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Ethiopia's Incursion into Somalia Draws No UN Comment, Garowe Sideshow?

As UN Looks Into DR Congo Claims, Dodges on Press Crackdown in Egypt & Syria

UN Says Probing Sudan Bombing of S. Sudan & Darfur, Nothing on Khartoum U. Crackdown

At UN, US $100 M Savings Is Offset by Tax Equalization Fund, FOIA Stalled 10 Months

The UN Under Ban, See No Evil, Say Nothing About Egypt, StratFor Hack

Fed Seat Slated for Ex-Carlyle Hedge Funder Powell, Naked Fox in Henhouse?

On Haiti, UN Passes Buck on Probe of Abuse to Brazil, Stalls on Cholera Claim

In Sudan, UN Sees No Reaction to Khalil Ibrahim's Death, No Answer on His Pleas

At UN, Ban Has Belatedly Watched "Killing Fields of Sri Lanka," Response UNclear

UN Has No Comment on Ethiopia Jailings, Congo Crackdown , Sheltered Bissau Putschist

UN Confirms Banning from Sudan of Whistleblower, Darfur Violence, NGO Moves On

While N. Korea Brags of Tribute at UN, UN Brags of No Speeches or Ban Condolence

Amid Bombing & Retaliation in Darfur, UN Has No Answers for 3 Day & Counting

UN Budget Adopted at Noon on Christmas Eve, R2P Fight, Distant Claims of Savings (updated)

In UN Budget Vote, R2P Denounced by Cuba 4, Sudan, Echoed by Liberia

Deal on UN Budget at 6:30 AM Christmas Eve, Ivorian Mission Cut, Cynicism Charged

At UN, Budget Stalls at 6 AM on Ivorian $2 Million, "Backroom" US Predicted to Brag

On UN Budget, US Makes 11th Hour Proposal for Flexibility for Ban, May Vote

On UN Budget, US Flipflops on Development & Transparency, Hobnobs with Malcorra?

At UN After Only Partial $5.2 B Budget Deal, Torsella Strides In, R2P & SPMs on Table

As Sri Lanka Threatens Critics of LLRC, Ban Awaits Cheat Sheets of DPA, HRC

On Damascus Bombings, UN SC Sympathizes With Syria People But Not Gov't

At UN, Partial $5.2 Billion Budget Agreed, Cuts in DGACM, Recosting Deferred, SPMs in Play

As UN Budget Goes Overtime, P5's Political Missions, Opaque Ban Special Fund

At UN, Churkin Previews Syria Statement, Chides Rice, Met with Ban

At UN As Budget Talks Hit Midnight, Grumbles About Strike and Where Torsella Is

For Kim Jong-Il, Moment of Silence in UNGA, Shot Down in SC, Ban No Comment

Russia Urges UN Probe of NATO in Libya, ICC Loophole Raised, Ban "Misled"

President of GA Admits Qatar Role in His & Ban's Travel, Ban Is Asked to Disclose

Bank of America & Federal Reserve Let Off Hook by DOJ Settlement

Yemen and its Saleh Deal Under Saudi Eyes, US Drones, Qatar Funding

With UN Quiet On SCAF Crackdown in Tahrir, Protest at Egypt NY Consulate

On N. Korea, Russia Complains Sanctions Hinder Its Embassy, Ban to Write DPRK

At UN, Ban Cites Secrecy To Shroud Any Punishment of USG Shaaban, Opaque

On Inaction in Abyei, UN Says It Was "Not Mandated" to Oppose Sudan Army

As UN Ban Takes Photos With Businessmen, Unclear Who They Are

As NGOs Disassociate with UN Peacekeeping, Chief Ladsous Cancels Stakeout

On Libya, Ban's Defense of NATO, France & Qatar Slammed by Russia

In UN Condemnation Sweepstakes, Iran Noses Out North Korea & Syria

After Arrests, OWS Testifies in Times Square, B of A, Occupy Won't Go Away

Occupy Wall Street at Trinity's Lot, Bloom-Scrooge Parodied, Obama Hit on NDAA

After Sri Lanka Whitewashes War Crimes, UN's Ban Welcomes It, Counts on Government

At UN, Mixed Messages on Haiti Cholera, No Comment on Crackdown in Jeju

At UN, UK's Morrison Wins ICC Seat, Cathala Still in, Press Excluded

At UN, Syria Stasis Not "Bamboozle," Sahel Boondoggle, Libya Unfreeze, Ashraf to Base?

On Sri Lanka, Ban Has No Comment on LLRC Report, "It's Up to Member States"

For ICC, DR Gets In, Regional Solution Stalled on Mauritius & Cathala of France

IMF Eyes Hungary, Has Adviser in South Sudan, Complaints on Lagarde Access

As Ocampo Seeks to Arrest Sudan Minister, Won't Say UN Shouldn't Work With Him

As Russia Calls Meeting on "Middle East," Buzz on Syria Rebels Getting Arms

In Ban's UN, Cafeteria Workers Face 6 Month Layoff, Catering Only to High Rollers

With ICC Judge Election Stalled, Latin Snarking, A Call for Cathala to Quit

At UN, Ban Won't Comment on Drones, Claims He Sent Syria Report to SC

As Ladsous Said It's Up to Sudans Where Jau Is, No Visit or Answer from UNMISS

At UN After 33 Days, Uganda Tops Sierra Leone for ICJ Spot, India Pulled Strings?

