Trying to get a UN consensus may be Ambassador John Bolton's first major assignment.
Part of Unep's problem is that it is not a UN organisation, but a programme.
On September 9th the EU and Serbia sponsored a UN resolution calling for talks on Kosovo.
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That might be the most effective response but it would require a UN Security Council resolution.
Other countries want to give a UN agency, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a supervisory role.
The next step is for a UN Security Council resolution to approve the plan.
Recent years have seen conflict between a UN-backed government and the al-Shabab Islamist militia.
Mr Cumar says he wants a UN-backed international tribunal to deal with piracy cases.
France would like the African-led mission to become a UN peacekeeping operation as soon as possible.
Earlier this week, Britain, France and Lebanon drafted a UN Security Council resolution calling for action.
He also said he backed the idea of sending a UN peacekeeping force to Mali.
Certainly it is true that we will not benefit from such a UN action.
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On Friday, French President Francois Hollande said France would only help Mali within a UN framework.
In October 2009 a UN report said Afghanistan's illegal opium production had devastating global consequences.
Last year, a UN report accused the two countries of backing the M23, an allegation they denied.
In 1995, at a UN conference on social change, countries pledged to halve world poverty by 2015.
Deep discount retail is like throwing bags of rice out of a UN helicopter over the Sudan.
There is a UN police force in Bosnia but its role limited to supporting the local police.
The point of the threatened declaration is not to get a UN Security Council resolution supporting it.
Paul Volcker, a former chairman of America's Federal Reserve, is leading a UN-sponsored investigation into the affair.
France is pushing for a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali to take over from French and African forces.
Nato pilots are enforcing a UN resolution to establish a no-fly zone and to protect civilians in Libya.
Without a UN resolution, potential contributors of troops, such as India, are unlikely to join the American-led coalition.
It is physically impossible for oil-for-food revenues (in a UN-controlled account in New York) to be siphoned anywhere.
In total, 3, 300 regional troops will be deployed in the conflict under a UN Security Council resolution.
In July a UN report concluded that transitional leaders embezzled seven out of every ten dollars they received.
International telephone codes are allocated by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a UN agency also based in Geneva.
Late on Wednesday, a UN scientist said he did not expect events in Fukushima to cause serious health problems.
Norway angered Sri Lanka recently by arranging a telephone call between a UN envoy and a Tamil Tiger representative.
When a soldier or a police officer deploys to a UN mission she or he has a sacred duty.
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