is reviewed.

He said he hopes improved U. N. and ASEAN coordination with the authorities in Burma will help scale up relief efforts quickly.

China is one of five veto-wielding permanent members of the U. N. Security Council and its support is crucial in efforts to reform U.

He gave a landmark speech to the U. N. in September, and Colin Powell is moving the issue forward in a commendably bipartisan way.

Russia has veto power in the U. N. Security Council and can stop the passage of any resolution against the volatile Middle Eastern nation.

The U. N. has appealed for more than $1 billion to address the crisis and has so far raised about 40 percent of the money it has requested.

AHMADINEJAD (through translator): We have announced that we are prepared to freely talk with him at the U. N. General Assembly.

I'm not sure the member states are ready to give the U. N. a standing army.

But security is not the only issue, a just released U. N. report says Afghans see corruption as an even bigger problem.

The U. N. resolution states that suspected ships have to agree to be boarded or to divert to nearby ports for formal inspections.

But China backed out of talks toward that kind of agreement at the U. N. -led climate gathering two years ago in Copenhagen.

re in New York for a few more days. You will address the U. N. tomorrow. Would you meet with their families if they asked to meet with you?

So, the U. N. effort seems to be on track in support of the Iraqi effort; they have the principal responsibility.

The United States is also working to strengthen U. N. institutions through better management, transparency and accountability, she said.

He said the U. N. Charter allowed military action for the purpose of self defense.

He said the demand came in a nonbinding resolution passed unanimously by the 192 U. N. member states earlier this week.

If Gaddafi's long-winded speech to the General Assembly is any indication, the U. N. may not have much of a choice in the matter.

My own path to service at the U. N. was made possible by the sacrifice and commitment of my family and many friends from all continents.

Students were eager to ask about U. S. policy on Kashmir, Iraq, additions to the U. N. Security Council and terrorism.

The Bali Breakfast builds on an initiative taken by Indonesia at the time of the U. N. meeting on Global Climate Change.

It has shored up vulnerable gulf states and, up to this point, contributed to hopes for U. N. action to end the war.

South Korea plans to refer the matter to the U. N. Security Council as soon as this week.

The U. N. World Food Program says none of its trucks were damaged nor any of its personnel injured and the rations were delivered.

This vacuum, which had been temporarily filled by the U. N. , now poses the threat of chaos.

In the build-up to the war, then U. S. Secretary of State Colin Powell laid out the case against Iraq before the U. N. Security Council.

The head of the U. N. Observer Mission in Georgia, Johan Verbeke, said the parties also engaged in in-depth political discussions.

In an attempt to rectify the situation, the U. N. General Assembly replaced the commission in March 2006 with the Human Rights Council.

He said the U. N. would coordinate the rescue effort of teams from various nations who will be arriving in coming days.

The U. N. chief said the world needs "a more coherent system of international environmental governance" to meet the challenge.

"It means you get access - you have access to all the judicial accountability you need within the U. N. [United Nations] system, " she said.

The U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization welcomed the announcement, as an "encouraging policy shift to help the poor and hungry. "

Officials said the U. S. wants any sanctions to be imposed with the U. N. Security Council and European allies.

In the short term, the U. N. council aims to help farmers meet production needs for the next growing season, Merores said in a statement.

U. K. government officials said killing the Libyan leader would be legal if it prevented civilian deaths as laid out in a U. N. resolution.

It also surprised me that, again, they were allowed to become a member of the U. N. Security Council.

That film was as much a love song to the U. N. as an international thriller.

U. N. officials did not immediately comment, but none of the wounded are believed to be U. N. staff.

The chief U. S. climate negotiator this week said the United States remains committed to the U. N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The U. N. last sent an envoy to North Korea in February and it was unclear whether the U. S. and South Korea would back such a move.

What we have extant right now, at the beginning of this system, is the U. N. Security Council as a grand jury. What can they do?