ICC Vote Closed, French Trade So Far Unsuccessful, UK Puncher's Chance

Pillay Urges ICC Action on Syria and Palestine, Churkin Chides Emotional Outbursts

At UN as Pillay Briefs on Syria, 4000+ Killed, She Invites Questions on Palestine

ICC Prosecutor Says UN Shouldn't Deal With Sudan Minister, Kenyans to The Hague

Occupy Wall Street at Goldman Sachs, Crooks and Thieves Protected by Police

French Deal to Support Unqualified ICC Candidate for Cathala Nears Consummation

UK Candidate for ICC Judge Runs on ICTY Record Alongside Lamp Chop Diplomacy

After China Asks Palestine Briefing with Syria, "Middle East" is Topic Monday

At UN, China Proposes If Pillay Briefs on Syria, Palestine Should Be Covered Too

At UN, Pillay Says Deferring Sri Lanka Visit Until LLRC Report, Won't Count Deaths

France Says Russia & China Didn't Want Syria Briefing But "Obliged to Accept"

Amid Jau Dispute, Sudan Beats S. Sudan to Stakeout, UN's Ladsous No SOFA

As France "Grandstands" On Syria and Pillay, Russia's Rocket Poem Response

On Syria, as Rice Says Pillay Should Brief UNSC, Brazil Checks with Capital

After UN Dodges Jau Killings for 3 Days, Rice Says Jau Is In Sudan - Or Not (Updated)

At UN, Brammertz Blames All Bosnia for Foca Prison Break, Rwandan Responses

Asked to Confirm Sudan Attack on Jau, UN Cites Bor Internal Fight, "Mistake"

In Burundi, NGOs Say 300 Executed But UN Counts Only 57, Praises Government

Sri Lanka Killing Fields Screening Without Kohona, White Flag Killings Raised

UN Still Won't Confirm Sudan Army Invasion of Town in South Sudan

Fast Change in Syria of Concern to Iraq -- and UN Envoy Kobler?

UN Eritrea Sanctions Pass 13-2, Russia & China But Not S. Africa Abstain

ICC Indicts Sudan Minister, UN Keeps Working With Him, Entry into S. Sudan Ignored

At UN, No Speaker from Eritrea, 5 Accusers Given Floor before Sanctions Vote

Eritrea, Blaming US, Writes Again to UN Council Asking More Time, Showdown

To UN on Sanctions, Eritrean Tells Press "No One Will Come" on Short Notice

Libya Rep, Told of a UN Council Trip, Tells Press No "Need for Them to Visit"

As Yemen Saleh Official Says All's Well with UN, Yes from UN But Not Customs

At UN as Eritrea Asks for Time, US Says "It's Monday," Russia's Sanctions Concerns

At UN, Talk of Council Trip to Libya & Egypt, Maybe Haiti, New Members 1st

As Germany Ushers Child Soldiers Expert to UN Council, Those Impacted to Speak?

S. Africa Disputes Any Link of Zuma's Run to Head AU with Eritrea Sanctions

As France Met With UN Council, "Not a Word About Syria," Churkin Tells Press

On Yemen, IMF Welcomes GCC Immunity Deal, Ready to Support

At UN on Ban's Shake Up, Short Lists Unclear, Applies to DSG & Nambiar?

As Occupy Wall Street Protests Obama Fundraiser, "Sidewalk Arrest" by Police

As Eritrea Sanctions Delayed to Monday, Rice Says "Gabon Was Flexible"

On Eritrea Sanctions, China "Rejects Push for Action," Vote Switched to Monday?

Eritrea Rep Says Maybe Ethiopia Offers Help Ping 2d AU Term As Trade for Sanctions, Others Talk Zuma

At UN on Eritrea Sanctions, Russia Says Afwerki Should Be Invited Before Vote

At UN, US Rice Pushes Vote on Eritrea Santions, Russia Says No, S. Africa Amends

At UN, Push for Eritrea Sanctions Without Hearing President, "US & 14 Dwarfs"

At UN as Portugal's Month Ends, Of Stakeouts & Humor, a Play for Working Methods

UN Says Only "Elites & Media" Want It to Leave Haiti, Unaware of Obama Deportees

At UN, Kosovo Issue Reduced to Statements Not Passed, Stakeouts Not Given

In Yemen, As Saleh Declares Amnesty, His NY Trip Was Canceled, US Blocked?

On Libya, As Shalgam Accuses Qatar of Interference, Martin to Gulf, Rice to Tripoli

Amid Congo Election "Chaos," US Rice Says UN Role Is Minor, Up to Congolese

After 24 Soldiers Killed by US / NATO, Pakistan Writes Letter to UN, Text Here

On Child Soldiers, UN to Obo Only With Armed Security, Thai Resolution Backstory

At UN on US - Pakistan Attack, "No Line," No Resolution, No Comment

Facing Congo Election Questions, UN Uses Excuse of the East, Defers to Kabila

As Congo Campaigning Outlawed, Plea to UN Answered by Stale Statement

At UN, Dodges on Yemen & Somalia, MassiveGood & Green Climate Fund

For UN Re-Shuffle, Malcorra to DSG, Pascoe Lateral, a Khare Solution?

Even on Thanksgiving, Police Threaten Arrest at Occupy Wall Street, Egypt Protest

As Ban Names Kubis Afghan Envoy, Of Kyrgyz Accountability & Maxwell's Murder

As Saleh Says He'll "Step Back" in Yemen, Ban Says Immunity "Not Discussed"

As Clark Opts Out of UN Financial Disclosure, UNDP Brags About Its Own

Occupy Wall Street Mission to Egypt Debated, Rain Falls, Banks Let Off Hook?

Otunbayeva Tells Press Justice Had to Wait, UN Accountable Kyrgyz?

India Beats China for "Chinese" Seat on JIU, Where Tarasov Goes from Kuwait?

