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| | United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The UN negotiates treaties such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to avoid potential international disputes. | | | Also implicated in the scandal is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, whose son Kojo Annan is alleged to have illegally procured UN oil-for-food contracts on behalf of a Swiss company, Coctecna. | | | On June 17, 2005, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill to slash funds to the UN in half by 2008 if it does not meet with certain criteria laid out in the legislation. |
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| | United Nations Agreements on Human Rights |
| | The remainder of the Convention specifies procedures for resolving disputes between nations about whether a specific act or acts constitute(s) genocide, and gives procedures for ratification of the convention. | | | In particular, it defines torture, requires states to take effective legal and other measures to prevent torture, declares that no state of emergency, other external threats, nor orders from a superior officer or authority may be invoked to justify torture. | | | The covenant permits governments to temporarily suspend some of these rights in cases of civil emergency only, and lists those rights which cannot be suspended for any reason. |
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| | ASIL Electronic Resource Guide |
| | UN research requests may involve obtaining a copy of a recent UN resolution, acquiring background information on the UN’s position on a particular issue, or obtaining information on voting practices of a particular Member State. | | | The Court consists of 15 judges and its jurisdiction is for contentious cases (disputes between states) and advisory decisions (at the request of selected UN bodies). | | | UN Members States are required to register all treaties and international agreements with the Secretariat, Office of Legal Affairs (UN Charter, Art. |
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| | FrontPage magazine.com :: The UN Must Change or the U.S. Must Quit by David Frum and Richard Perle |
| | If the UN is not part of the anti-terror fight, the United States should not be part of the UN. | | | The French in particular benefit from pushing the United States to break the UN's rules: Under French President Jacques Chirac, they are trying to fashion the European Union as a counterweight to the United States, and the image of the U.S. as an outlaw power helps their cause. | | | The UN has become an obstacle to our national security because it purports to set legal limits on the United States' ability to defend itself. |
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=11910
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| | UN Report Slams Use of Torture to Beat Terror - by Thalif Deen |
| | Mankind is becoming a single unit, and that for a unit to fight against itself is suicide. | | | The study, by UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Theo van Boven, points out that "legal argument of necessity and self-defense, invoking domestic law, have recently been put forward, aimed at providing a justification to exempt officials suspected of having committed or instigated acts of torture against suspected terrorists from criminal liability." | | | But, van Boven says, "the absolute nature of the prohibition of torture and other forms of ill-treatment means that no exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability, or any other public emergency, may be invoked as justification for torture." |
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| | Research Guides: Model UN & UN Research |
| | Full-text UN Resolutions (mastheads) are now included on the United Nations Index on CD-ROM (access at RefNet terminals in the SSH Library). | | | Sources for obtaining this information include the latest editions of two regularly-updated UN Department of Public Information publications: Everyone's United Nations: A Handbook on the Work of the United Nations and Basic Facts about the United Nations. | | | The United Nations Association of the USA publishes an annual, A Global Agenda: Issues before the General Assembly which includes a good subject index and references to UN documents related to all issues on the upcoming agenda for the United Nations General Assembly. |
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| | ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Afghanistan: Record influx of internal refugees into Herat |
| | According to the UN, registration of arrivals is under way in the camps, which will enable officials to determine the specific rural areas and districts from which the families are fleeing. | | | [This item is delivered in the "asia-english" service of the UN's IRIN humanitarian information unit, but may not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations. | | | Reposting by commercial sites requires written IRIN permission.] |
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http://www.reliefweb.int/w/Rwb.nsf/UNID/125A5AB1BC27E30285256A30007A4460?OpenDocument
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| | The German UN Mission: Statements and Speeches |
| | This is crucial to world order and must continue to be the case in future. | | | Thirdly, we have to preserve the inspection regime and to endorse the working program because we need both after the end of military action. | | | Secondly, we have to state clearly under the current circumstances the policy of military intervention has no credibility. |
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| | United Nations |
| | At the present moment, major focus is on UN Funding, International Criminal Court, UN Peacekeeping, Preventive Diplomacy. | | | UN Security Council - United Nations Compensation Commission | | | The International Court of Justice (World Wide Legal Information Association) - Basic Information on these topics: Procedure. |
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| | The Peace Encyclopedia: United Nations |
