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ALEXANDRA KIRK: Three weeks after an Australian customs ship plucked 78 Sri Lankans from their stricken boat, the Federal Government hopes it will soon have a deal to persuade the asylum seekers to go ashore and be processed in Indonesia. Full Article at Radio Australia
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The 5th Regional Steering Committee was held on 7 November 2009, the final steering committee meeting for the project which ends its first phase in December 2010. Full Article at Scoop - New Zealand News
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Afghan opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah (R) shakes hands with United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon (C) as United Nation's special envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide (L, background) looks on prior to a meeting in Kabul on November 2, 2009. View Photo »
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Considering the threats of war enunciated by the government of Venezuela, the government of Colombia proposes going to the Organization of American States and the Security Council of the United Nations
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QUITO, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Ecuadorian government on Sunday belittled accusations from the United States and United Nations (UN) of collaborating with Iran's nuclear activities on the basis of an agreement between the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE)... Full Article at Xinhua
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it costs the United Nations an average of $2,473 per page to create every single document in its six official languages, while outside contractors complete the same work for around $450, prompts diplomats to accuse the organization of running amok... Full Article at The Volokh Conspiracy
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Aid workers are warning the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is worsening. Some of the worst affected areas cannot be reached because of fighting, and as winter draws nearer there are fears more civilians will suffer. Full Article at ABC Online
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Palestinian and UN vehicles take a flooded street following heavy rains in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on October 29, 2009. View Photo »
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We have accepted the road map and United Nations resolutions and we have fulfilled all our obligations toward the peace process
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed today's approval by Iraqi lawmakers of amendments to electoral laws, saying the move -- which follows weeks of deadlock -- means national parliamentary polls can be held in January as scheduled. Full Article at Scoop - New Zealand News
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The United Nations telecommunications agency announced today that it has signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates to build a new museum that will focus on the impact of information communications technology (ICT) on people's lives. Full Article at Scoop - New Zealand News
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Afghan opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah (R) shakes hands with United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon (C) as United Nation's special envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide (L, background) looks on prior to a meeting in Kabul on November 2, 2009.
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (2ndL), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR), Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier (R) and Secretary General of the French Delegates for the 64th Session...
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (2ndL) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (L), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR) and Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.
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An Afghan police commando keeps guard (L) while UN investigating personnel watch as an ambulance carrying two bodies leave The Bekhtar Guesthouse in Kabul on October 28, 2009, after a two-hour gunbattle with Taliban suicide gunmen killed six expatriate UN staff.
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 28: Armed Afghan police guard a UN ambulance carrying bodies of victims recovered from the Bekhtar guesthouse after an attack by Taliban militants on Octber 28, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 24: Afghan and UN workers load ballot boxes and election materials onto a truck at the Independent Election Commission (IEC) headquarters as preparations for the Afghan Presidential run-off elections get underway on October 24, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 24: Afghan and UN workers load ballot boxes and election materials onto a truck at the Independent Election Commission (IEC) headquarters as preparations for the Afghan Presidential run-off elections get underway on October 24, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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US ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, arrives to a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman (L) in Jerusalem on October 21, 2009. Rice arrived in the Middle East to meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials and participate in a conference hosted by President Shimon Peres.
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Jeffrey Sachs, economist and special adviser to the UN secretary-general, holds his prize after being awarded the International honorary prize by Swedish Crown Princess Victoria during The Knowledge Awards gala in the Stockholm City Hall, October 19, 2009.
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Haitian president Rene Preval (L) and UN representative for Haiti, Edi Anabi taking part at the ceremony of 11 soldiers (six Uruguayans and five Jordanians) during repatriation ceremonies in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Haitian president Rene Preval (L) and UN representative for Haiti, Edi Anabi(R) taking part at the ceremony of 11 soldiers (six Uruguayans and five Jordanians) during repatriation ceremonies in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Considering the threats of war enunciated by the government of Venezuela, the government of Colombia proposes going to the Organization of American States and the Security Council of the United Nations
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We have accepted the road map and United Nations resolutions and we have fulfilled all our obligations toward the peace process
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It's clear that Hezbollah no longer controls the border, due to the presence of Unifil [United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon] troops
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the bowls are subject to the Iraq United Nations sanctions order 2003 as cultural objects illicitly removed from Iraq after 6 August 1990 and that UCL has therefore a duty to deliver them to a constable
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We committed to take action to tackle the threat of climate change and work towards an ambitious outcome in Copenhagen, within the objective, provisions and principles of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
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The Bolivarian government has been assuming responsibility for the fight against illicit drug trafficking and its consequences. For this reason, for the third consecutive year, Venezuela was certified by the United Nations as one of the countries where there is no cultivation of plants with which illega...
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Our economy is third in Europe and sixth in the United Nations
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Internationally, it’s a program with the United Nations, the NBA and Sports Illustrated magazine, and the goal is to eradicate malaria from the African continent by 2020 ... The United Methodist Church is a partner in it as well, and because that’s my background, that’s how we got involved.
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an outward-looking, engaged, multilateral foreign policy that makes the United Nations central to any form of security or peace-building activity and does a whole range of security work which is very much in the tradition of Ireland and the Irish deployments
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Most of the major armed actors in the Darfur conflict have continued to exercise their military options, violate the United Nations arms embargo and international humanitarian and human rights law and impede the peace process.
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At least 54 children have died of malnutrition so far this year in Guatemala, according to the General Directorate of Epidemiology, while 2.5 million people out of a total population of 13 million are facing a food crisis, according to United Nations figures.
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These positive economic developments have been underpinned by regular political dialogue through high level visits from China to Africa, cooperation at international for participation in United Nations peacekeeping missions in Africa
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We, the Senior Management of FAO, IFAD and WFP, the Rome-based United Nations agencies, met today ahead of the World Summit on Food Security (16-18 November 2009), to determine how to maximize each agency's expertise and comparative advantage so their combined efforts better serve the world's 1.02 billi...
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This is the perfect time for a symposium on climate change. Steady media coverage and the United Nations summit in Copenhagen indicate that interest is high and that world leaders are seized of the global urgency of the issue.
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our vote should not be construed as endorsing referrals to the International Criminal Court and United Nations Security Council.
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Let me begin by being very direct. The U.N. Gaza report is the most serious and vicious indictment of the State of Israel bearing the seal of the United Nations since the General Assembly adopted the 'Zionism is racism' resolution
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I was absolutely stunned -- it changed my whole world view in an instant -- to be told that London knew [the intelligence] coming from torture, that it was not illegal because our legal advisers had decided that under the United Nations convention against torture, it is not illegal to obtain or use inte...
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A United Nations spokesman, Adrian Edwards, said about 600 international staff members would be temporarily relocated either to other locations in Afghanistan or to other places, primarily Dubai and Central Asian countries.
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The secretary-general of the United Nations goes to Copenhagen not just with the prayers and best wishes of every major faith tradition in the world, but with the knowledge that if, God forbid, the nations of the world are unable to rise to the occasion at Copenhagen, the faiths will - and already have
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Our grief is with the families of the six United Nations employees – working in the name of peace – who were murdered by terrorists in Kabul [Afghanistan]
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Israel is treated fairly in the United Nations
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There has been speculation that the United Nations will evacuate Afghanistan... We will not be deterred, cannot be deterred and must not be deterred and the work of the United Nations will continue
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Effective immediately, the United Nations is taking additional steps to reduce risks to its national and international staff serving in Afghanistan
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The United Nations has been in Afghanistan for half a century and we are not about to leave now. The Afghan people want us to stay
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