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SHARJAH // A strong argument that the United Nations has been ineffective in maintaining world peace helped a team from Gulf Medical University (GMU) clinch a UAE student debating championship. Full Article at The National Newspaper
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In the cradle of civilization, young women have become terrified about having children. Full Article at Huffington Post
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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 Fre... View Photo »
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If the UNSC (United Nations Security Council) passes a resolution, India has abided with it. Our hope is that whatever steps the United States and other countries take vis-ŕ-vis Iran, it will yield results
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Many strategies for reining in greenhouse gases come with substantial health benefits, according to a new study. But the actions with the most dramatic impact on greenhouse gases aren't necessarily the biggest winners for health. Full Article at Nature.com
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — Prime Minister Stephen Harper will face some fierce diplomatic heat when he arrives in the Caribbean Thursday for a summit of Commonwealth leaders. Full Article at Vancouver Sun
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The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. WFP is part of the United Nations system and is voluntarily funded. Full Article at Relief Web
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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 headquarte... View Photo »
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A United Nations report leaked to several news organizations says support for Congo's army has failed to deliver a knockout blow to Rwandan rebels while local insurgents have seized new territory. Full Article at GlobalSecurity.org
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Islamist insurgents in Somalia have told the United Nations' World Food Program to stop importing food aid into the country. Full Article at GlobalSecurity.org
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NEW YORK - OCTOBER 08: United Nations Under-Secretary-General Kiyo Akasaka attends the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign press conference at United Nations on October 8, 2009 in New York City.
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Our strategy in Afghanistan is supported by the United Nations, 43 troop-deploying countries, and many others who contribute funding and civilian staff. We do not operate alone.
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Israel violates resolutions of the United Nations Security Council
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In pursuance of realizing these goals concretely, the United Nations looks forward to working with President Karzai and his Government, the people of Afghanistan, and Afghanistan’s international partners
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Maison du Senegal reflects a commitment to being an active participant in world affairs by maintaining a presence at the United Nations and a showcase for Senegalese cultural and business opportunities.
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'China has revealed its hand whenever it mattered to India, be it at the International Atomic Energy Agency or on the expansion of the United Nations Security Council. Today, even as India begins to have fewer doubts about where it stands vis-a-vis China, it is being gnawed by doubts where it stands vis...
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How are UNICEF's Children's Climate Forum and United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP15) related?
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This is the first report in which a United Nations agency has connected climate change to human population and the status of women ... Its main finding--that investing in women and erasing the constraints on their achievement will slow climate change and build social resilience--is powerful and hopeful.
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Any long-term effort to address piracy must be complementary to the current political, security, recovery and development efforts now undertaken by the United Nations and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)
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The Obama administration should announce its support for a permanent seat for India on the United Nations Security Council during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the White House next week
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The Secretary-General also reaffirms the United Nations commitment to support and assist the Independent High Electoral Commission in preparation for the forthcoming national elections
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I do not believe that I would be a good politician – I have a habit of speaking the truth, even when it does not serve me well. But I would like to be in a position to promote peace. I believe that the United Nations would be ideal for me.
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So when you see family gatherings in the Obama household, it looks like the United Nations
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I think another important issue for Pakistan is to look at is the question of Hafiz Saeed [ Images ], because Saeed is subject of international sanctions, United Nations sanctions, as well as bilateral American sanctions
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The latest in a series of fairly fruitless international gatherings ends on Wednesday in Rome, as the United Nations food security summit draws to a halt amid a plethora of platitudes about feeding the poor.
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What we intend to do is to take to the United Nations Security Council a request that the international community re-endorse the two-state solution based on the pre-Jun. 5, 1967 borders. The key are those borders.
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The United Nations in Rwanda remains committed to promoting children's rights in this country ... Therefore we have supported the establishment of an Observatory on Child Rights, a free legal aid campaign, a recently enacting law protecting children and others from gender based violence and the developm...
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It really is the first time that a United Nations agency has looked hard at the connections between population and climate change
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More or less the earlier points were reiterated and developing countries said that any proposal that does not conform to the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), or the protocol, will not get our support
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The United Nations on Wednesday nearly doubled its appeal for funds to help the Philippines cope with the effects of back-to-back storms that left over 1,100 people dead and 1.7 million homeless
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There is complete lack of coordination between the EU institutions in Afghanistan and between the other big players, including the United Nations and NATO.
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It's humbling to see a freshman come up and ask a question of someone who addresses the United Nations
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Every year, 75 million women in developing countries have unintended pregnancies and Africa is a significant contributor, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
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Agro-food policies and management of resources for their implementation can only be the competence of the specialised United Nations agencies, above all the FAO and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, and should not be handed to the World Bank ... We believe assigning the World Bank the...
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The design of the patch with the U.S. eagle image superimposed seems to imply a hierarchy in which the U.S. 5th Army exerts its military command under the authority of USNORTHCOM, with its domain defined as all North America, including the U.S., Mexico and Canada, for the United Nations, as implied in t...
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Sierra Leone is one of those nations where decades of foreign aid have failed to appreciably lift the fortunes of the people. The country is a charity case: 60% of its public spending comes from foreign governments and nonprofit organizations. Since 2002, it has received more than $1 billion in aid ... ...
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