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Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai's government lashed out Saturday at his foreign critics, accusing a top U.N. official and other international figures of interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs. Full Article at Los Angeles Times
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UNITED NATIONS -- The fact that 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... Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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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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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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THERE are ominous signs that an agreement at Copenhagen could be doomed to failure after G20 finance ministers were unable to reach a consensus on how to fund a global scheme to combat climate change. Full Article at Adelaide Now
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London: 6th November 2009: The first all encompassing environmental event for the GCC region, Gulf Environment Forum, taking place in Jeddah on 7-9th March 2010, has announced the full support of the Presidency of Meteorology Environment, UNEP &... Full Article at Zawya.com
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FOR TWO YEARS, the Danish capital of Copenhagen has been a beacon for environmentalists seeking a breakthrough international treaty on climate change. Full Article at The Washington Post
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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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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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WITH THE HELP OF THE EU, ABBAS MAY DISSOLVE THE PA AND DECLARE A PALESTINIAN STATE
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HAARETZ: Concerns are growing in Israel's government over the possibility of a unilateral Palestinian declaration of independence within the 1967 borders, a move which could potentially be recognized by the United Nations Security Council. Full Article at The Astute Blogger
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The theme is intriguing but not new. Nor is the title. Full Article at Free Internet Press
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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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Armed Afghan police guard a UN ambulance carrying bodies of victims recovered from the Bekhtar guesthouse in Kabul on Octber 28, 2009, where UN staff were killed during an attack by gunmen.
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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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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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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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Our economy is third in Europe and sixth in the United Nations
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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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This is the third time this year that Iran is disregarding international law and United Nations resolutions that forbid it to transfer weaponry
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This is the third time this year that Iran has disregarded international law and United Nations Security Council resolutions that forbid it to transfer weaponry
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