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- August 6, 2008
UN: Security Council President on programme
for August 2008
more Jan Grauls of Belgium,
Security Council President for the month, said the Council would
extend the mandates of three peacekeeping operations this month:
the United Nations Assistance Mission for
Iraq (UNAMI), this week; the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),
in the third week of August; and the United Nations Interim Force
in Lebanon (UNIFIL), before month's end....
Interview of US Secretary of State Rice with NBC News
more Question: Secretary, before we get to your good friends
Dvorak and Bach and Brahms and Beethoven, I thought we would start
with
a few geo-political hotspots. (...) Mainly China, with the Olympics
right around the corner here. What are your expectations for China
for
the Olympics with
regards to their human rights record and protests, which, obviously,
may be an issue? Secretary Rice: Well first...
Georgia wants growing EU's Role in Resolving the Conflict
in Abkhazia
more The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia has been informed
that European Union's Political and Security Committee (PSC) agreed
on the proposal to expand the EU's role in resolving the conflict
in the Abkhazia region of Georgia. Georgia welcomes this decision
as an important step in strengthening the role of the international
community in resolving the separatist
conflict. The EU's move will help break...
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