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RIGHTS-RWANDA: Team Begins Investigation of UN Actions
Five years after the Rwandan genocide, a three-member panel began work Monday on a question that has perplexed UN officials: did the world body do enough to prevent the massacres of as many as one million people?POLITICS-EAST TIMOR: Delay Possible in Timor Vote
UN preparations for the self- determination vote in East Timor picked up pace this week and officials denied rumours the poll would be delayed past the scheduled date of Aug 8.POLITICS-EAST TIMOR: Delay Possible in Timor Vote
UN preparations for the self- determination vote in East Timor picked up pace this week and officials denied rumours the poll would be delayed past the scheduled date of Aug 8.POLITICS-IRAQ: Britain Signals New Crack in Sanctions
The British government has raised Iraqi hopes of ending UN sanctions by suggesting that the nine- year-old embargo could be suspended if Baghdad complies with a timetable for disarmament tasks.POLITICS-KOSOVO: UN Launches Police Mission
The UN's Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) had started work in Pristina on planning the civilian-led mission that will administer the Yugoslav province and deploy thousands of police, officials said Monday.POLITICS-KOSOVO: Ultimately, UN Role Was Crucial
It was no small irony that, when the United Nations Security Council authorised an international peacekeeping force for Kosovo this week, Yugoslav officials made the case for a strong UN role in the crisis.POLITICS-EAST TIMOR: UN Prepares to Send Police
The United Nations was poised Friday to send dozens of police advisers to East Timor within days in an effort to establish secure conditions there before an Aug. 8 referendum to determine the island state's status.POLITICS: U.N. Ready to Adopt Kosovo Resolution
After months of sitting on the sidelines in the Kosovo conflict, the United Nations is a step away from one of the most ambitious missions it has undertaken in years.RIGHTS-US: Jury Verdicts Boost Case for Police Accountability
The grisly month-long trial of five New York police officers on torture charges against an Haitian immigrant has ended with a mixed verdict - but one which paved the way for a wider crackdown on police brutality.POLITICS: UN Approaches Last Hurdle to Kosovo Peace Pact
The UN Security Council began discussions Tuesday on a resolution designed to send international peacekeepers to Kosovo but still had a few snags to clear before it can authorise the troops.ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT – MUSIC-US: Kiddie-Pop Rises from the Ashes
Like the proverbial phoenix rising from the ashes, one feature renews itself magically on the US musical landscape every few years: bands comprised of fresh-faced, teenage boys singing sensitive love songs.CONFLICT-ANGOLA: UN Considers Enforcing Sanctions Against UNITA
The United Nations, stung by continued reports of sanctions-busting in arms and diamond trade with Angolan guerrillas, is seeking to tighten the UN sanctions imposed on the rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).POLITICS-IRAQ: No Light at End of Tunnel for UN
Two months after beginning a review of its relations with Iraq, the United Nations Security Council remains bitterly deadlocked over how to deal with Baghdad and diplomats do not see a quick end to the impasse.RIGHTS: U.S. Skirts Authority of International Criminal Court
The proposed International Criminal Court (ICC) may be years from becoming a reality but the United States is quietly taking steps to prevent its nationals from ever facing an ICC trial, according to rights activists.RIGHTS: U.S. Skirts Authority of International Criminal Court
The proposed International Criminal Court (ICC) may be years from becoming a reality but the United States is quietly taking steps to prevent its nationals from ever facing an ICC trial, according to rights activists.RIGHTS: UN Warns Violence Spreading in East Timor
UN officials agree with what human rights groups have been saying for months: violence by militia groups in East Timor is growing against the pro-independence movement - but they differ on what should be the United Nations response.POLITICS-EAST TIMOR: US Delays Arrival of UN Police Monitors
The UN's hopes of quickly deploying police monitors in increasingly volatile East Timor have hit a new snag, with US President Bill Clinton forced to delay US approval until he consults Congress.RIGHTS-US: Police Blue Wall Tumbling?
The admission of guilt this week by a New York police officer charged with the brutal assault of a Haitian immigrant in 1997 showed there were limits to the police tradition of protecting officers from prosecution.POLITICS: Air Strikes on Yugoslavia May Violate US War Powers Act.
The continued US involvement in NATO's aerial bombardment of Yugoslavia violates both the Constitution of the United States and the 1973 War Powers Resolution and could land President Bill Clinton in legal trouble, according to legal experts.RIGHTS: UN Warns Violence Spreading in East Timor
UN officials agree with what human rights groups have been saying for months: violence by militia groups in East Timor is growing against the pro-independence movement - but they differ on what should be the United Nations response.RIGHTS-KOSOVO: Peace Activists Call for End to NATO Bombing
The worldwide arguments over the rights and wrongs of NATO's war on Yugoslavia over Kosovo held centre stage at the close of a four-day peace conference here and peace activists called for a halt to the bombing and greater UN involvement in the crisis.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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