United Nations: When UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took office in January 2007, one of his first announcements was to call for the resignation of all senior high-ranking officials so that he...
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30 December 2011
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Source: Inter Press Service
29 December 2011
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Source: Business DayThe United Nations’ recent 17th Conference of the Parties (COP-17) in Durban, South Africa succeeded in renewing the Kyoto Protocol, which aims to reduce global greenhouse-gas emissions. But the...
28 December 2011
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Source: DIRCOPretoria: The month of January 2012 will be marked by several high-level events in the international relations calendar. These include, amongst others, South Africa assuming the rotating presidency...
27 December 2011
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Source: UN General AssemblyUnited Nations: The main part of the 66th session of the General Assembly draws near to a close. Just as I speak, the members of the Fifth Committee are working tirelessly, negotiating on the issues...
23 December 2011
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Source: Daily TimesIslamabad: As the year 2011 is about to end, parliament’s report card is out and its evaluation stands at just 44%. Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development & Transparency (PILDAT)...
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Source: SES TürkiyeIstanbul: As part of Turkey's opening to Africa, on Friday (December 16th) the ministers of 54 countries of the African Union and representatives of African institutions concluded the first...
10 December 2011
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Source: Hindustan TimesNew Delhi: Australia on Thursday supported India's claim for a permanent seat in an expanded UN Security Council and said the decision of its ruling party on supplying Uranium to New Delhi has...
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Source: ReutersUnited Nations: The UN Security Council agreed on Friday to France's request for a briefing on Syria's rights crackdown from the U.N. human rights chief, overcoming resistance from Russia,...
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Source: XinhuaUnited Nations: Italy on Thursday called on UN member states to work for a consensus on the reform of the world body, the UN Security Council in particular, rather than taking a "...
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Source: ISSSouth Africa, Brazil, India, Germany and others have been pushing for reform of the United Nations Security Council that would realise their ambitions to secure permanent seats on the Security...
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