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UN Security Council - Global Policy Forum The five permanent members of the Security Council (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States) enjoy the privilege of veto power. The United States and Russia would probably not have accepted the creation of the United Nations without the veto privilege. This section provides information on the membership of the Security Council, including terminology, elections, presidencies, and the organization of Council committees, as well as profiles of Ambassadors serving on the Council. globalpolicy.igc.org /security   (572 words)

Guardian Unlimited World Latest Congressman Says U.S. Excluded Gay Groups The United States has also criticized China's human rights record, and made milder recent statements about the continuation of military rule in Pakistan and increasingly undemocratic moves by Russian President Vladimir Putin. WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is being asked to explain why the United States sided with Iran, Zimbabwe and other repressive regimes in excluding two gay rights groups from membership on a U.N. panel. According to Human Rights Watch, states that joined the United States in voting against the applications were Cameroon, China, Cuba, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, Senegal, Sudan and Zimbabwe. www.guardian.co.uk /uslatest/story/0,,-5592741,00.html   (607 words)

Revisions to the UN Charter: The Security Counsel The People's Republic of China, France, Germany, japan, Russia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America, or such of these states as are Members of the United Nations, shall be permanent Members of the Security Council. Any Member of the United Nations which is not a member of the Security Council or any state which is not a Member of the United Nations, if it is a party to a dispute under consideration by the Security Council, shall be invited to participate, without vote, in the discussion relating to the dispute. Any Member of the United Nations that is not a Member of the Security Council, or any state that is not a Member of the United Nations, if it is a party to a dispute under consideration by the Security Council, shall be invited to participate, without vote, in the discussion relating to the dispute. learning.turner.com /efts/un/revision.htm   (1201 words)

NATO: SOLANA MOSCOW TALKS; FRANCO-GERMAN 'ACCORD' Russia, more than the other side, must be interested in intensifying the talks, since so far, it has only had to deal with 16 Western nations. Having Russia as a full partner along with the United States and Canada is the shortest way to that goal." "Moscow Eager For Dialogue" Maxim Yusin reported in reformist Izvestia (1/22) about the recent Primakov-Solana talks: "It looked as if Moscow was now interested in a dialogue no less than the guests from Brussels.... From Warsaw's point of view, worse news would have been that of an agreement between NATO and the Russian Federation which would entail a threat to tailor the shape of our membership according to Moscow's needs.... www.fas.org /man/nato/news/1997/97012901rmr.htm   (1201 words)

Asia Times Moscow officials have little to say to their US counterparts except for reiterating the well-known Russian position on postwar reconstruction of Iraq: all political, economic and humanitarian issues should be conducted through the United Nations, particularly the Security Council, where Russia has veto power. By contrast, after the US-Russia rapprochement that followed the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Washington threw its political weight behind Moscow's bid for WTO membership, pushing forward talks that otherwise would have taken more time to realize. But in spite of the fact that at present the sides have little to say to each other, the continuation of the US-Russian political dialogue is a positive, encouraging sign. www.atimes.com /atimes/Central_Asia/ED10Ag02.html   (975 words)

From Revolution to Reconstruction: Outlines: American History (1994): Chapter Nine: The League of nations (3/8) As a result, the League of Nations, without the presence of the United States or Russia, remained a weak organization. Persuaded that his greatest hope for peace, the League of Nations, would never be realized unless he made concessions to the Allies, Wilson compromised on the issues of self-determination, open diplomacy and other specific points during the peace negotiations in Paris. In the end, there was little left of Wilson's proposals for a generous and lasting peace but the League itself -- and the president had to endure the final irony of seeing his own country spurn League membership. odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/H/1994/ch9_p3.htm   (388 words)

League of Nations League of Nations: Members - Members The original membership of the League included the victorious Allies of World War I (with... The Roosevelt administration and the United Nations: re-creation or rejection of the League experience?(Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations, part 2) The legacies of Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations in Russia.(Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations, part 2) www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0829149.html   (304 words)