UN Says Investigation of Tear Gas Use at UC Davis "Appropriate"

At UN on Syria, Russia & China Abstain While Brazil Votes Yes to Condemn

On Rio +20, UN Ban on Global Conversation, Staged Questions in Briefing Room

At UN, As Syria Defense Moves from Bias to German Gypsies, "95 Would Be Good"

At UN, Suspension for Children & Armed Conflict Before Thai Resolution Adopted

At UN, Egypt Not Among 12 More Condemning N. Korea, On Abductees from Japan

UN Ban on Human Rights, It's All MDGs, In Indonesia Silence on West Papua

At UN, Of 23 Officials Not Listed on Financial Disclosure, Orr Says He Filed

Yemeni Nobel Winner Tells Press UN PGA To Help Freeze Ali  Saleh Assets

At UN, Yemen Nobel Winner Tells Press PGA To Help Freeze Saleh Assets

As US Lauds Saudi Vote in GA, Abstentions by IBSA Plus 3 Blocked SC Action?

From Manhattan to Brooklyn, Occupy Wall Street Questions Banks, Obama

At UN, Saudi US Resolution Text, Waiting on Syria & Palestine, Name & Island Fights

In UN Legal Vote, Syria Comes in Last Amid Grumbles, Colombian Coffee

Sit In & Arrests by NY Stock Exchange, After Eviction Occupy Wall Street Continues

In DC, Crimes of French SNCF Detailed, Sovereign Immunity Opposed

With Saudi US "Screenplay" in GA, Iran Says Unsubstantiated, Wouldn't Be 1st Time

As UN Says No Casualties From Sudan Bombing, Won't Answer on Air Force Build Up

After Bloomberg Evicts Occupy Wall Street, Exile on Canal, Court Win?

At End of UN Debate, Syria's Called Terrorism's Central Bank, Cites Jimmy Carter

In Bangladesh, Ban Meets Opposition, No Comment on Democracy or Justice

At UN on Syria, Still Waiting for Rabat, Is Stealth P-5 on Embassy Attacks?

In Somalia, Kenya Wants UN to Fund Its Troops, Silence on Port Blockade Call

As Obama Deploys on LRA, It's Not With UN, ICC Coverage Unclear



As UN Judges Complain of Ban on Whistleblowers, UN Hides Behind Chilling Effects

In UN Council, Of Syria Divisions, Kenya Incursion Excused, Perm Rep Sleep

Sudan Claims Media Lies about Bombs, Ladsous Spins SOFA, Refuses Haiti Query

At UN on Palestine, Amid "Delay," Talk of Settlements & Withheld Taxes

At UN, Gunning for WFP & DPA Jobs, Haysom Over Moratinos for Lebanon

Amid Sudan Bombing, UN Has No Answers, Briefing Postponed by ICJ Spat

In ICJ Election, Dirty Tricks Alleged, Ugandan Sierra Leone Contest Unresolved

At UN on Palestine, Report Drops Inalienable from Israel's Right to Exist

For ICJ Seat, Ugandan Presiding at Sierra Leone Court Duels Koroma

At UN, Moussa Meets Ban Amid Syria Joke and Spin, No Read Out, Campaigning?

Libya Echoes in UN Protection of Civilians Debate, India Attacks As Brazil Muses

No UN Answers on Haiti, Korea Arrests Query Taken, Ban on Whistleblowers

Before Congo Vote, UN Dismisses 120,000 Duplicates, As Ban Meets Moussa

To Reform UNSC, Japan Tries to Divide Africa, Others Try G-4 Split

As Linkin Park Joins UN on Energy Citing Haiti, No Cholera or BofA Answers

Amid Cholera in Haiti Demand to UN for Negligence, Ban Brags With Linkin Park

As Kissinger Protested, AIG's Greenberg Feted at CFR: Some Crimes Forgotten

Flaws in UN Aid to Central Africa Republic Detailed by Bangladesh Diplomat

Angry at Press on Its Position on Palestine, France "Witch Hunt" Defused by Portugal

Amid Bombing in Somalia, Cabral to Hear from Kenya, Eritrea Blocked, Ban Silent

Downer Says Cyprus "Slower Than Expected," Press Banned from Toilets

As UAE Prosecutes Online Critics, Ban Does Not Raise to FM, Instead Syria & Iran

US Opposes Eritrea President Meeting Security Council, Rice Tells Press Why

After UN in Guinea Bissau Sheltered Drug Kingpin, Mutaboba Against Trials

At UN on Palestine, France Says It Will Abstain, Bosnia "Can't Speak," Sources Say

Of Tear Gas Used on Occupy Wall Street, UN Says Oakland "Acted Responsibly"

On UNESCO, Palestine Calls Out the Czechs, Ban on Joining UN Agencies

IMF Defers Comment on Ukraine, Stonewalls on Greece, Lagarde & UN

Ocampo Brags, But ICC Tainted by French Vote Swap & US Loophole for Qatar

For Portugal's SC Month, Palestine & LRA, Working Methods for New Members

As UNDP Uses Arab Spring for Green, Had Aisha Gaddafi as Ambassador

UN Uses Mercenaries, UN Expert Says, Citing "French Person" in Libya

On Mines, UN Defends TNC of Libya as on Reprisal, No SOFA in Abyei?

At UN, Ban Defends Chair of BofA, Mountaintop Removal, Orr Unaware

At UN, To Avoid Bank Question to Ban, Spokesman Replays UNESCO

As UN Refugee & Crime Agencies Sign Deal, No Safeguards, No Protection

Rabobank Admits on Subprime & Purchase of Failed Banks, Desjardins on Citi

On Myanmar, As UN Dodges on Kachin IDPs, Nambiar Set Off on Quiet Diplomacy

As Israel Writes SC on Violence from Gaza, OIC Lobbies for Palestine at UNESCO

For ICC, France Offered to Support Unqualified Judge Quid Pro Quo for Cathala

As UN Is Urged to Monitor Sudan Moving Militia, DPKO Chief Claims No Mandate

As Occupy Wall Street Reaches Banks in Midtown, Paper Planes & UN Response

On Libya, As UN Martin "Did Nothing" & Needs Extension, Western Meetings 1st

Canada's "Pro-Israel" Nuclear Vote Has Arabs Criticizing Fissile Material Resolution

On UN Budget, EU Fights For Place, Coin Is Flipped, Ban Leaves Amid Criticism

After Herfkens Exposed Taking Dutch & UN Money, On Bachelet & ILO Panel

Eritrea's Afwerki Asks to Meet SC, Sanctions Proponents Want In, Rice in Mix?