She said the U. N. body was in danger of losing its reputation as the protector of human rights for the sake of achieving consensus.

China, like fellow critic Russia, abstained from backing the U. N. resolution authorizing the attacks, but did not veto the measure.

She said an existing U. N. convention provides sufficient means to prosecute pirates, but that other legal authority could be considered.

The U. N. food agency's Director-General Jacques Diouf said the time for talk is over and that action is urgently needed.

The U. N. Children's Fund said the simple act of washing hands with soap and water can save millions of children's lives.

Newly trained police, U. N peacekeepers and rapid reaction forces from African and European countries are trying to enforce security.

President Obama said he was disturbed by the attack on the British embassy. The U. N Security Council also condemned the incident.

He says the United States should live up to its obligations in the U. N. and repatriate the men.

While Mr. Obama and European leaders have called on Col. Gadhafi to leave office, the U. N. authorized force only to protect civilians. U.

A new U. N. report says the AIDS epidemic appears to be slowing down in its worldwide spread.

Hague said the decision to send officers to Libya does not conflict with the U. N. resolution.

Until the U. N. passed its resolution, loyalist forces appeared ready to retake Benghazi.

That would not need Security Council approval and elevate the Palestinians' U. N. status to that of the Vatican.

"The United States is pleased with this progress and will continue to work hard to strengthen U. N. democracy efforts, " she said.

She said the U. N. General Assembly will decide whether or not to approve the IPBES by the end of 2010.

At least 250 people have been killed in Libya so far, according to the U. N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

What was the greatest failure of the U. N. during your time there?

The U. N. 's food security analysis unit and a famine warning project known as FEWS-NET say the famine in southern Somalia is growing worse.

More specifically, food bought by the U. N. group needs to be processed, tested for quality and packaged in a standard format.

On Sunday, U. N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he deplores the violence and is saddened by the casualties.

U. N. spokesman , Christopher Gunness said the organization had no choice but to suspend operations in Gaza .

Mr. Sha then singled out Mr. Ban, the U. N. secretary-general. 'I know you never liked me, Mr. Secretary-General, ' he said.

U. N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon rejected the application without even submitting it to the General Assembly for a vote.

A new U. N. Report says the Aids epidemic appears to be slowing down in it's worldwide spread.

hill said a coalition of willing partners across the asia - pacific region would be the best way to police the u . n . resolution.

The discussions opened Friday in Almaty, Kazakhstan among the five permanent members of the U. N. Security Council, plus Germany and Iran.

Zapatero said there were "no apparent indications" that there would be a U. N. resolution meeting his requirements by the end of June.

The U. N. agency also said the two sides agreed on how to resolve remaining issues regarding Iran's past plutonium experiments.

The move was blasted by the international community, prompting U. N. Somalia envoy Augustine Mahiga to call for the Nairobi talks.

A top U. N. official on Monday called for a worldwide ban on single-use "thin" plastic shopping bags, the kind you get at the grocery store.

U. N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Tuesday's exchange 'one of the gravest incidents since the end of the Korean War. '

Large parts of the developing world are facing shortages of water and arable land, the U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization says.

On Monday, the U. N. 's Food and Agricultural Organization announced it was distributing seeds and tools to thousands of Haitian farmers.

The U. N. Security Council voted unanimously to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea for carrying out a nuclear test.

The U. N. aid agencies say the aim of these visits is to identify possible gaps in their humanitarian operations.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told reporters Wednesday that U. N. condemnation did not help solve Syria's problems.

Some of these issues will likely be addressed again at the U. N. climate conference next year in Qatar.

U. N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he hoped the two parties would respond constructively to the Quartet statement.

But he said his U. N. team lacked information because Israel refused to cooperate with the investigation.

Iran says it has informed the U. N. nuclear agency it plans to further enrich its uranium in defiance of international demands that it stop.

As the debate heads into the U. N. Security Council, policy is at a standstill.