Putin Juggles 64 Questions in Defense of the Homeland - New York Times He criticized the United States as the obstacle to Russia's membership in the World Trade Organization, but said Mr. Russian President Vladimir Putin defended Russia's place in the Group of Eight leading industrial nations today and lashed out at critics who allege Moscow is unfit to chair the organization this year. He said Russia was prepared to establish an international center for enriching uranium for nuclear power plants, part of its efforts to resolve the confrontation over Iran's nuclear program. www.nytimes.com /2006/02/01/international/europe/01putin.html?ex=1139461200&en=027a43bc041e3bfd&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVERNEWS   (917 words)

Jubilee Iraq - Russia For this reason, international law and our membership of the Paris Club of creditor nations will allow us to press for the repayment of our loans. Of course, in the framework of the Paris Club, of which Russia is a full-fledged member." (29th April) Russia is ready to consider forgive some of the $8-12bn of Saddam's debt it holds. Russia itself went to the Paris Club of creditors after its economic collapse in 1998, but only received a rescheduled over 19 years period with two years of grace. www.jubileeiraq.org /creditors/russia.htm   (1371 words)

Encyclopedia: Security Council The United Nations Security Council is the most powerful organ of the This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN may stand for: the United Nations the IATA code for Transaero Airlines This page expands a two-letter combination or a three-letter abbreviation/acronym (TLA). The The International Court of Justice (known colloquially as the World Court) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. Since the Security Council's inception, China (ROC/PRC) has used 5 vetoes; France, 18; Russia/USSR, 122; the United Kingdom, 32; and the United States, 79. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Security-Council   (5412 words)

International Relations Committee - Democratic Office Washington, DC — Congressmen Christopher Cox (R-CA) and Tom Lantos (D-CA) today introduced a bi-partisan bill urging the suspension of Russia’s membership in the Group of 8 nations until the country adheres to international norms and standards of democracy. Washington, DC — Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), the Ranking Democrat on the House International Relations Committee, said the newly-announced composition of the United Nations Human Rights Council is an improvement, but it would have been even better if the United States had taken a more active part in the selection process and stood for membership. Washington, DC -- Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), the ranking Democrat on the House International Relations Committee, has authored a bill providing assistance to let talented low-income students in Haiti continue their undergraduate studies in colleges and universities across the United States, including three in California. www.house.gov /international_relations_democratic   (3662 words)

The Avalon Project : Yalta (Crimea) Conference (For this purpose, by the term "Associated Nations" was meant the eight Associated Nations and Turkey.) When the conference on world organization is held, the delegates of the United Kingdom and United State of America will support a proposal to admit to original membership two Soviet Socialist Republics, i.e., the Ukraine and White Russia. That a United Nations conference on the proposed world organization should be summoned for Wednesday, 25 April, 1945, and should be held in the United States of America. That the text of the invitation to be issued to all the nations which would take part in the United Nations conference should be as follows: www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/wwii/yalta.htm   (3662 words)

UN Security Council - Global Policy Forum The five permanent members of the Security Council (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States) enjoy the privilege of veto power. The United States and Russia would probably not have accepted the creation of the United Nations without the veto privilege. This section provides information on the membership of the Security Council, including terminology, elections, presidencies, and the organization of Council committees, as well as profiles of Ambassadors serving on the Council. globalpolicy.igc.org /security   (3662 words)

May 1999 - The Versailles Treaty and the Creation of Yugoslavia On March 19, 1920, the Senate voted against membership and the United States did not join the League of Nations. Part of the peace treaty was also the formation of The League of Nations, which was to be a forerunner to the United Nations. In 1921 the Communist Government in Russia, in secret, sent the German-born Jew, Karl Radek, (original name Bernhardovich Sobelsohn and born 1885 in Lemberg) as its contact man between the German Government and the Communists. www.eaec.org /newsletters/1999/NL1999may.htm   (3662 words)

Minority group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Countries that have special provisions for minorities include China, Germany, India, Russia, and the United Kingdom (which does maintain the concept of a British supra-nation, however). A minority group refers to a social group whose members are subject to different and unequal treatment in the society in which they live; this differential treatment is based solely on an individual's perceived membership to a given minority group and without consideration of that individual's personal achievement. As an example, the former Yugoslav republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina recognizes the three main nations, none of which constitute a numerical majority, as constitutive nations, see nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minority   (1151 words)

Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles Like many of the Arab countries Oman sees the Roadmap for Peace as an important initiative to resolve the dispute and supports efforts from the Quartet (US, European Union, United Nations and Russia) to help the process move forward and reach a final settlement. Membership of international groups/organisations: Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC); Organisation of the Islamic Council (OIC); the Arab League; the United Nations The Sultanate of Oman occupies the south-east corner of the Arabian Peninsula bordering Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in the West and the Republic of Yemen in the South. www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1020687795619   (1159 words)

New Documents Scouts of the World is being launched to help national Scout associations enrich the programmes of their senior age sections by giving young people more opportunities to face challenges identified by the Millennium Declaration of the United Nations. Scouting and the United Nations: A Guide for National Scout Organizatons is a new 108-page book published by the World Scout Bureau. Effective 28 June, 2004, the World Scout Committee has transferred the membership of Russia within WOSM from the All-Russia National Scout Organization (ARNSO) to a new entity, the Russian Association of Scouts/Navigators (RAS/N). www.scout.org /wsrc/wsrcfront/snews.shtml   (2983 words)

2001: THE YEAR IN REVIEW: Ukraine's foreign affairs: a sullied image's effects (01/06/02) Ukraine was active in 2001 also in the United Nations, where it occupied a chair for a second and final year on the organization's Security Council as a non-permanent member. Manley said Ukraine must not be left behind Russia in the process of obtaining membership in the World Trade Organization and that Canada would continue to support its effort to gain membership. Ukraine's President Kuchma, who initiated the concept and has worked hardest to bring it to fruition, said the group's main objective should be to coordinate joint economic cooperation and trade development. www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/2002/010213.shtml   (4872 words)

China: UN Security Council “not a board of directors” The Security Council is composed of five permanent members -- China, Russia, the United States, France and Britain -- and 10 elected members which have a two-year term. Brazil, Germany, Japan and India, which have long aspired for permanent council seats, stepped up their campaign after U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed a high-level panel last year to study the reform of the United Nations. The statement declared the countries as “legitimate” candidates for permanent membership on an expanded Security Council, whose enlargement is one of major topics during the ongoing assembly debate opening Tuesday. www.chinataiwan.org /web/webportal/W5023951/A32471.html   (4872 words)

Foreign relations of Moldova In addition to its membership in NATO 's Partnership for Peace Moldova also belongs to the United Nations the OSCE the North Atlantic Cooperation Council the International Monetary Fund the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Moldova 's Parliament approved the country's membership in Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS--a group of 12 former Soviet and a CIS charter on economic union April 1994. As noted Moldova has sought a peaceful to the conflict in the Transnistria region working with Romania Ukraine and Russia by for international mediation and by cooperating with OSCE and UN fact-finding and observer missions. www.freeglossary.com /Foreign_relations_of_Moldova   (453 words)

US CODE: Title 22,1928. North Atlantic Treaty Organization “(3) the United States Government and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization should continue and expand their support for military exercises and peacekeeping initiatives between and among these nations, nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and Russia; and “(a) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that the President should, in conjunction with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, encourage appropriate cooperative relationships between the Russian Federation and the United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization with respect to the development and deployment of ballistic missile defenses. Annual appropriations to meet the obligations of membership in various international organizations were contained in acts listed in a note set out under section 269a of this title. www.law.cornell.edu /uscode/html/uscode22/usc_sec_22_00001928----000-notes.html   (11525 words)

Minority group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Countries that have special provisions for minorities include China, Germany, India, Russia, and the United Kingdom (which does maintain the concept of a British supra-nation, however). A minority group refers to a social group whose members are subject to different and unequal treatment in the society in which they live; this differential treatment is based solely on an individual's perceived membership to a given minority group and without consideration of that individual's personal achievement. In the United States, the term minority typically refers to members of the non-white population, but since the population and power of whites has been decreasing over time in the US, using the term "minority" to identify non-whites in some regions is becoming a misnomer. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minority   (1151 words)

G4 Nations Bid for Permanent Security Council Seat Current Affairs Deutsche Welle 22.09.2004 The council has had the same five permanent members with veto power -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- since the United Nations was established in the wake of World War II. The four countries also said that Africa, the poorest continent in the United Nations, "must also be represented in the permanent membership of the Security Council." African leaders are debating which country from the vast continent might get a permanent Security Council seat if one is made available. "The Security Council must reflect the realities of the international community in the 21st century," the statement continued, echoing many voices within the United Nations including that of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, saying that the broadening of representation on the 15-nation council would strengthen the moral authority of decisions taken by the group. www.dw-world.de /english/0,1594,1430_A_1335522_1_A,00.html   (927 words)

