It is expected a large part of Brahimi's work will involve Iraq and that he will help define the U.N. role in the country.
They were not real U.N. observers, however, but demonstrators who were mocking the tiny six-man U.N. mission in the country so far.
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All the focus has been on getting U.N. monitors into the country.
The U.N. goal is to stabilize the country and help it prepare for presidential elections.
But almost immediately there were signs both sides were violating its terms, even with hundreds of unarmed U.N. monitors in the country.
On Thursday night, the foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain, who together are fielding a majority of the U.N. peacekeepers in the south of the country, held talks with Lebanese leaders, but to no avail.
During his visit to Afghanistan Annan will be briefed on U.N. efforts to rebuild the country.
By last month, some unarmed U.N. observers sent to the country to monitor the purported cease-fire deal had left the country, while others were largely confined to their hotels.
Permitted by Musharraf to return to Pakistan last year, Sharif is now banking the PML-N's fortunes on a platform of renewing the country's top judiciary -- removed by Musharraf during a state of emergency.
The MI-8 helicopter went down near the settlement of Likuangole, in the state of Jonglei, in the country's east, the U.N. mission said.
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She traveled around the country during and shortly after the U.N.
Cases tried by the tribunal could be triggered by the court's independent prosecutor, by a country or by the U.N.
Iraq has repeatedly refused to allow U.N. weapons inspectors back into the country.
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That idea, in 1985, morphed into a chain of more than 200 stores around the country called Bras N Things.
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On the foreign policy side, on North Korea, has North Korea, in fact, offered to allow U.N. nuclear inspectors back into the country?
Russia has opposed 'smart' sanctions and has put forward its own proposals for suspending sanctions of Baghdad allows U.N. weapons inspectors back into the country.
According to the country's election commission, PML-N was confirmed as the winner in 123 constituencies out of the 272, former ruling Pakistan People's Party in 37 and Mr. Khan's PTI in 26.
According to the country's election commission, PML-N was confirmed as the winner in 116 constituencies out of the 235 where the vote count ended, former ruling Pakistan Peoples Party in 27 and Mr. Khan's PTI in 26.
Iraq also wants the United Nations to put pilots from countries other than the United States in the cockpits of reconnaissance flights over the country, which are also part of the U.N. weapons monitoring program.
One foreign staff member of the IOM was seriously injured, sustaining third-degree burns, and was being airlifted out of the country, U.N. officials said.
According to the latest U.N. estimates, more than 150, 000 people have fled the country for Mauritania, Niger and Burkina Faso, while another 230, 000 have been internally displaced.
The U.N. has doubled its estimate of the number of Syrians likely to flee the country this year to nearly 200, 000.
The New York Times also reported that one of the busiest McDonalds in the country is in Williston, N.
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China is the world's second-largest economy (by PPP) and still growing fast, with an increasing impact both regionally and globally. (Just think of the importance of Beijing's decision not to devalue the yuan following the 1997 financial crisis.) The country is a nuclear power and a permanent member of the U.N.
World Health Organization representative William Aldis told Reuters that the U.N agency would only accept drugs that had been labeled in the language of the recipient country and that were within six months of their expiry date.
The company has postings throughout the country, with New York, N.
Woods is expected to play at the The Barclays golf tournament, the first leg of the FedEx Cup, which kicks off Thursday at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.
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