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POLITICS: U.S. Faulted for Short-Circuiting Global Treaties
The United States, which preaches the virtues of good governance and rule of law to the outside world, is notoriously remiss in either signing, ratifying or adhering to major international treaties, according to U.S. academics, constitutional lawyers and human rights activists.POLITICS: U.S.-Funded Peacekeeping Force Gets Mixed Reviews
A U.S. proposal to create a 75,000-strong standby peacekeeping force composed primarily of foreign troops is receiving mixed reviews from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and peace activists.POLITICS: U.N. Warned of Death Trap in Iraq
As the United Nations prepares to organise elections and help create a new interim government in Iraq starting in July, scepticism is growing about the wisdom of risking U.N. lives in a country swirling in violence and chaos..RIGHTS: Iraq Scandal Opens U.S. to Charges of Double Standards
According to a joke circulating in Washington political circles, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's notorious torture chamber in the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad - once held up as a symbol of barbarity - was never shut down.RIGHTS: Iraq Scandal Opens U.S. to Charges of Double Standards
According to a joke circulating in Washington political circles, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's notorious torture chamber in the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad - once held up as a symbol of barbarity - was never shut down.POLITICS: Afghanistan Starting to Look Like Iraq, Say Experts
The growing instability in Afghanistan - a country under virtual military occupation by U.S. and other western forces - has been overshadowed by news of the escalating violence, torture and killings in U.S.-administered Iraq.RIGHTS: U.N. Experts Call for Probe of Coalition Abuses in Iraq
U.N. officials have joined the rising tide of criticism against U.S. and British soldiers alleged to have tortured and humiliated Iraqi detainees in a notorious Baghdad penitentiary.PRESS FREEDOM: World’s Media Bypassing Critical Stories, Says U.N.
On the eve of World Press Freedom Day, a top U.N. official took a pot-shot at the mainstream media for being so obsessed with Iraq that it has woefully neglected some of the world's other serious political, social and economic crises.POLITICS: U.N. Ambivalent Over its Ability to Salvage Iraq
As violence continues to escalate in Iraq, killing dozens of soldiers and hundreds of civilians, the United Nations remains ambivalent about its own ability to help salvage a country on the brink of disaster.POLITICS: U.N. Ambivalent Over its Ability to Salvage Iraq
As violence continues to escalate in Iraq, killing dozens of soldiers and hundreds of civilians, the United Nations remains ambivalent about its own ability to help salvage a country on the brink of disaster.DEVELOPMENT: Pledges Neglected, UN Conference Hears
The international community, accused of reneging on its commitments to fight environmental degradation, has come under heavy fire at a series of meetings of the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) now in session..POLITICS: U.N. Battles Fresh Bribery Charges Over Iraq Probe
The United Nations is facing fresh charges of bribery against three of its senior officials, who are alleged to have accepted multi-million-dollar kickbacks from the Saddam Hussein regime while overseeing the controversial oil-for-food programme in Iraq.POLITICS: U.N. Might Not Be Washington’s Saviour in Iraq
When U.S. President George W Bush and his opponent, Democratic aspirant John Kerry, were asked about U.S. plans to stabilise an increasingly violent Iraq, both singled out U.N. Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi as the potential saviour who could rescue the country from possible disaster.DEVELOPMENT: Small Island States Swamped
The tiny Indian Ocean island nation of Maldives, which depends primarily on fishing and tourism for its economic survival, is threatened with extinction because of a projected rise in sea level caused by global warming.DEVELOPMENT: Conflict Threatens Mideast Economies – Report
The U.S.-led occupation of Iraq and the three-year-old Israeli-Palestinian confrontation in the West Bank and Gaza are threatening to de-stabilise the economies of most Middle Eastern nations, according to a U.N. report released Thursday.POLITICS-U.N.: U.S., France Blocking Haiti Probe
The United States and France have intimidated Caribbean countries into delaying an official request for a probe into the murky circumstances under which Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted from power in February, according to diplomatic sources at the U.N.POLITICS-U.N.: U.S., France Blocking Haiti Probe
The United States and France have intimidated Caribbean countries into delaying an official request for a probe into the murky circumstances under which Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted from power in February, according to diplomatic sources here.POLITICS: Iraq Oil-for-Food Programme Blame Game Heats Up
The U.N. Secretariat, accused of nepotism and corruption in overseeing Iraq's multi-billion-dollar, oil-for-food programme, is expected to name an independent commission this week to investigate the widespread charges of abuse.POLITICS: Iraq Oil-for-Food Programme Blame Game Heats Up
The U.N. Secretariat, accused of nepotism and corruption in overseeing Iraq's multi-billion-dollar, oil-for-food programme, is expected to name an independent commission this week to investigate the widespread charges of abuse.POLITICS: Violence Threatens to Unravel U.N. Plans for Iraq
Growing military attacks on foreign civilians and the violent uprising against the U.S. military occupation are threatening to unravel a U.N. plan for nation-wide elections in Iraq and to jeopardise a proposed role for the world body in stabilising the country.RWANDA: Could U.N. ‘Special Adviser’ Prevent Future Genocide?
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who has admitted he could have done more to stop the genocide of about 800,000 Rwandans exactly 10 years ago, says he is determined to prevent a similar tragedy in the future.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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