Russia Takes Over the Soviet Union's Seat at the United Nations The general practice of the United Nations in these instances has been to regard the `parent' State's membership in the Organization as unaffected by the loss of a part of its territory, while requiring the secessionist province or provinces to apply for UN membership. In the history of the United Nations there have been a number of instances in which member States of the Organization lost a portion of their territorial domain as a result of the secession of a part of their population. Likewise, when Bangladesh in 1971 seceded from Pakistan, the latter's membership in the UN remained unaffected by the loss of its eastern province, while Bangladesh later applied for and obtained UN membership in 1974. www.ejil.org /journal/Vol3/No2/art8-02.html   (1446 words)

History of Latvia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Soon after reinstating independence, Latvia became a member of the United Nations and swiftly returned to the flock of democratic nations in the free world. Latvia became a member of the European Council as well as a candidate for the membership in the European Union and NATO. The first to recognise Latvia's independence was Soviet Russia (on August 11, 1920), which relinquished authority and pretences to Latvian nation and territory once for all times. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Latvia   (2390 words)

UN Security Council - Global Policy Forum The five permanent members of the Security Council (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States) enjoy the privilege of veto power. The Council makes formal decisions (such as Resolutions, Presidential Press Statements, and Presidential Assessments) in public sessions but meets much of the time in closed "informal consultations." A glossary clarifies the Council's many ways of meeting. Though many states favor reform of the Council, change in this conservative body moves very slowly. globalpolicy.igc.org /security   (2390 words)

Remarks by Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov IVANOV: First of all, in accordance with Article VI of the agreement -- of the union agreement -- Russia and Belarus remain sovereign, independent states, and they are going to retain their membership in the United Nations and in other international organizations. IVANOV: Ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor for me to speak to such a distinguished audience, which plays such an important role in the development of the Russian-American economic relationship. IVANOV: As I have mentioned already, on May 7th there will be the inauguration of the president of Russia, following which the president will submit his candidate for prime minister for consideration by the state Duma. www.usrbc.org /events/Misc%2000/Ivanovtrans.htm   (4742 words)

UN REFORM: FOCUS - TURKEY IDEAL PERMANENT SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBER SAYS ANALYST It is a counter-offensive against the other reform propoal, that would add six new permanent members (Germany, India, Brazil, and Japan, plus two African states, probably Egypt, and South Africa) to the existing five (Britain, the United States, France, Russia and China). It could be a "perfect candidate" for Security Council membership, as it can "bridge the gap" between Western countries and Islam better than the other major Muslim nations, according to Laciner. Turkey is a part of a 22-nation group - spearheaded by Italy and including Arab league nations, plus many small African and Asian countries - which favours an increase in the number of non-permanent Security Council members and an extension of their mandate. www.adnki.com /index_2Level.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.145887352&par=0   (311 words)

razali.htm in Business Recorder on July 25, 1997 Razali, former secretary-general in Malaysia's Foreign Ministry, told newspaper editors on Wednesday his view that new permanent members should be brought into an expanded Security Council without the veto, while the power is scaled down for those which have it now: the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France. The United States has proposed that Japan, Germany, and three developing countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America be accorded permanent membership to the council. KUALA LUMPUR: UN General Assembly President Razali Ismail is opposing a call by Southeast Asian nations for new permanent members of the Security Council to be given veto powers. www.paksearch.com /br97/Jul/25/razali.htm   (418 words)

Arms Control Association: Arms Control Today: Russia's National Security Concept The 2000 concept is notable for its criticism of the United States and other Western nations and for the subtly revised nuclear posture it contains. A new military doctrine, intended to complement the newly adopted concept and to replace the current doctrine, is under review by the Russian Security Council and is expected to be approved soon, possibly as early as March. The national security of the Russian Federation is understood to mean the security of its multinational people, in whom reside sovereignty and the sole source of authority in the Russian Federation. www.armscontrol.org /act/2000_01-02/docjf00.asp   (4426 words)

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