On Libya, France Says Weapons Drops Permitted, S. Africa Says They Proliferate

At Occupy Wall Street in Oakland Echo, Goldman Sachs Indictment

At Nigeria House, Rice on Occupy Wall Street, Cabral on NP183, UK on UN Flights

From W. Sahara, Morocco Said to Block UN Torture Rapporteur Mendez

At UN on Libya, NATO Members Might Stay On, Qatari Boast Panned

In Ban's UN, Staff Complain of Pressure to Give UN Water Job to S. Korean

On N. Korea, As UN Amos Says Stay Clear of Politics, Kim Won-soo Beside Her

Sri Lanka Team Calls UN Ban "Close," No "Darusman" Report Action For Year?

As ICJ Judges Are Paid as Arbitrators, Need for Reform, Quid Pro Quo Alleged

In UN Archives, No Sudan Mission Records, Kofi Annan Questions, Khruschev's Shoe

Asked of Sudan Flying Darfur Militia to Blue Nile, Ladsous Says No Mandate to Track

As Sudan Flies Militia to Blue Nile from Darfur, Ladsous to Brief, UNanswered

As WFP Staff Complain Safety Chief Banned from Security After Iraq, Ban Is Asked

With No Obama Notice on Somalia or LRA, UN Confirms Nepal Repatriation

No Obama Notice on Somalia, LRA, As UN Confirms Nepal Repatriation

At UN, FIDH Funded by France Declines to Answer on W. Sahara, Haidar

In UN Election, As Slovenia Criticizes Process & Quits, Azerbaijan Wins

At UN, De Schutter Explains Gaza Flotilla Fiasco, Madagascar Sanctions Bite

UN Nov 11 Vote Pushed By Foes of Palestine Membership, Jan 1 Changes

At Occupy Wall Street, People's Trial of Goldman Sachs Set for Nov 3

Yemeni Nobel Winner Visits UN with Press, Ban's Member State Requirement Bypassed

As WFP Hands Security to Official Linked to Canal Hotel, No Answers

On Libya, As Russia Moves to End NATO Mandate, UK on Air Traffic Control

Azeri Momentum Opposed by France Then Weekend, Abstention Mystery Remains

At UN on Yemen, After 15-0 Vote, Nobel Winner At Stakeout Calls It Weak

Yemen SC Vote Conflicts With GA, Portugal Says, Nobel Winner Banned?

At UN, Morocco Says Mauritania Broke Rotation, Haroun Takes Puri's Call

At UN Election, Some Vote AU Only in 1st Round, Ban Greets Swedes

Morocco Claims Mauritania Broke Agreement, But It Has Waited Longer

On Eve of Yemen Vote, German Read-Out Silent on Impunity, West Says Meet India

UN's Martin Says It's Up to NATO, Stateless Unaddressed Amid Gaddafi Death

At UN on Eve of Election, Azeri Lunch and Latin Grumbles, Mauritania Gets Ready

On Sri Lanka, Darusman Tells Press "It Is a UN Report," Ban Yelled at Staff

At UN, Falk Says Ban & Nambiar Encroach on Free Speech, No Due Diligence

As IMF Spins Occupy Wall Street, Stonewall on Yemen, Sri Lanka, Myanmar

As Yemeni Laureate Calls SC Resolution "Bad, Worse," Ban Meeting at UN

At UN on Yemen, Ban to Meet Karman at 5, Experts at UK at 2:30, GCC - 1

As Yemen SC Draft Calls for Settlement Based on GCC, Nobel Winner Opposes It

As New Yemen Draft Calls for Settlement Based on GCC, Nobel Winner Opposes It

Togo Slow-Mo Swag Bag in Fight for Council Seat, OIC Eyes 4 Seats, Morocco

At UN, Yemeni Nobel Winner Opposes GCC Initiative, UNSC Won't Be Trapped?

UN Torture Expert Dodges on Libya, Manning & Cambodia ECCC, O'Brien

On Yemen, US "Isolated" in Endorsing GCC Immunity Deal Karman Opposes?

UN Job Reductions Target Lower Levels, Kane Memo Says Can Cut Permanent

At UN on Palestine, As SC Ambassadors Get Update, Questions of Format

As UN Watches Death & Flies Haroun in Sudan, Calls Darfur Safe, Who to Blame?

At UN, Yemen Draft Would "Embrace Immunity for Saleh" Via GCC

In Sudan, As UN Accused of Flying ICC-Indictee Haroun, Ladsous 1st Trip

In Times Square, Riot Police Deploy Horses Against Occupy Wall Street Protest

In Times Square, Riot Police Deploy Horses Against Occupy Wall Street

At UN as Mayr-Harting Moves from Austria to EU, Interesting Times Toasted

At UN on Sexual Abuse, Ban Leaves Before Questions, for 5th Ave & Switzerland

As UN Denies Ban Handlers Pushed Journalist, He Confirms, UN Says, Next

At UN As Germany Raises Syria, Russia Say Improper, Arab Group Meets - on Iran?

