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POLITICS-U.S.: ‘Open Society’ Advocate Soros Funds Plan to Block Bush
George Soros, most often described as a billionaire philanthropist, once shared some of the political values of U.S. President George W. Bush. For example, they both wanted ''regime change'' in Iraq.But now Soros wants to see a ''regime change'' in the United States.
POLITICS: ‘Open Society’ Advocate Soros Funds Plan to Block Bush
George Soros, most often described as a billionaire philanthropist, once shared some of the political values of U.S. President George W. Bush. For example, they both wanted ''regime change'' in Iraq.POLITICS: Washington, U.N., Look Set to Clash Over Iraq
The United States and the United Nations are heading for another possible showdown over who should hold political and military power in an increasingly unstable Iraq.IRAQ: U.S. to Pinpoint Elections in Exchange for Military Force
The United States is trying to win support for a multinational peacekeeping force in Iraq by pledging a timetable for elections and the return of sovereignty to the Iraqi people currently under a U.S.-led military occupation.IRAQ: U.S. to Pinpoint Elections in Exchange for Military Force
The United States is trying to win support for a multinational peacekeeping force in Iraq by pledging a timetable for elections and the return of sovereignty to the Iraqi people currently under a U.S.-led military occupation.IRAQ: U.S. Bends on Demand for U.N. Peacekeepers – but Far Enough?
Faced with a no-win situation in an increasingly deadly Iraq, the United States is proposing the creation of a new U.N.-authorised peacekeeping force led by a U.S. military commander.IRAQ: Vulnerable Relief Agencies Ponder Presence
Last week's deadly suicide bombing in the U.N. compound in Baghdad has forced international humanitarian organisations to reassess their presence in politically unstable Iraq.''If the United Nations is no long sacred,'' a spokesman for a U.S.-based group told IPS, ''we should all consider ourselves potential targets for future terrorist attacks''.
IRAQ: Vulnerable Relief Agencies Ponder Presence
Last week's deadly suicide bombing in the U.N. compound in Baghdad has forced international humanitarian organisations to reassess their presence in politically unstable Iraq.POLITICS: U.S. Opposes Global Court’s Protection for U.N. Workers
The United States is holding up a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution that calls all future attacks on U.N. humanitarian workers ''war crimes'', subject to jurisdiction by the recently created International Criminal Court (ICC).IRAQ: U.S. Seeks U.N. Help, Offers ‘Arrogance’
When the United States launched its attack on Iraq last March, it did so in clear violation of the U.N. charter and in open defiance of a world body that refused to sanction an illegal war.IRAQ: U.N. Chief Blames Coalition Forces for Security Vacuum
Less than 48 hours after a deadly bomb attack on the U.N. compound in Baghdad, Secretary-General Kofi Annan implicitly criticised the United States for failing to provide the necessary security to the United Nations and its humanitarian workers in a highly volatile Iraq.IRAQ: U.N. Bombed for Perceived U.S. Link, Experts Say
The massive bomb attack on the U.N. compound in Baghdad on Tuesday was an assault on an institution that is increasingly perceived as a political mouthpiece of the United States, suggest Middle East experts and U.S. academics..IRAQ: U.N. Bombed for Perceived U.S. Link, Experts Say
The massive bomb attack on the U.N. compound in Baghdad on Tuesday was an assault on an institution that is increasingly perceived as a political mouthpiece of the United States, suggest Middle East experts and U.S. academics.POLITICS: Experts Split on Plan for U.N. Trusteeship of Liberia
A proposal for a virtual takeover of war-devastated Liberia by the United Nations is being given a mixed reception by African advocacy groups, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and human rights bodies.POLITICS: U.S. Seeks U.N. Nod for Handpicked Iraqi Council
The United States is trying to bestow U.N. legitimacy on a hand-picked, 25-member political body whose mandate to govern war-devastated Iraq is strictly under American tutelage.POLITICS: U.S. Seeks U.N. Nod for Handpicked Iraqi Council
The United States is trying to bestow U.N. legitimacy on a hand-picked, 25-member political body whose mandate to govern war-devastated Iraq is strictly under American tutelage.POPULATION: Nations Still Do Not Back U.N. Migration Conference
The U.N. has failed again to generate political support for a longstanding proposal to organise an international conference on migration and development.POLITICS: U.N. Faults Mercenaries as They Pursue Political Leaders
The United Nations is condemning the recruitment of mercenaries by governments and rebel groups amidst reports that bounty hunters are pursuing two political leaders: Liberian President Charles Taylor and former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.DEVELOPMENT: Meet Will Show Landlocked Nations Way Forward – U.N.
Landlocked developing countries need an extra boost to overcome the challenge of doing business in an era of globalisation without sea access, a senior U.N. official told IPS ahead of a gathering of those nations.RIGHTS: Activists Accuse U.N. of Cold-Shouldering Gay Rights
U.N. Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa, Stephen Lewis, remembers when participants at a major human rights conference decided in a rare political gesture to permit non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to take the floor.POLITICS: U.S. Seeks War Crimes Exemption for Liberia Peacekeepers
Washington is asking that if its peacekeepers are sent to Liberia they be exempted from prosecution for war crimes in the International Criminal Court (ICC).The clause, included in a draft U.S. resolution proposed in the United Nations Security Council, was condemned by the Coalition for the ICC, an umbrella group that worked to establish the court earlier this year.
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