| | Yet if anything is "absolutely intolerable," it is that the international community has allowed slavery and other crimes against humanity to be institutionalized by a member state of the United Nations. | | | That Resolution, the bedrock legal reference contained in the 1993 Declaration of Principles, is said by the Palestinians to require Israel to leave the entire West Bank. | | | Eugene V. Rostow, an author of U.N. Resolution 242, U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs (1966-1969): |
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| | WWW VL Public Health: UN-System |
| | UN Trade Point Development Center - "The United Nations International Symposium on Trade Efficiency (held in Columbus, Ohio, United States from 17 to 21 October 1994) officially launched the Global Trade Point Network. | | | UN Cartographic Section - offers access to maps | | | UN System Pathfinder - "to identify major publications of the organizations comprising the United Nations system. |
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| | Human Rights Watch: United Nations |
| | U.N.: Governments and Armed Groups Must Comply with New Security Council Resolution | | | The United Nations Security Council should work toward the prompt surrender of former Liberian President Charles Taylor to Sierra Leone’s U.N.-backed war crimes court, Human Rights Watch said today. | | | The Security Council is expected to vote tomorrow on this resolution, which urges countries to enact laws against incitement of terrorist acts. |
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| | The UN and property rights |
| | The legal approach to this UN view of property rights is discussed in Section 11.3.3.2 (pages 786-787): | | | Compare this recommendation to Recommendation A.1 from the 1976 Habitat document. | | | These ideas came to America in the form of the Federal Land Use Planning Act which failed twice in Congress during the 1970s. |
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| | MSN Encarta - United Nations |
| | Five countries received this veto power: the United States, the United Kingdom, France, the Soviet Union, and China. | | | The UN’s charter established six distinct bodies that serve different functions: (1) the General Assembly, (2) the Security Council, (3) the Secretariat, (4) the Economic and Social Council, (5) the International Court of Justice, and (6) the Trusteeship Council. | | | Introduction; Creation of the United Nations; Structure of the United Nations; Membership in the UN; UN Funding; Functions of the UN; Influence and Effectiveness; The Future of the United Nations |
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| | UNAS : Welcome |
| | 4 October — The United Nations General Assembly’s Legal Committee must act to conclude a Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs has said. | | | Condemning deadly terror blasts in Bali, Annan says those responsible must face justice | | | UN Legal Counsel urges action to complete comprehensive terrorism convention |
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| | UNBISnet - UN Bibliographic Information System |
| | Catalogue of United Nations(UN) documents and publications indexed by the UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva. | | | The voting records for all resolutions which were adopted - either without a vote or by roll-call or recorded vote - by the General Assembly beginning with its 38th session (1983-) and the Security Council beginning with its 1st year (1946-). | | | Also included are commercial publications and other non-UN sources held in the collection of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. |
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| | Announcement of Nomination of John Bolton as U.S. Ambassador to the UN |
| | We all agree that there are numerous challenges facing the United States and the security of our country and all freedom-loving peoples must be protected. | | | The United States is committed to the success of the United Nations and we view the UN as an important component of our diplomacy. | | | As Secretary General Annan has said, "U.S. support the UN is critical to the success of this institution." The United States will continue to do its part. |
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| | This is a UN-free Zone... United Nations Keep Out |
| | Did you know that several U.N. Treaties and Conventions require that over 45 percent of the total land mass within the United States be cleansed of all human activity? | | | UN plans absolute control over WHAT you use your own private land for. | | | UN plans to nationalize ALL private property, particularly privately owned land. |
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| | United Nations - OCHA IRIN Africa News |
| | All IRIN material may be reposted or reprinted free-of-charge; refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use. | | | The material contained on www.IRINnews.org comes to you via IRIN, a UN humanitarian news and information service, but may not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. | | | NAIROBI, 6 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - The UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged authorities in Somalia to bring to justice the people who on Monday killed a UN security officer in the port city of Kismayo, 500 km south of the capital Mogadishu. |
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http://www.irinnews.org/frontpage.asp?SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=Somalia
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| | Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Opinion / Op-ed / The unfixable UN |
| | That court wants to take jurisdiction over every American soldier (and government officials) to subject them to war crimes trials in a highly politicized setting. | | | If so, you should be grateful that President Bush ''un-signed" the UN agreement creating the International Criminal Court. | | | Which brings us to Secretary General Kofi Annan and the UN. |
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http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/03/15/the_unfixable_un?mode=PF