At UN, Gabon Begins Move for More Sanctions on Eritrea in UNSC

As Occupy Wall Street Swells, Bloomberg Blinks, March Heads to City Hall & Banks

At US Bash for Rights Committee, of Sliders & Comfort Women, Tennis with Falk

Amid UN SC Stalling with "Palestine Ping Pong," Mansour Says October Conclusion

As UN Silent on Occupy Wall Street, Ban Added B of A Chair to His Energy Group

At UN, Top Peacekeeper Ladsous Dismisses Tunisia Scandal, Haiti & Rwanda

Sudan Border Help Stalled by Money Questions of France & US, UN Kordofan Inaction

At US Budget Bash for UN Diplomats, Meatballs & Dreamers, Reform on Calendar?

Occupy Wall Street Visits JPMorgan Chase with Police, Goldman & Capital One Next?

Nigeria Says Supports Palestinian State, As Editors Arrested on Obasanjo Report

As US Summons 15 on UN SC, Russia Says Bizarre, Another Asks, What Big Deal?

On Occupied Wall Street, Police Threatens Arrest by Bank of America, Capital One

By Bank of America on Occupied Wall Street, Police Threatens Arrest, Capital One

At UN As S. Korea Raises Japan's Use of Comfort Women, Replies Transcribed

At UN, Kane Dismissive of Loss of Public Park, van Essche PHP Irregularities

At UN on Yemen, No Comment on Killing Awlaki, Grumbles About Process

Sex Abuse by UN Peacekeepers in Cote d'Ivoire & Haiti Raised to UN Expert

Ban's Handlers Manhandle Press, 2 Week After Ban Apology to Turkish PM

On W. Sahara, EU Finally Speaks, Morocco Dodges Resources, of Kashmir, UK

At UN, European Splits After Syria Failure, Lawless France, Portugal's 1st Year

At Occupy Wall Street, Baldwin Flacks for Capital One, Chase & Desperate Housewives

At UN Palestine Application Stalled In Procedures, Strong 6, Shaky 3, Germany

As Diarra Laughs at ECA Run, Complaints by Female Staff Unresponded To

As Palestine Bid Mulled In Windowless UN Room, No Sign Outside, Press Banned

At UN, Complaint About Lavrov Being Blocked & Unprotected, Obama Freeze

Looting of W. Sahara by Firms from US, UK Slammed, Morocco Set for SC Seat?

On Syria, Brazil Denies Claim Its Vote Rode on Moscow, Draft To Get Weaker?

In UN Moves, ESCWA To Be Vacated As NY Park Taken, Williams Back To UK

At UN, S. Sudan Wants Deadline for Abyei Withdrawal, Copters, Ladsous Won't Speak - updated

At IMF on Egypt, No Change But a Visit, No Comment on Occupy Wall St

Amid Mace on Occupy Wall Street, Park Sold for UN, Money Talks on Jobs

At Occupy Wall Street, Call for Goldman Sachs to Take Crisis Back

As Palestine Delayed in NY Under Weak SSR Pretext, UNESCO Vote in Wrong Venue

After Ban Apologized to Turks, UN Security Mad, Offered Pay for Ban Reception?

At UN, Ban "Regrets" Syria Votes, No Comment on Palestine in UNESCO

On Sudan, UN Blurs Abyei, Rice Says No Output Until Input, Ladsous Test

After Failed UN Syria Vote, Rice Cites IBSA Solidarity, Of Motive & Ban Dodges

At UN, EU Silent as Lisbon Disputed, Austrian Takes Over, UK Said to Doubt

At UN on W. Sahara, Bardem Says France, Spain & US Block Referendum

At UN on Syria, Russia Tells Press "Unacceptable Conceptually," Not Like Libya

At UN Before Syria Vote, IBSA Vote Doesn't Count, Unacceptable Means Veto?

Occupy Wall St. Eyes Sleeping Bags, UN Dodges, Obama Raises Funds, Germans

Occupy Wall St. Eyes Sleeping Bags, UN Dodges, Obama Raises Funds, Germans

At UN, Syria Vote Slated for Tuesday, China Dubious of Sanctions, Palestine on Friday

At UN, Sachs Admits Malawi Unrest Felt in Villages, Soros Says "We Can't Betray"

On Occupy Wall Street, UN Has No Comment, Soros Blurs Tea Party, Small Biz

Occupy Wall Street Target JPMorgan Paid Police Monitors, Paid Blair for OPT

As Police Arrest Occupy Wall Street Protesters, Focus on Banks, Benghazi?

As Sudan Violates Deal to Leave Abyei, UN Waits for Questions, US Ignores Them

For Palestine in UN SC Only 6 Votes, Sources Say, Mere Update in 2 Weeks

Objectors to G77 on Palestine Swell to Micronesia, Guatemala, Nauru & Barbados

On Syria, France's Vote Prediction False, Conditions for Dialogue Disputed

UN Afghan Envoy Defends Data, Says Pushes for Maxwell Despite Ban Apology

UN Race Pits Pakistan Versus Kyrgyz, Brotherly Muslims With US in Wings

Opposing Palestine, Colombia, Panama, Cote d'Ivoire, Bahamas, Cameroon, Singapore