But of course, you know at the U. N. , sometimes things move slowly, and they basically said no.

The meeting comes ahead of a likely U. S. -led push in the U. N. Security Council for new sanctions against Iran.

U. N. officials said Mr. Ban considered the matter closed.

The group plans to submit the petition to the U. N. Security Council in around two weeks, when it hopes to have more than one million names.

In May, Pyongyang tested a nuclear explosive and was slapped with new financial sanctions by the U. N. and many member countries.

And last week, the United States led an effort to put Burma, for the first time in history, on the agenda of the U. N. Security Council.

China continued protesting in the U. N. Security Council that there was not enough proof to implicate the North.

China participates in quite a few U. N. peacekeeping operations, as well.

Represented at the U. N. by the Palestine Liberation Organization, or PLO, Palestinians currently possess "Observer Organization" status.

That proposal calls for an immediate end to hostilities and deployment of a U. N. buffer force along the Israel-Lebanon border.

The U. N. human rights office said Tuesday that at least 536 people were killed in recent fighting in western Ivory Coast.

The campaign chosen for this year by the U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization is "The Right to Food. "

A few months ago, though, the U. N. announced that it was revising its long-term forecast.

China is the only permanent member of the U. N. Security Council without an aircraft carrier.

China is the only permanent member of the U. N. Security Council without an aircraft carrier.

The secretary-general has announced a new initiative to help lower the U. N. 's greenhouse gas emissions and reduce pollution.

At first, it was just vegetarian groups that used the U. N. 's findings as evidence for the superiority of an all-plant diet.

The U. N. children's agency says at least 200, 000 children in Niger face severe acute malnutrition that will require hospital treatment.

The U. N. meeting is expected to come up with a plan of emergency measures to solve the immediate global food crisis.

In Manila, U. N. Children's Fund child protection officer Victoria Juat says naive children and parents are lured by an old trick.

Obama also rejected a push by the Palestinians for U. N. recognition of a state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem late this year.

Angelina Jolie will become the United Nations' latest celebrity ambassador at a ceremony next week, the U. N. refugee agency said Tuesday.

And I really dedicated myself to that, both at the U. N. and then as Secretary of State.

The Quartet statement came at the end of two days of meetings in Moscow and was read to the press by U. N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Haiti's U. N. ambassador said the death toll in the revolt is now about 60, and the country faces "an abyss of civil war. "

With the U. N. agreeing a 'no-fly zone plus actions necessary to protect civilian lives' the Middle East scene has changed dramatically.

A senior economist for the U. N. says both regions have weathered the crisis better than developed nations.

She was granted asylum in the United States, and on June 6 arrived at the U. N. refugee facility in Romania.

Mr. Shi said China's role in last week's vote was part of an emerging pattern at the U. N. of succumbing to demands by other member states.

UNAMID spokesman Noureddine Mezni said the U. N. had highlighted the importance of allowing airports in Darfur to operate 24 hours a day .

The U. N. did not return calls seeking comment on the scandal.

You know the IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the U. N. organization. . .

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said some at the meeting felt NATO should take its lead from the U. N. and countries around North Africa.

The U. N. action will require all of its members to implement an assets freeze, a travel ban and an arms embargo against these individuals.

The death toll could rise from disease and hunger if the aid effort is not stepped up, the U. N. warned.

The U. N. has been trying to negotiate with the Israeli government to bring building materials to repair the damage from the 2008-2009 war.

Brazil, India, Germany and Japan are negotiating with African nations in an effort to win permanent seats on the U. N. Security Council.

On other matters, the president once again stressed his support for his nominee to be U. N. Ambassador, John Bolton.

The United States said earlier this week that Iran had mounted a direct challenge to the IAEA, the U. N. nuclear watchdog agency.

The announcement comes a day after the U. N. Security Council imposed new sanctions on Iran who refusing to stop enriching uranium.

