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U.S. to attend conference held by war crimes court

For the first time in nearly eight years, the United States will participate in a conference with members of the International Criminal Court, a decision that signals growing U.S. support for a war crimes tribunal the Bush administration once ...

From COLUM LYNCH, The Washington Post,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: George W. Bush,  International Criminal Court,  Barack Obama,  US State Department,  U N Security Council

Pick to be U.N. point man on financial reform seeks to reassure lawmakers

Zeitlin owns a wireless company in India that is being sued for not paying its bills, and a pharmaceutical firm he helped finance went bankrupt. Senate aides on both sides of the aisle said there were no initial signs that the revelations, first ...

From COLUM LYNCH, The Washington Post,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Senate Foreign Relations Committee,  Washington Post Company,  United Nations,  Goldman Sachs,  Richard G. Lugar

Obama nominee on U.N. financial reform has faced money, legal woes

UNITED NATIONS -- Jide J. Zeitlin, a former Goldman Sachs investment banker who has been nominated as the U.S. point man for financial reform at the United Nations, has faced a series of financial setbacks and legal clashes as a private investor, ...

From COLUM LYNCH, The Washington Post,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Barack Obama,  White House,  Goldman Sachs,  Senate Foreign Relations Committee

U.N. contractor's case again spurs questions about nepotism

UNITED NATIONS -- Nicola Baroncini, a U.N. contract employee from Italy, was doing a routine review of his boss's correspondence in the summer when he stumbled upon an e-mail that would seal his fate. Baroncini's supervisor had received a message from ...

From COLUM LYNCH, The Washington Post,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Michael Clark,  Ban Ki-moon

U.S. urges probe of Sri Lanka war

The appeal by Stephen Rapp, the U.S. ambassador at large for war crimes issues, came hours after his office presented Congress with a detailed account of alleged atrocities during the conflict that suggests both sides may have violated international ...

From COLUM LYNCH, The Washington Post,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Stephen Rapp,  Patrick Leahy,  US State Department,  Barack Obama

U.S. Puts Condition on Joining Talks on Conventional-Arms Trade

The move marks a shift in policy from the Bush administration, which staunchly opposed U.N. negotiations to regulate the $55 billion-a-year arms trade. The Obama administration hopes it can use the talks to press other governments to adopt a rigorous ...

From COLUM LYNCH, The Washington Post,  15 Oct 2009

Related Topics: John R. Bolton,  United Nations,  George W. Bush,  Barack Obama,  Bill Clinton

U.N. Official Fired After Clashing With Boss Over Afghanistan Election

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 30 -- Peter Galbraith, a former American diplomat who served as the second highest-ranking U.N. official in Afghanistan, was fired from his job Wednesday after clashing with his boss over the outcome of the country's disputed ...

From COLUM LYNCH, The Washington Post,  30 Sep 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Richard Holbrooke

U.N. Chief Says Iran Must Prove Sincerity on Nuclear Issue

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 29 -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that Iran's construction of the Qom uranium-enrichment facility violates U.N. resolutions requiring it to halt all nuclear enrichment activities, adding that Tehran must prove ...

From COLUM LYNCH, The Washington Post,  30 Sep 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  International Atomic Energy Agency,  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,  Ban Ki-moon,  Barack Obama

U.N. Secretary General: Iran Violating Resolutions on Nuclear Activities

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 29 -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that Iran's construction of the Qom nuclear enrichment facility violates U.N. resolutions requiring greater candor about its atomic activities, adding that Tehran must prove to ...

From COLUM LYNCH, The Washington Post,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  International Atomic Energy Agency,  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,  U N Security Council,  Ban Ki-moon

U.S. Planning New Overtures to Burma

Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said the United States will leave in place existing U.S. sanctions on Burma, which is also known as Myanmar, until its military rulers make "concrete progress" on democratic reforms. But he also said efforts ...

From COLUM LYNCH, The Washington Post,  28 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Kurt Campbell,  United Nations,  US State Department,  Aung San Suu Kyi,  Thein Sein

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