On Syria, France Speaks of Friday, Lebanon in Chair, Shift from 15 to 30 Days

After Apologizing to Turks, Now Ban Thanks UN Security for Restraint

At UN on Syria, Sanctions, ICC & Freedom of Religion Spell Resolution Trouble

On Kosovo, Russia Wants Probe of KFOR Breaking Law, UN Says Not Mentioned

Deletion of Rights from UNSC Statement on Mumbai Was Work of a P-5, Consensus

France Tries to Block W. Sahara Briefing to Aid Morocco's UNSC Bid

On Iran Contrary to Juppe, Araud Threatens Military Action, State Media Gushes

At UN on Palestine, Lobbying Works Both Ways, Goodluck to All

On Palestine, OIC & NAM Cards Played, Kosovo & Syria Are Back

On Myanmar, France Cautiously Welcomes, UK Worries of Kachin & Shan, Nambiar

Lebanon UN SC Month Ends With Felafel & Palestine, Of Turks & Jerks & Giuliani

Ban's Apology to Turkey After UN Staff Were Beaten Still Unexplained

In Abyei, Sudan Says UN Half Deployed, UK Says SAF Must Leave Sept 30

Indonesia's Natalegawa Pitches Business With A Dash of Human Rights at CFR

As Capital One Plays Chicago, Fed Plays Hide the (Predators') Ball

DSK Argues He's Immune Under Convention IMF Can Waive, US Hasn't Signed

At UN on Libya, Gaddafi Is Needed at ICC, No Fly Scepticism Unanswered

Soft UN & Dead Media Replaced By NGOs, Elite Soros Crowd Told at River Club

"Huge" Turkish Delegation Felt Erdogan Was Pushed, Previous Run-Ins Alleged

Huge Turkish Delegation Felt Erdogan Was Pushed, Previous Run-Ins Alleged

Driving for 9 Votes, Palestine Targets Bosnia, Gabon & Nigeria, Mulls Quartet

On Palestine at UNSC "No Nine Votes" So Delay Predicted, Quartet As Pretext

After UN Security Beaten, Ban Apologizes to Turkey, "Buys Silence"

Turks Broke UN Officer's Ribs But UN Guards Suspended, "Sold Out" by Ban

Ban Admits Lapses, Sri Lanka Says, Writing Out Rights & Sex Violence

At UN, Kohona Tells Rajapaksa Ban "Has Seen Video We Sent Him"

As Sri Lankans Meets Ban, Sexual Violence & Rights Officials Present

Ban Meets Malagasy Coup Leader, Spokesman Tells Press to Look Away

At UN, Correa of Ecuador Mocks Union City Mayor, Says US Business Intact

Libya TNC's Jibril Tells Press NATO Almost Done, Catching Gaddafi Is Key

Hurry Up and Wait at UN on Palestine Application, Ashton Wants Talks

Dust-Up of UN Security With Turkish Delegation Leads to Hospitalization

At UN As Abbas Files for Membership & Speaks, Israel & Susan Rice Sit Glum

At UN, Sri Lankan Defends Religion From "Human Rights of Alien Cultures"

Report on Sri Lanka Called "UN Report" by Rudd, Nambiar Declines Comment

As Kosovo Arrests Serb Drivers, Ban's Call for "Restraint" Conjures Seat Belts

At UN, Rudd Speaks of Cutting Costs While Paying Overtime For Stakeout

Scrambling at UN, Serry Dials for Lavrov, Abbas Speech Pushed Back, SC Awaits

Christofias Says Cyprus Pays Price for Sanctions, Explosive Mix With Downer

In Showdown on E. River, UN Saved from Circle Line after Ahmadinejad's Speech

In Libya, UN Plans Over 200 Staff, Martin Says on NATO He Was Right

At UN, Sri Lanka FM Peiris Meets Pascoe Then Nambiar, Ban Stonewalls

On Libya, Failed Mediator Al Khatib Moves On From UN, But Resignation Denied

Amid UN Speeches Diplomats Cut Deals, Officials Lobby & Run from Press

As Obama Meets Japan's Noda, Bill Clinton Photo Called "Great Present"

Countries Use UN, Sri Lanka To Screen "Lies Agreed To"

At UN, As Ladsous Serves France, AFP Wants Deletion of French Mission

On Palestine, Ashrawi Says US Uses "Blackmail," Hopes Bosnia Does Right

Palestine's Shaath Calls Hamas Obstructive, Says Fear of ICC Shows Bad Intent

At UN, Obama Goes Soft on Bahrain, Uses Sudan to Blunt Palestine Critique

Before Obama Meets Israel & Palestine, Vote Doubts from Bosnia, Not China

At UN, Coup Leader of Madagascar Now Set to Address GA, Roadmap of SADC

At UN for MDGs, It's 50 Cent But No Ban Ki-Moon, Hard Selling God's Work

Corporations Gone Wild at Clinton Global Initiative, Barclays Spin, No Haiti

Diplomacy and Oil Mix at CFR Talk by Ivorian Ouattara and Koroma

As Cote d'Ivoire Kept Out of UN Libya Meeting, UN Discloses Deaths at Briefing

At UN on Libya, Rebel Flag Removed, Gaddafi's Ouster Not Accepted by Some

Capital One, Protested, Tosses Out $180 B, Record Disparate, Issues Unaddressed

Observer State Vote for Palestine Could End UNRWA, Tricky Colombia

At UN Chad's Deby On TNC's "Hypocrisy, " 400,000 Chadians in Libya

At UN, Ban's Quiet Diplomacy Veils Abuse in Haiti, Bahrain from Saudi Meeting

Libya Mission of UN Headed by Brit & Finn, Juppe Says NATO Keeps Bombing

At UN, Top Official Says Solyndra "Unfortunate... US Makes Own Decisions"

As Sudan Breaks Abyei Agreement, Rice Says Obama Will Meet With Kiir, Focus Lost?

