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 United Nations - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Its first formal use was in the January 1, 1942 Declaration by the United Nations, which committed the Allies to the principles of the Atlantic Charter and pledged them not to seek a separate peace with the Axis powers.
The United Nations headquarters building was constructed in New York City in 1949 and 1950 beside the East River on land purchased by an 8.5 million dollar donation from John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Also implicated in the scandal is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, whose son Kojo Annan is alleged to have illegally procured UN oil-for-food contracts on behalf of a Swiss company, Coctecna.
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 United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., the U.S. of A., the States, and America is a country in North America.
The United States is the longest-surviving extant constitutional republic, with the oldest wholly written constitution in the world.
However, although the United States is committed to the Western ideology to pursue human rights, the extent to which these rights are available in practice is debated: various forms of ethnic discrimination were not legally prohibited until the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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 Image:Royal Standard of England.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to the United Arab Emirates
Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to East Timor
Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to the Republic of Ireland
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : United States Ambassadors to the United Nations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : United States Ambassadors to the United Nations
United States Ambassadors to the United Nations Encyclopedia
For additional information, see the U.S. Department of State's listing of U.S. ambassadors to the United Nations: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/12316.htm
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 United Nations
The United States Senate, by a vote of 89 to 2, gave its consent to the ratification of the UN Charter on July 28, 1945.
The United States is the only member that is assessed this rate, though it is in arrears hundreds of millions of dollars;(see also United States and the United Nations) all other members' assessment rates are lower.
The United States in particular would strongly oppose this on the grounds that it would make the actions of the United States subject to international approval, and would also increase the likelihood of resolutions critical of Israel being passed.
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 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
The offer was accepted and the United Nations headquarters building was constructed in New York City in 1949 and 1950 beside the East River on land purchased by an 8.5 million dollar donation from John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
The United States is the only member that is assessed this rate, though it is in arrears hundreds of millions of dollars;() all other members' assessment rates are lower.
In the United States, and particularly in the United States Congress, this is linked to demands that the UN adopt policies which encourage the development of free market economies and cease what are seen as socialist and anti-American policies and actions.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Crusades
Nevertheless, Manuel Comnenus endeavoured to strengthen the bonds that united the Byzantine Empire to the Italian principalities.
In his exasperation Saladin invaded the Kingdom of Jerusalem and, although Guy de Lusignan gathered all his forces to repel the attack, on 4 July, 1187, Saladin's army annihilated that of the Christians on the shores of Lake Tiberias.
When, in the seventeenth century, France superseded Spain as the great Mediterranean power, she strove, despite the treaties that bound her to the Turks, to defend the last remnants of Christian power in the East.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/04543c.htm   (14198 words)

  
 United Nations - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
From August to October 1944, representatives of France, the Republic of China, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union met to elaborate the plans at the Dumbarton Oaks Estate in Washington, DC.
Image:Nyc-un-building.jpg Template:Main The current United Nations headquarters building was constructed in New York City (the building does not however belong to the United States) in 1949 and 1950 beside the East River on land purchased by an 8.5 million dollar donation from John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
United States, where Nicaragua accused the United States of illegally arming the Contras (this case led to the Iran-Contra affair).
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 Embassy of the U.S. London: American Ambassadors to the U.K.
A commission signed by the President during a recess of the Senate, which had not yet been dated and attested, was returned to the President by the Acting Secretary on Dec 6, 1946, Gardner having declined a recess appointment.
The rank of Ambassador was first used by the United States in 1893.
James B. Eustis was appointed Ambassador to France on April 18, 1893.
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 Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Spain is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Kingdom of Spain, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Spain.
The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain.
The following is a partial list of British ambassadors to Spain.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ambassadors_from_the_United_Kingdom_to_Spain   (524 words)

  
 What is United Nations? : Abaara fun facts and uncommon knowledge - United Nations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Declaration by the United Nations, which committed the Allies to the principles of the Atlantic Charter and pledged them not to seek a separate peace with the Axis powers.
United States, and the USSR met to elaborate the plans at the Dumbarton Oaks Estate in Washington, D.C. Those and later talks produced proposals outlining the purposes of the organization, its membership and organs, as well as arrangements to maintain international peace and security and international economic and social cooperation.
This was highlighted in 2003 by controversy surrounding the United States-led invasion of Iraq (which was not conducted in contravention of UN policy, but was, however, conducted despite intense disapproval by a majority of the vocal membership), and by Iraq's converse direct defiance of UN weapons and humanitarian resolutions.
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 CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS STRONGLY CONDEMNING TERRORIST ATTACKS ON UNITED STATES
Ambassador Betancourt Ruales paid tribute to the work of three Ambassadors who were departing Geneva -- Gunther Seibert of Germany; Robert Grey of the United States; and Celso Amorim of Brazil.
On 14 June, the Conference decided to appoint three Special Coordinators on the review of the agenda, expansion of membership and improved and effective functioning.  The three Special Coordinators presented reports to the Conference in which they noted that despite their consultations, there was no consensus on taking concrete decisions concerning any of the issues.
Conversely, Ambassador Seibert said, it would be all too easy to blame outside events for all the deficiencies and failures of the Conference.
www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2001/dc2806.doc.htm   (406 words)