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| | The project will be executed by the Ministry of Justice in collaboration of the Ministry of Interior, with the technical assistance of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). | | | In line with the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, UNODC, through its Lebanon office, will assist the Lebanese Government in enhancing its responses to counteract trafficking in persons as a phenomenon of crime. | | | This is why, as part of its Communication and Information initiatives, UNESCO Beirut Office launched on 2 July a project aiming at providing communities with access to information through enhancing the capabilities of public libraries in various Lebanese rural areas. |
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| | UN Document Index |
| | UN Secretary General reports, letters and spokesman briefings | | | This page contains links to the key United Nations disarmament documents on Iraq that have been made public. | | | UN Security Council resolutions and selected early drafts |
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| | About UN-free Zones |
| | Simple Legislation that prohibits flying of the UN Flag over State owned property | | | We're looking for pictures of UN Flags on public owned property and in public offices. | | | If you have pictures or have first have knowledge of UN Flags being flow or displayed on public property send them to us at. |
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| | Model United Nations: Links - UN Cyberschoolbus |
| | Cyberschoolbus' own brief guide to the United Nations' history and work. | | | From the American Model United Nations, a well-written introduction to the UN. | | | A useful comparison of UN practices and the typical practices of MUN conferences, brought to you by the AMUN (American Model United Nations International). |
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| | UN Foundation: Iraq Elections |
| | It is a legitimate governing body and can thus act on a wide range of issues. | | | • The UN has much-needed credibility with, and access to, Iraqi groups that must agree to join in the new political process. | | | • The role of the UN will be crucial- to support the government in building capacity; to continue to lay the foundation for local government, rule of law and other reconstruction needs. |
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| | UNDP United Nations Development Programme |
| | UN Volunteers have also designed ballot papers and public information material and trained some 18,500 election officials including presiding officers and polling staff. | | | These elections, the first in Liberia since 1997, are a result of the Accra peace agreement signed in 2003, which ended more than two decades of political instability and 14 years of brutal armed conflict. They are being conducted under the auspices of the UN, with UNDP providing support and training to the electoral commission. | | | 10 October 2005 — More than 180 United Nations Volunteers, together with Liberian and international UN staff, are finalizing preparations for tomorrow’s national elections. |
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| | Enfield UNA |
| | The UNA in the United States has been active in supporting the the role of the UN in the Iraq crisis. | | | The United Nations was founded to save us from the scourge of war. | | | One problem that the United Nations needs to address urgently is its relationship with citizens at a grassroots level. |
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| | UN-NGLS Millennium Development Goals - MDG summit +5 |
| | Other UN agencies have also initiated projects within their own direct constituencies. | | | Member States at the summit will also deliberate the Secretary-General’s report – expected to be released in March 2005 – on the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals and issues of peace and security, as well as UN reform. | | | This international reporting is undertaken by the UN Secretary-General who presents annual reports to the General Assembly. |
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| | Permanent Mission of Israel to the UN |
| | Nonetheless, the UN General Assembly passes annual resolutions that seek to prejudge the outcome of negotiations by proposing specific solutions to issues like Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, settlements, and other issues meant to be resolved through bilateral talks. | | | Thus, Israel was unable to serve as the President of the General Assembly, or as a member of any bureau in the GA and its main committees. | | | Ironically, it was the UN Security Council that proposed these bilateral negotiations in Resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), but the UN General Assembly undermines these resolutions every year. |
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| | Documents |
| | UN Criminal Justice Standards for Peace-Keeping Police (The Blue Book). | | | to the structure and work of the UN |
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| | Baghdad |
| | WASHINGTON (AFP) - The administration of President George W. Bush is significantly lowering expectations of what can be achieved in Iraq, recognizing that the United St... | | | UN reform ought to start at the top |
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| | UN Millennium Project © 2005 Homepage |
| | UN Millennium Project delivers practical plan to combat poverty | | | In a new report released on March 21st, Secretary-General Kofi Annan put forward a comprehensive deal for tackling poverty, security threats and human rights abuses while overhauling the United Nations through a set of recommendations slated for action by national leaders when they gather to mark the world body's sixtieth anniversary later this year. | | | The UN Millennium Project's report Investing In Development has received statements of support from several world leaders, including: |
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| | Special Session on Children - UNICEF |
| | UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in his opening statement to the General Assembly, addressed the children of the world. | | | In addition, the Special Session benefited greatly from an extraordinary array of leaders from civil society, including non-governmental organizations, cultural, academic, business and religious groups, and eminent personalities such as Nelson Mandela and Bill Gates, Jr. | | | Building a World Fit for Children reports on the landmark United Nations Special Session on Children, held at UN headquarters in May 2002. |
