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U.N. Chief Gets Black Belt in Taekwondo, but He’s No Grandmaster
But the world leader doesn't really have time for sports and hobbies in general.
Samantha Power Is Skeptical of United Nations’ Strength
Obama's nominee for U.S. ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, realized the limits of the international organization's effectiveness firsthand during the Bosnian...
UN: New Reports of Chemical Weapons Use in Syria
(UNITED NATIONS) — There are mounting reports of chemical weapons use as violence escalates in Syria, the U.N.'s top Mideast envoy said Wednesday. In response...
Developing: Earthquake Detected Near North Korea Nuclear Site
U.S. monitoring agency says that a magnitude 4.9 earthquake has been detected in North Korea, signaling a possible nuclear test.
Obama: Susan Rice Withdraws from Secretary of State Consideration
Statement by the President on Ambassador Rice Today, I spoke to Ambassador Susan Rice, and accepted her decision to remove her name from consideration for...
Obama Comes to New York for Barbara Walters and, sorta, the United Nations
On Monday, President Barack Obama made his fourth pilgrimage to New York City for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly. He arrived in Manhattan on...
“Asia has underperformed its potential for social strengthening.”
Supachai Panichpakdi, secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad), tells an audience in Bangkok Tuesday, according to...
The Case Against Letting the United Nations Govern the Internet
All this year, and culminating in December at the World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai, the nations of the world will be negotiating a...
Do Not Return to Sender: 16 Kilos of Cocaine Mailed to U.N. Headquarters
The UN is home to its fair share of diplomatic tussles and international scandals, but this was a very different kind of intrigue: more than 35 pounds of cocaine...
Will the Palestinians Settle for a Rain-Check at the United Nations?
Move along, there's nothing to see here. The much vaunted September fireworks between Israel, the U.S. and the Palestinians at the United Nations is turning out...
United Nations: Oil for Food--and for Guns and for Leverage
Who stands to profit most from the expansion of the Oil for Food program the U.N. put into place just before KOFI ANNAN went to Baghdad? The new plan will allow...
United Nations: Will Annan's Agreement Declaw UNSCOM?
A storm is brewing at the U.N. over just how many secret deals Secretary-General KOFI ANNAN may have made in Baghdad in order to defuse the crisis with Iraq...
United Nations: More UNESCO trouble
In the ongoing battle between the U.S. and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the U.S. employed a tactic last week that one...
United Nations: Money Delayed Is Money Denied
Like partners approaching a divorce, the Reagan Administration and the director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...
United Nations: Sea Settlement
The U.S. opposes a new treaty After eight years of negotiations, 130 nations last week approved a draft of a new treaty designed to extend the rule of...
UNITED NATIONS: A Reckless Act
"The United Nations is at the point of officially endorsing anti-Semitism," warned U.S. Ambassador Daniel P. Moynihan. "It is a reckless act, an obscene act."...
UNITED NATIONS: Shanghai Expressed
As one of the minor boons of Chinese membership in the United Nations. that organization's annual Demographic Yearbook, published last week, was finally able to...
UNITED NATIONS: Goodbye, Confucius
In one of the oddest administrative tricks in its history, the United Nations Secretariat disclosed last week that it was excising all references to Taiwan and...
UNITED NATIONS: Veto No. 5
During seven weeks of debate, U.S. Ambassador John A. Scali maneuvered to keep an anti-Israel resolution from coming to a vote in the U.N. Security Council...