Enhance Cooperation with and Strengthen the United Nations: We are enhancing our coordination with the U. N. and its agencies.

But the new agency, U. N. Women and its executive director, Michelle Bachelet, are expected to have a strong influence on U. N. policy.

Neither eyewitness reports nor the projections done by the U. N. are thought to be entirely accurate.

A U. N. human rights official later said there was no credible evidence to support the claim.

Both men argued the United Nations is indispensable in dealing with disputes around the world, even as they called for major U. N. reforms.

The ICC can start an examination on its own, after a request from a member country or after an order from the U. N. Security Council.

The U. N envoy did not name any insurgent leaders, such as fugitive chief of the Taliban insurgents, Mullah Omar.

Formally speaking, all Libyans are under a legal obligation -- imposed by the U. N. Security Council -- to cooperate with the ICC.

he said to a U. N. summit on global goals to fight poverty, hunger and disease.

The U. N. Security Council recently adopted a resolution calling for tougher anti-piracy measures off the Somali coast.

Nevertheless, diplomats at the U. N. have begun discussing possible elements of a new resolution.

During Wednesday's news conference with the U. N. secretary-general, Mr. Karzai again called for an end to civilian casualties.

The pact will replace a U. N. mandate for the U. S. presence in Iraq that expires at the end of this year.

The U. N. Security Council has renewed the mandate of its joint U. N. -African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur, Sudan, for another year.

White House spokeswoman says the United States has always supported a two term limit for U. N. organization chiefs.

Two years ago, I represented the international youth delegation to the U. N. climate negotiations in Bali, Indonesia.

One of the organizations affected by the ban is the U. N. refugee agency, UNHCR.

Dr. Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State, was a leading contributor to the U. N. reports.

The U. N. is the wrong place for hammering out the details of an international agreement on clean-energy innovation.

Certainly, Cary Grant's appearance at the U. N. delegate's lounge could have imbued the fledgling organization with some Hollywood glamour.

He said a formal appeal will be announced February 2 in Geneva at the U. N. Mission.

If this progress continues, the U. N. estimates that the poverty reduction goal will be met for the world as a whole and many areas.

He also said this was the gravest and greatest single loss of life for the U. N. in its history.

Recommit Navi Pillay, the U. N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, called for a renewed commitment by member states.

On her visit to Mexico, U. N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay looked into problems including abuse of migrants and women.

Russia, a permanent member of the U. N. Security Council, has not ruled out supporting new sanctions against Iran.

the u . n . invited governments and international organizations to plan activities to increase public understanding of the problem.

This would be an important symbolic achievement in the U. N. 's global effort to counter terrorism.

European Union official Robert Cooper says Iran has not responded "positively" to the U. N. -brokered enrichment plan.

But so far only five countries have reached that goal: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, according to the U. N.

Beijing, which has veto power in the U. N. Security Council, has resisted tough Security Council action against Sudan over the conflict.

Member nations, especially Pakistan, have raised the concept of "defamation of religions" in U. N. resolutions and reports.

North Korea defied the U. N. Security Council today by firing off a barrage of ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.

What do you see as the biggest issues for the U. N. over the next decade?

Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon told Israel Radio that the Israeli government will not allow the U. N. delegation to enter the country.

Human rights groups are raising concerns as the United Nations General Assembly prepares to elect 14 new member states of the U. N.

The U. N. s other priority is to coordinate the large international outpouring of its assistance.

The U. N. Security Council met to consider possible sanctions against Gadhafi's regime, including trade sanctions and an arms embargo.

At the U. N. Conference, the president was quick to point out specific sectors where improvement are being made.

U. N. envoy Angelina Jolie traveled to Turkey's border with Syria on Friday to meet some of the thousands of Syrian refugees.

tuesday morning , president bush meets with u . n . secretary - general ban ki - moon before addressing the general assembly.

Do you think the U. N. should be given authority to intervene militarily in situations like Darfur?