  
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And so, Spain met the King of Spain, was that when you decided that Spain would be the a little bit more about how Spain was chosen.
And Spain was the respect that Spain has and that your Prime Minister has in Central side that we don't want to neglect our own hemisphere.
Javits received Spain's Isabela   HYPERLINK "http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/papers/1989/89031712.html" March 17, 1989, Apr 28 2000 @T:Nomination of Joseph Zappala To Be United States Ambassador to Spain to Spain of America to Spain.
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 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » UN Security Council may hold debate on Iraq this week: ambassador
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 4 (AFP) - The UN Security Council may hold a debate this week on Iraq, at the request of the United States and Britain, Syria's ambassador and the Council's current president said Monday.
The US-British request came during closed door consultations earlier Monday, with the ambassadors citing this year's UN Security Council Resolution 1483 that defined the role of the United Nations in Iraq.
The United States and Britain have officially indicated they may present a resolution on Iraq in order to obtain military and financial support from the international community in order to meet a more difficult post-war scenario in the country than had previously been expected.
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 Ain-Al-Yaqeen - October 21, 2005 - Article 7
In remarks at Oxford University, Saudi Ambassador to the United States of America and former Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the United Kingdom and Ireland Prince Turki Al-Faisal said that terrorist acts perpetrated by Al-Qaeda have changed the global perspective, and will remain a contributing factor in international relations.
Prince Turki Al-Faisal, the former Saudi ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland and the Saudi ambassador designate to the US, received the representative of Queen Elizabeth, Sir Anthony Vegez on the occasion of the end of his term of office in London.
The Council of Arab Ambassadors in the United Kingdom held a luncheon in honor of Prince Turki Al-Faisal, the Saudi former Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland and Ambassador Designate to the United States of America on the occasion of the near end of his term of office in Britain.
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 WFUNA - World Federation of United Nations Associations
Now, as the United States Representative to the United Nations, I have an opportunity to meet an even greater number of NGO representatives who work here in New York, including representatives of the World Federation of United Nations Associations.
All who have enjoyed the "United Nations Calendar for Peace" will be sad to know that its founder and editor, Ruth Steinkraus-Cohen, died on 26 May 2002 at the age of 81.
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific announced that government officials from the region have agreed to a plan that would revamp the agency's work by focusing it more on poverty reduction, globalization and emerging social issues.
www.wfuna.org /news/newsletter/unc5.cfm   (2037 words)

  
 NTI: Global Security Newswire
Use of a nuclear weapon in Iraq by the United States, for retaliation or other purposes, could be just as devastating to the civilian population, depending on the size of the weapon and whether the detonation were near a major city, the analysis suggested.
John Negroponte, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said yesterday that he “commended the proposal” to the council for consideration, but the United States would wait for council members’ reactions “before we embrace it in its entirety” (Linzer, Associated Press).
The United States and the United Kingdom decided not to call for a U.N. Security Council vote today, as they had originally planned, on their draft resolution on Iraq that sets a March 17 deadline for full Iraqi compliance with U.N. demands, the Associated Press reported today (see GSN, March 10).
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 United Kingdom 5.2
But even taking into account all of these anonymous "ambassadors" of the animal kingdom, our ad hoc statistics still do not include dolphins fatally maimed during capture and transport, dolphins simply forgotten by their owners, and dolphin babies conceived in the wild but delivered in captivity, stillborn, rejected or even deliberately drowned by their mothers.
From there, four animals went to clients in Spain, and the remaining pair were taken to Brighton, one surviving another three or four months and the other dying a year later.
As early as 1860, attempts by the ZLS were made to keep harbour porpoises at Regent's Park, but from the fourteen that arrived, three died during capture, and the remainder soon perished in captivity, setting an unheeded and ominous precedent for the future.
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 Presidential Profile: George W. Bush
When a newly elected president sits down to decide who will represent the United States in other countries, the names of big campaign contributors almost always come up.
But ambassadorships to many of the more desirable locales (usually First World countries with strong ties to the United States, such as France, Italy and Austria) often are offered to the privileged few who contributed generous amounts of money to the president and his party during the campaign.
Listed below are Bush's ambassadorial picks who contributed generous amounts to, and in several cases raised large sums for, Bush and the GOP during the 2000, 2002 and 2004 election cycles.
www.opensecrets.org /bush/ambassadors/index.asp   (321 words)

