Obama looks to the UN as a vehicle for tethering the US superpower.
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Even if Mr Bolton's nomination is confirmed, he is likely to arrive at the UN as damaged goods, our correspondent adds.
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The secretary-general proposes in his report a standard which would have the UN as the only legitimate venue in the world.
In 1999, Israel undertook a full withdrawal, which concluded in 2000 and their pullout was certified by the UN as complete.
Those who see the UN as a mere talking-shop should remember that its first meeting on AIDS launched the Global Fund.
The majority of homes receive some form of food assistance from the UN as few have sufficient money to pay for their basic needs.
At the United Nations last week, he went a step further, putting the "world body" on notice that more of the same from Saddam had better be unacceptable to the UN as well, or it will render itself as useless as the League of Nations became in the late 1930s.
When faced with a disease as un-sexy as diarrhea, however, it may be just what the doctor ordered.
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Whether "ClimateGate" was as significant in slowing progress in the UN talks as other factors is unclear.
It is important for all levels of IT staff to set these reservations about people, products and services aside, to best assess value in as un-biased a manner as possible.
In addition, UNESCO also contributes to UN-wide coordination mechanisms such as UN-Water and UN-Oceans.
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The 30% figure is twice the level the UN uses as a benchmark for crisis.
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On top of that the U.S. contributes many billions more for such UN ventures as peacekeeping, food aid, refugee relief and so forth.
This was not true for President George W. Bush, who described his annual UN remarks as a "visit to the wax museum" because of the audience's unenthusiastic response.
Tiny Rwanda - repeatedly identified by UN experts as the puppet-master behind this and previous rebellions - can surely no longer hide behind its familiar denials of involvement.
There are UN observers as well, they are separate.
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Prime candidates for the position would be Dore Gold - who served as UN ambassador during Netanyahu's first term as prime minister - and former minister Natan Sharansky - who Netanyahu has nominated to head the Jewish Agency.
But overall, the world now has 55 million extra slum dwellers than it did in 2000, according to UN Habitat, also known as the UN Human Settlements Programme.
Recent examples include Libya's Ali Treki, now serving as the 2009-10 president of the UN General Assembly, as well as backing Sudan, Syria and Iran for important posts overseeing the UN's cultural organization, UNESCO.
Both were seen as a breach of UN resolutions and condemned as a threat to stability in the region.
These statistics highlight the relevance of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, and its specific goal of mobilizing the UN family of agencies as well as other stakeholders including UN Member States, regional human rights bodies, NGO and media houses to collaborate in creating a safer environment for journalists.
And on key international issues such as UN sanctions on Iran, a "strategic partnership" with Europe, Georgia's future as an independent conduit for central Asian oil and gas, and a final settlement in Kosovo and the Balkans, European diplomats say Russia's positive cooperation is essential.
The sanctions have been described by Washington's UN ambassador Susan Rice as "some of the toughest sanctions" the UN had ever imposed.
Consider the effort to characterize the defense as un-complaining and diligent in its task.
Several preached that a Christian should avoid these works and rejected their knowledge as un-Biblical.
This denotes stylish world-weariness in the un-dead as well as the plain old living.
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Many Arab politicians and intellectuals have denounced the kidnapping and killing of civilians as un-Islamic.
France would like the African-led mission to become a UN peacekeeping operation as soon as possible.
But, the UN is only as effective as the political will of its members.
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