Never mind that the U.S. defense industrial base is a fraction of what it was in Eisenhower's day n terms of the number of domestic suppliers involved, the size of the associated workforce and output of materiel.
By reducing the number of U.N. personnel on the ground, the ability of hostile forces to take hostages or to retaliate is also reduced, and capability to use air power is enhanced, according to U.N. spokesman Lt.
The U.N. has updated the number of people affected throughout the Horn of Africa from 11 million people to 12.4 million as conditions spread.
As of January 22, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said the total number of refugees exceeded 678, 000, with three countries bearing the brunt of the exodus: Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, each of which UNHCR says now houses more than 150, 000 displaced Syrians.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday that he had taken note of the Arab League leaders' suggestions, including requests to increase the number of U.N. observers and to set a time limit for the effort.
The U.N. humanitarian affairs office says the number of refugees is expected to double next year to 1.1 million.
The U.N. has doubled its estimate of the number of Syrians likely to flee the country this year to nearly 200, 000.
Such an organization is required to coordinate the work of international and private agencies involved in reconstruction and will require some 1, 500 U.N. personnel, as well as an equal number of Cambodian translators.
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The U.N. says it doesn't know the exact number of people living with HIV and AIDS, and that estimated number released this year may be the result of better tracking information vs. an actual decline in infections.
The list also contains a number of cold-weather towns, including Fargo, N.
Kofi Annan is attending a meeting of European foreign ministers in Brussels, where a number of countries are expected to make firm commitments to the U.N. force.
Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said the proposed U.N. resolution, drafted by French officials, was lacking in a "serious number" of areas.
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More than 170 supply trucks crossed into Gaza on Monday, less than a third of the daily number that crossed in 2005, said John Holmes, U.N. under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator.
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U.N. reform was a contentious issue in the yearly budgeting process prior to the enactment of Helms-Biden, with Republicans regularly slowing down appropriations for a number of international efforts, and refusing to sign off on dues payments until the U.N agreed to reforms.
According to a 2005 Senate subcommittee report, Picco provided his services on a number of occasions from 1997 to 2003--overlapping with his Dialogue appointment as a U.N. special representative and undersecretary-general--as a consultant on Oil-for-Food to Bayoil, a company owned by Houston oil man David Chalmers.
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