  
 U.S., U.K. Strategizing On Support For Resolution In Security Council
The Security Council will not vote today on the draft resolution on Iraq submitted Feb. 24 by the United States, United Kingdom and Spain, as positions appeared to be hardening with France and Russia threatening a veto and other countries remaining undecided.
The United States and the United Kingdom accused Blix of withholding evidence on the drones in Friday's report and demanded that he attend yesterday's Security Council meeting.
Diplomats said the United States and the United Kingdom are prepared to delay a vote until Thursday or even later (Leopold, Reuters).
www.unwire.org /UNWire/20030311/32511_story.asp   (2493 words)

  
 cars - Ambassadors from the United States
The United States of America has not had an ambassador to the United Kingdom since the resignation of William Farish on July 10, 2004.
The United States of America has not had an ambassador to the Holy See (the Vatican) since R.
The United States of America does not currently have nor do they maintain diplomatic relations with Kingdom of Bhutan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Democratic People's Republic of North Korea and the Republic of the Sudan.
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 United Nations Daily Highlights, 03-03-06   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
He noted that there are several proposals on the table, including the draft resolution submitted by the United States, United Kingdom and Spain; the French-German-Russian proposal; and an idea offered by Canada.
Also on womens education in Afghanistan, the United Nations Childrens Fund is going to launch a new partnership with the Afghan Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Womens Affairs, on International Womens Day, to produce the countrys first literacy textbook for women, 79% of whom are illiterate.
UN STAFF IN IRAQ: Asked if the United Nations expected to be notified in advance of a possible U.S. attack on Iraq in order to have time to evacuate its staff, the Spokesman said that the Secretary-General would expect to be notified in time to make the necessary arrangements for evacuation of UN staff.
www.hri.org /news/world/undh/2003/03-03-06.undh.html   (1628 words)

  
 U.S. Newswire : Releases : "CAIR Seeks Meeting with Danish Ambassador Over Offensive Cartoons"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 /U.S. Newswird/ -- A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today said it is seeking meetings with the Danish and Norwegian ambassadors to the United States to discuss the publication of cartoons in those nations that Muslims worldwide view as "intentionally insulting" to the Prophet Muhammad and Islam.
The cartoons, one of which depicts Islam's prophet as an apparent terrorist with a bomb in his turban, have caused outrage and threats of boycotts across the Muslim world.
He also cited recent meetings with the ambassadors of the United Kingdom, France and Spain dealing with other incidents relating to Europe's Muslim community.
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 Seychelles (04/03)
Seychelles has an ambassador resident in New York dually accredited to the United Nations and to the United States.
The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, France, India, China, and Cuba maintain embassies in Victoria.
The embassy was subsequently closed in August 1996 and the United States opened a consular agency on September 2, 1996 to provide services to residents of the Seychelles.
www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/s/30113.htm   (3051 words)

  
 Ambassadors In Sport :: Czech Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
The AIS-Czech office was founded under the mission, Missionary Athletes International (MAI), in 1993 by Bill Galipault and 3 other international units from the USA and England in a small city called Podebrady, located about 90 Km Northeast of Prague.
Over the 6 years that this office was in operation, numerous ministry opportunities abounded through personal staff relationships within the community, summer football schools, playing & coaching for local football clubs, hosting international mission tours to Czech, and mobilizing Czechs to minister abroad through their own international tour.
This dream is reached through assisting, enabling, and training the local Czech church to reach out and multiply themselves through sports in their own country and throughout Eastern Europe.
cz.aisint.org   (178 words)

  
 Female Vice-Ambassadors to United Nations
Ambassador to Leshoto and Botswana 1979-81, European Council 1989-95.
Ambassador to the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden from 1993.
Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN 2003-05.
www.guide2womenleaders.com /UN_Deputy_Reprs.htm   (384 words)

  
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Spain and Portugal signed up to the EC in 1986, making a total of twelve member states.
If the move to establish the Constitution for Europe is ratified by the UK parliament, it would be the first time that the United Kingdom has adopted or acceded to a wholly written constitution.
These include the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Organisation of American States, the International Organisation for the Unification of Private Law and the International Council on Grain, among others.
www.moriel.org /articles/discernment/catholicism/papal_rome_and_european_union.htm   (6511 words)

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