It came after the U. N. Security Council passed a resolution toughening sanctions on Iran over its refusal to stop enriching uranium.

They also called for continued international adherence to the principles of the U. N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.

At a conference convened by the U. N. , a provisional government was established under President Hamid Karzai.

U. N. Ambassador Susan Rice withdrew from consideration to be the next Secretary of State.

VOA has learned that the U. N. chief has narrowed his list for the top U. N. human rights post to three candidates.

Don't be so sure. It has become a constant refrain at U. N. headquarters that the Security Council is anachronistic.

In fact, the U. N. top leadership had not decided how to respond to the film when Turtle Bay published its story on June 29.

" North Korea's nuclear and world, and I strongly condemn their reckless action. " Speaking just hours before the U. N.

The United States insists that 12 Korean speakers join the U. N. feeding operation. Only three have been allowed.

The U. N. had already dispatched inspectors to Angola, to investigate how weapons were reaching UNITA rebels.

The U. N. World Food Program is doubling its estimate of the number of families in Niger who need food assistance.

that fateful meeting of the U. N. when. . . it declared war on North Korea- Saturday Rev; the fatal day of the election finally arrived.

In 2000, the U. N. Development Program reported that air pollution was already causing about 400, 000 premature deaths a year.

So the Obama administration will eventually have to decide whether that's an issue worth taking to the U. N. Security Council.

U. N. Humanitarian Chief John Holmes says that the long-standing crisis in the Horn of Africa has been made worse by the global food crisis.

The U. N. Secretary-General is urging Israeli and Palestinian leaders to hold intensive talks to resolve their core issues.

But, the report by the U. N. Conference on Trade and Development says progress has been less than expected.

In Khartoum, senior U. N. representatives are meeting with government officials in an effort to negotiate a deal for the agencies to stay.

The first objective is to accomplish the mandate set forth in U. N. Security Council Resolution 1973, he said.

Then the U. N. Jazz Orchestra dropped by and we recorded them and got nominated for a second Grammy back to back.

With just two weeks to go before world leaders gather in Copenhagen for the U. N. Climate Change Conference, the U.

The U. N. looks at the 7 billion milestone as a sign of people living longer and of improved birth survival rates.

U. N. officials have put food prices at the top of the agenda for an Asia-Pacific ministerial meeting in Bangkok next week.

Over the years, U. N. weapon inspectors have been threatened by Iraqi officials, electronically bugged, and systematically deceived.

Over the years, U. N. weapons inspectors have been threatened by Iraqi officials, electronically bugged and systematically deceived.

Part of Mr. Clinton 's mandate as U. N. Special Envoy is to help encourage more private sector investment in Haiti .

Israeli spokesman Mark Regev urged the Palestinians to abandon the effort for statehood at the U. N. and return to the negotiating table.

In June the U. N. Heritage Committee is to meet to decide on a management plan for the temple.

The president also tapped former U. N. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke to be his envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

At least 150 remain unaccounted for, including the head of the U. N. mission, Hedi Annabi.

U. N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the treaty should become the global norm.

The U. N. 's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released a report this week that food prices reached an all-time high in January.

Afghanistan's U. N. representative, Zahir Tanin, told the Security Council that his country is at a "critical juncture. "

The June sanctions were a response to a nuclear test North Korea conducted in May, its second such test prohibited by U. N. resolutions.

The United States and other countries have begun the process of releasing frozen Libyan assets through the U. N. Sanctions Committee.

Well, sorry I have to run, but I must attend some last-minute meetings in New York before the U. N. conference starts.

The U. N. Convention Against Corruption sets out the principle of returning illegal assets, but the procedure is difficult in practice.

Q: Foreign Minister of East Timor may become the candidate of the next U. N. Secretary General. Will China support his candidacy?

The international community condemned the test, and the U. N. Security Council stepped up economic sanctions against the North.

The five permanent members of the U. N. Security Council and Germany are meeting in Berlin to discuss further sanctions against Tehran .