On Libya, France Says Oil Question "Makes No Sense," It'll Pay Market Price

On Libya, France Says Oil Question "Makes No Sense," Will Pay Market Price

Palestine's UN Bid "Won't Come" To Security Council, France Predicts

At UN on Liberia, Euros Play Cheapskate for 8 Month Renewal, US Wants 12

On Palestine, UN Practice Shows Ban Would Have to Decide on ICC, -Official

At UN on Libya, As Khatib Resigns, TNC Wins, Dabbashi No Vote Hope

At UN on Kosovo, Churkin Says Ban Pressured to Leave UNMIK Vacant

Sudan Denies Abyei Deal UN Bragged About, Ladsous Missing, Banbury to Haiti

On Libya, UN Trio Set, Rushing to Electoral Role, Desperate After Martin Plan

In DC, Ban Calling US "Deadbeat" Recalled, UN Stonewalls on Sex Abuse

Ban on Twitter at UN, Social Media Meets Information Control

In DC, UN Funding Questioned, As Pascoe Ducks on Palestine, Ban on Haiti

On Sri Lanka, As Ban Sends Report to Geneva, Lame Internal Review

On Libya, UN's Pascoe Dodges NATO Line in Martin Plan, Claims Elections Role

At UN on Libya, Proposed Arms Embargo Exceptions for TNC & UN

At UN, "Iranian" Arrested Was US Reservist, Gun was Prop for Western Film

For UN Post, Ladsous Replaced Bonnafont, Now Under Juppe, Alliot-Marie Role?

At UN on Sudan, No Access to Blue Nile or Kordofan, No SOFA for Abyei

In Libya, UN Wants to Train Police, Confers with EU, Martin May Have 2 Rivals

At UN, Ban Asked His Lawyer O'Brien for Basis to Delay Palestine Filings

At UN on Libya, Ban Letter Asks for 3 Month Mission,  NATO Unmentioned

At UN, Stonewalling on N. Korean and Palestine, Kim with DPRK, O'Brien

In Run-Up to Palestine Vote, Schalit a "Precondition," Dodging on ICC Issue

IMF Under Lagarde In Stasis on Libya & African Famine, Ignores Qs on Sudan

As Delhi Bombing Is Condemned by UNSC, Human Rights Phrase Omitted Again

As Delhi Bombing Condemned by UNSC, Human Rights Phrase Omitted Again

As Uruguay Apologizes to Haiti UN Won't, Denies Pollution, Cholera, Sex Abuse

UN Ban Punts on Tahiti Call to End Colonialism by France, Quiet Diplomacy?

As UN Council Condemns Delhi Bombing, Human Rights Phrase Omitted Again

As UNSC Condemns Delhi Bombing, Human Rights Phrase Omitted Again

At UN on Sudan, Susan Rice Concerned, No Comment on Normalizing Relations

At UN, UK Starts Libya Mission Draft With Martin, Unfreezing Not So Fast

Amid Protest to Abuse in Haiti, UN Won't Retract Denial, Ladsous Absent

At Uzbek UN Bash, Talk of Libyan Oil, US on Palestine, No Tears for Bonnafont

If Palestine Wins UN Observer State Status, Will Join ICC Through Ban?

On Sri Lanka Murders, Kohona Tells Press "Ask Nambiar," Silva Says It Was 53rd Div

As Sudan Outlaws SPLM, UN Official Praises Bashir, Silence on Somalia Shooting

In Haiti, As Uruguay Repatriates 5 UN Troops, DPKO Chief's Role Questioned

UN Denied Sex Abuse Before Video Came Out in Haiti, Ladsous Defended Coup

As Lebanon Heads UNSC, Salam Riffs on Palestine, Doesn't Defer to NATO

After UN Ban Dined With Coup Leader, Won't Confirm Meeting Madagascar PM

UN Top Peacekeeping Post Given to Herve Ladsous, "The Other Frenchman"

Amid Fighting in Blue Nile & Bombs in Kordofan, UN Stuck in Routine

Amid Fighting in Blue Nile & Bombs in Kordofan, UN Sticks to Routine

At UN, Screening of Response to "Killing Fields of Sri Lanka," Not Shown in UN

At UN on Syria, An "Attempt to Break the BRICS," To Leave Russia & China Solo

As UN Hands Libya to Martin, His Deputy'd be Charpentier, Who Hid Sudan Abuse

As UN Hands Libya to Martin, His Deputy'd be Charpentier, Who Hid Sudan Abuse

At UN on Syria, China Says BRICS United, Points to Bahrain, India on Tripoli

On Libya, China Says NATO Should Stop, Russia Sees TNC As "Effective" Ruler

With No Libya Unfreezing or Stop NATO Resolutions, Norway Makes Request

At UN, India's Open August Viewed from Past Before Palestinian September

UN Peacekeepers' Inaction in Sudan Was "Ambiguous" and So Edited Out

On Libya, UN's Martin Calls Ongoing NATO Role a "Factual Statement"

At UN on Syria, UK Says Its Email Trumps Russia's Oral Request, P5 Blues

While UN Martin Report Said NATO Role Continues, China Points to End

At UN on Kosovo, Churkin Trashes UNMIK, Jeremic Bashes EULEX

Amid Opposition to Leaked UN Plan for Libya, UN Refuses to Answer

In Sudan, Kalma Sheikhs Pardoned & Leave UN, Leak Prevented Torture

As Fed Sets Hearings on Capital One, ING Filings Missing, Info Withheld

At UN on Libya, Ban Ki-moon Refuses to Take Questions on Leaked Report

At UN on Syria, Russia Counters With a Resolution, Battle for IBSA?

On Libya, UN Report Sees 200 Military Observers, NATO but Not AU Role

UN Relies on ICC-Indictee in Sudan, Dodges on Mining in DRC, Haitian Whispers

On Libya, US Drops "TNC" for "Relevant Authorities," Only 13 of 15 on Syria

With Fed's Hoenig Doubting Capital One, Fed Withholds Info, Rebuffs Public

On Libya, UN Denies AU Rift, Calls Khatib's Mediation a "Success"

IMF Claims Focus on Horn, But Says Doesn't Recognize TFG - or Libya's NTC

On Libya, S. Africa Says TNC'd Be Recognized by Resolution, US Says Let's Vote

At UN on Libya, US Pushes "Package Deal" on S Africa, Snubbing $500 M Offer?