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| | The EU's relations with the United Nations - a wide-ranging partnership |
| | The European Commission and the United Nations to receive new commitments for the process of transition in DRC 11/07/05 | | | The European Commission, for its part, is committed to working closely with the United Nations across a wide range of policy areas — from conflict prevention and human rights to development and humanitarian affairs, from trade policy to social policy. | | | The main areas in which the UN is active today — such as promoting international peace and security, promoting respect for human rights, protecting the environment, fighting disease, fostering development and reducing poverty — are also priorities for the European Union. |
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| | UN Dispatch |
| | UN News Service: Criticizing changes that the Iraqi Parliament made on Sunday to rules for this month's constitutional referendum as "patently inappropriate," Secretary-General Kofi Annan called today's reversal of the decision "very important," but said the transition process in the war-torn country has not "worked as we had hoped." | | | UN Legal Counsel urges action to complete comprehensive terrorism convention | | | The money, fresh $100 bills shrink-wrapped on pallets, which filled three Blackhawk helicopters, came from oil sales under the UN's Oil for Food Programme, and had been entrusted by the UN Security Council to the Americans to be spent on behalf of the Iraqi people. |
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| | United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service - UN-NGLS |
| | Room DC1-1106, UN, New York NY 10017, United States | | | Youssou N'Dour and Friends United against malaria concert for the 60th anniversary of the UN - | | | Guidelines for Major Groups participation in 14th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14) - |
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| | Foreign & Commonwealth Office United Nations |
| | We pay over £600 million per annum to the various bodies of the United Nations. | | | When the United Nation's founding members drew up the UN Charter nearly sixty years ago, they did so in a world where international affairs were the preserve of nation states, where war between them was the principal threat. | | | The delegates will also represent the UK at the UN's 10 year review of the World Programme of Action for Youth. |
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| | UNIMUN - United Nations International Model UN |
| | A Model United Nations Conference AT THE UN! | | | As part of the official Millennium Activities of the United Nations Department of Public Information, and in association with American Model United Nations Inc., we invite you to participate in the first ever MUN Conference, sponsored by the United Nations, to be held at UN Headquarters. | | | On the day prior to the conference UN diplomats, NGO leaders and other experts will be available for substantive briefings with all participants. |
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| | UN Volunteers home page |
| | It is administered by the United Nations Development Programme. | | | UN Volunteers set the stage for Liberian elections | | | 10 October 2005: More than 180 United Nations Volunteers (UNV), together with Liberian and international UN staff, are finalizing preparations for tomorrow’s national elections. |
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| | UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
| | UNODC is cosponsor of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS - UNAIDS | | | Second session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime meets in Vienna, 10-21 October 2005 | | | Executive Director of UNODC makes statement before the UN General Assembly Third Committee |
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| | United Nations Table of Contents |
| | Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Emergency Force (10/26/73) | | | UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and The Division for Palestinian Rights | | | UN Special Committee on Palestine, Recommendations to the General Assembly |
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| | It also implies increasingly associating civil society and the private sector as full partners of development cooperation. | | | On behalf of the UN Country Team, I am pleased to introduce the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for Lebanon covering the period 2002-2006. | | | Indeed, coordination with donors should mitigate the funding constraint, which affects what it is feasible to achieve. |
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| | United Nations Radio News |
| | The United Nations has appealed for more than 20 million dollars for Guatemala, which has been hit by floods. | | | UN Website Services Section, Department of Public Information (DPI), | | | United Nations and other relief agencies continue to help Pakistan and India which were devastated by last Saturday´s earthquake. |
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| | Encyclopedia |
| | Le termino veni ab le greco enkyklios paideia, que significa "in un circulo de instruction". | | | Le encyclopedias pote esser general, continente articulos super themas de tote le areas, o pote specialisar se in un campo in particular (per exemplo, un encyclopedia de scientia). | | | Un encyclopedia general traditional occupa approximatemente un metro de spatio in un mobile. |
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| | United Nations Cyberschoolbus |
| | View statistics about UN Member States- one at a time. | | | UN intro Introduction to the history and work of the UN. | | | Read the replies recently received from His Excellency Ambassador Nambiar Vijay Kunhianandan of India to questions submitted to our site. |
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