The U. N. Security Council has begun debate over a draft resolution that invokes a section of the U.

I negotiated with Saddam's diplomats at the U. N. Later , I traveled to Kabul and served in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban .

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has strongly condemned the Israeli shelling of the U. N. headquarters in Gaza City.

It also happened to coincide with a screening organized by the U. N. press corps.

The the U. N. should step in and resolve this issue because this will be an ongoing problem.

In 1992, the U. N. cultural organization UNESCO added the Algiers Casbah to its list of World Heritage Sites.

Mr. Brown reiterated Britain's support for India's bid for a permanent seat on the U. N. Security Council.

Police say gunmen ambushed U. N. official John Solecki and his driver today (Monday) in the city of Quetta as they were traveling to work.

The U. N. food agency says these countries suffer from chronic hunger and are forced to import much of their food and fuel.

Mr. de Boer worked before coming to the U. N. as deputy director general of the environmental ministry of the Netherlands.

The U. N. 's World Food Program estimates that six million people face food shortages due to destruction of wheat and rice crops.

After the incident, civilians threw stones at the U. N. convoy, the latest manifestation of local frustration with the operation.

He said U. N. officials received radio reports from local authorities saying the soldiers were also raping women in the village.

Captured by a Brazilian U. N. peacekeeper, it shows the destruction of one of the city's most popular churches.

The Gulf War, too, had the sanction of the U. N. and its Security Council.

The U. N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that the planet is warming faster than previously predicted.

Palestinian U. N. envoy Riyad Mansour told reporters that his government had hoped for a different outcome Friday, but is not giving up.

If Mr. Bush asks the U. N. for help, do you think he is going on a diet of crow?

A local U. N. driver was killed as he was loading humanitarian supplies onto trucks at a border crossing.

After biggest economic setback in a decade, global economic recovery is expected to be slow, U. N. report says.

Negotiators at the U. N. climate conference in South Africa have approved a package of agreements to combat global climate change.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday that Iran agreed to allow U. N. inspectors to visit the reactor by the end of this month.

Gunmen in southwest Pakistan have kidnapped an American working for the U. N. refugee agency and killed his Pakistani driver.

Last week, Taliban gunmen killed five U. N. workers in an attack on an international guest house in the capital, Kabul.

The U. N. Security Council agreed Monday to Georgia's request to hold a special meeting on the recent developments.

Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will address the U. N. General Assembly on Friday. Afterward, Mr.

Milosevic died Saturday in his cell at the U. N. war crimes tribunal detention center at The Hague where he was standing trial.

On Monday, the U. N. opens a high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases that usually have been associated with western nations.

Small countries use the U. N. as a platform to push historical grievances against big ones, and nothing gets done.

U. S. Ambassador to the U. N. John Bolton has been circulating a draft resolution that would impose tough new sanctions against Pyongyang.

The U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization says agriculture is the main support for seventy percent of the world's poor.

Mister Ban, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Haitian President Rene Preval led a conference of donors at the U. N. Wednesday.

One of the U. N. 's Millennium Development Goals is to cut that number in half by 2015.

The U. N. progress report warns that aid shortages could threaten the efforts even of well-governed countries to meet the goals.

Representatives from the five permanent members of the U. N. Security Council plus Germany and the European Union met for about three hours.

The U. N. resolution sought to bolster existing sanctions aimed at the economic, high-technology and military sectors.

The U. N. cautions that food security in the region remains shaky due to high food prices, impassable roads, and conflict.

Bettina Luescher is with the U. N. World Food Program. She says the spike in food prices has led to concerns about political stability.

Her comments were included in an online U. N . report on this month ' s Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland.

If the session produces support for Kenya, the continental body could then submit a formal request to the U. N. Security Council.

Angry calls from protesters raised concerns over the safety of the U. N. monitors.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will join in a meeting of the U. N. panel on Monday in Geneva.