On  Libya, In-Fighting at UN, "Don't Count on AU," Italy v UK v Pascoe's US

After UN Spent Billions in Sudan, No Comment on Critiques of Elections, Rights Violations

At UN, Thick Syria Draft Circulated "Noting" ICC Referral Recommendation

On Libya, Work of UN's Post-Conflict Expert Vandewalle Withheld from Press & States

After Syrians Gathered for UN Are Killed, UN Says It Wasn't  Involved

In Ban's UN, As Yonhap Fetes Photos of Cholera in Haiti, Sudan Qs UNanswered

In S. Kordofan, UN Meets with ICC-Indictee Haroun, Silent on Ethnic Firings, Darfur

As Capital One Derides Subprime It Seeks from HSBC, Fed Rebuffs 200 Groups?

On Libya, UN's Martin to Doha As His "Post-Conflict" Post Called Misnomer

On Syria, Ban Belatedly Tells Press Assad "Has Not Kept His Word"

On Libya, Silence from UN As Rebels Take Tripoli: Ban & Khatib Not Seen

At UN, Bonnafont Has Kudos of French Pol Bockel - & Peacekeeping Post?

On S. Kordofan Report, Sudan Declares Religious Victory, Blames UN for Abyei

On S. Kordofan Report, Sudan Declares Victory, Blames UN for Abyei Lack of SOFA

As UN Fails to Pass Israel or Gaza Statements, Palestine Says May Be Military

At UN, Proposal for 2 Statements on Gaza and Israel Attacks, Terrorist Or Not?

At UN, Resistance to Calling Attack in Israel "Terrorist," As Soldiers On Board

At UN on Syria, Some Europeans Disagree on ICC, on Ban's Assad Readout

With Israel Statement Stalled at UN, 3 Views of Lebanon: Quid Pro Quo?

Pillay Report on S. Kordofan Edited Out Critique of UN & Sudan Red Crescent

Syria Claims Military Operations Are Over, In Ban Ki-moon's UN Echo Chamber

At UN on Syria, UK to Table Sanctions Resolution, US Strangely Quiet

At UN on Syria, UK to Table Sanctions Resolution, US Strangely Quiet

On Syria, US Claims Leadership at UN While Ban Thanks & Quotes Assad

UN Won't Answer Questions Since Ban's At Home, Calls Press Solipsistic

At UN, As Amos On Leave from House of Lords, Williams Goes for DPA?

With UN Peacekeepers Charged With Sexual Abuse in Haiti, Ban's UN Silent

UN Claim of Canceled Briefings in Past Augusts Disproved, Fewer Under Ban

UN Claim of Few Briefings in Past Augusts Disproved, Fewer Under Ban

As US Urges SC Action on S. Kordofan Report, No Mention of Airbrush by Pillay

At UN, Ban Prefers Attack on Annan to Critique of His UN's Sri Lanka Performance

As Israel Faces Palestinian UN Bid, Leahy Eyes Aid Cut to Gaza Flotilla Unit

On S. Kordofan Report, SC May Meet, UN Defends Airbrushing of Its Inaction

At UN on Sri Lanka, Ban Didn't Submit Report to Geneva, "Could Happen"

In Final S. Kordofan Report, UN Airbrushes Out Its Own Inaction, Cover-Up?

At UN on Sudan, Darfur in Darkness, Kordofan Report Delayed, Will Pillay Explain?

Amid Conflicts in Libya, Syria, Sudan, UN Reduces Q&A by 40%, "Nothing to Say"

UN Stonewalls on Abyei & Sudan Army, Somalia Mercenaries, Sanctions & Layoffs

At UN on Syria, War of Spin & Briefings, Doubts on SyriaTel Sanctions, Ban's Call

Amid Famine, US Wants Sanctions on Eritrea, UN Ignores Mercenaries

At UN on Syria, Rift on How to Report, Taranco Got "Reamed Out"

UN Dodges Press on Crackdowns, Seeks To Cancel Briefings, Spox Out 40 Days

As Koreas Exchange Fire, UN's Ban Is There, But To What End?

As Capital One Eyes HSBC's Predatory Cards, Fed Tries to Sweep ING Through

At UN, No Answers on Ban's Job Gift to Koo, Migiro's Travels, Budget Chief Leaving

On Eritrea - Somalia Sanctions, Slow Motion toward Action, UN's Lazy Eye on Saracen

On Eritrea - Somalia Sanctions, Slow Motion toward Action, "Lazy Eye" on Saracen

At UN, Few Defend Bombing of Libya TV, Await NATO Probe, But No Follow Up?

On Libya, Amid Questions of Bombing TV Station, Ban Thinks It's Protecting Civilians

Peacekeepers in Abyei Still Without Medevac as Le Roy Leaves, 1% Positive to Come

Amid Indian Pictures at UN, Ban Plans Anglo Saxon Envoy to Syria, IBSA's There

On Abyei, Susan Rice Says UN Should Have Flown in from S. Sudan w/o Permission

As Sudan Denies Blocking Medevac from Wau, UN Asked Why Deferred to Khartoum

On Cote d'Ivoire, UN Has No Comment on Ouattara Suspension of Newspaper

On Cote d'Ivoire, UN Has No Comment on Ouattara Suspension of Newspaper

At UN, Sudan Blocking Abyei Medevac Show Lack of Planning, Silence on Censorship

As ING Quietly Asked Fed to Own 9.8% of Capital One, Stealth Syria & Sudan Business

As UN Admits Abyei Delay Was For Medevac from S. Sudan, What Safeguards?

At UN, Bishop of Kadugli Says Egyptian Troops Were Not Neutral, Haroun Imposed

UN Claims Medevac to Abyei Was from Kadugli, Not S. Sudan as UK Said

As Peacekeepers Lay Dying, Sudan Said No Copters from Wau in South

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