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On Haiti, IMF's Strauss-Kahn Dodges on Debt Forgiveness, Past Conditions' Harm

"No Correlation" of Labor Rights and UN Global Compact, Kell Says No Quotes

As UN Makes Appeal for Niger, Dodges on Role of China, France, Face of Coup

As UN's Ban Delays Pakistan Report 15 Days, Amid Dodges, Doubts Grow

On Uzbek Human Rights, UN Won't Compare, Sting Sings, But Not For UNICEF

As UNDP's Clark Talks Haiti, Dodges Transfer of Retaliator, Kane for Mulet?

At UN, Council Moves But Union and Medical Files Left Behind by Master Plan

At UN, Council Moves But Medical Files and Union Left Behind by Master Plan

On Sudan, Moonlighting UN Staffer as "Rebel" Leader, As JEM Pressed on Elections

At UN, Ban Slammed for Sharing on Iran, Silent on Libya Exclusion, DPRK

At UN, Peru's Toledo Coy about Election, Blasts Chavez, Draws Venezuelan Protest

As Libya Bans a Lebanese UN Guard, UN's Ban Says Nothing, Vanished Imam

As UN Bar Re-Opens, Delegate Lounge Tech Help to Close, First Beer

At UN, As Friends on Myanmar Calculate Their Share, Ban Splits Difference

At UN, Friends on Myanmar Meet Amid UK Posturing, China Intransigence, Ban Answers?

UK Favors Sending Myanmar to ICC, China Says It's Sovereign, UN's Ban Defers

For UN's Sri Lanka Panel, Nambiar Meets with Kohona, "Two Foxes," Sources Say

UN Slated to Re-Open Delegates' Bar on March 25, of UN Elitist Venues, Events

Eide's Taliban Talks Ascribed to Ambition to Lead UN, India Critical, Pakistan Elusive

As Bashir Threatens to Cut Observers' Fingers Off, UN Silent, on Venezuela Trip

Amid Tajik Dam Conflict, UN Allows Propaganda Event with Intel Award

As UN Advisor Meles Bans Radio, Ban Is Silent, After Castro, Joins Death Regret

Pachauri's Moonlighting Critiqued by Figueres, of 2 Costa Ricans and the Alba Group

UN's Eide Spoke with Taliban, then Holbrooke, But UN Claims He Was Not Instructed

UN's Eide Spoke with Taliban, then Holbrooke, But UN Claims No Instructions

In Sudan, UN Hasn't Reached Jebel Marra, Pre-Spins Election Criticism

On Sri Lanka, As UK Disagrees With NAM Letter, IMF, Pascoe and Panel After Election?

Congo Calls for Removal of UN Envoy Doss By July, Proposes 3 French, 2 Americans

On Sri Lanka, UN Puts Spin on "No Delay," Jabs at NAM, Will Fonseka Meet Pascoe?

Somali Starvation Shows Security Council Schizophrenia, Humanitarian Window Eyed

With Euro Tanking On Reports of Greece Turning to IMF, of Half and No Answers

Of Law & Order and Congolese Rape, CNDP, Kabila and UN Let Off the Hook

As Cote d'Ivoire Says "Suppress" TV Station, UN Choi Says Nothing, Somalia?

At UN, Mandela and Rugby Praised, No Answers on Sri Lanka or Sudan, Invictus

UN's Friends on Myanmar to Meet March 25, UK's Letter Catches Up

At UN, Ban Says "No Delay" in Naming Sri Lanka Panel, Report Only to Him

As London Asks for Myanmar Elections Meeting, UN Denies Nambiar Trip

As Sudan Grabs Ballot Printing, UNMIS Is Only T.A., Ban Has Nothing to Say

On Sri Lanka, UN Now Says Panel "Not Very Soon," Response to NAM, and by UK

On Somalia, UN Belated Admits Rejections of its MOU With Kenya

At UN, Dance of Libya and Switzerland, Munoz on Lula Over Ban, Sri Lanka Charades

Staged Leak of UN Somali Sanctions Report Echoes Lebanon Claim of 2006

Ban's UN Refuses Summons in Bertucci Case, of Contempt and Rule of Law

In Congo, UN's Doss Flubbed "Out in One Year" Message, Amid Illegal Mining

As UNDP Loses Retaliation Case, Perps Relocated to Haiti, Paper Trail Emerges

At UN, Human Rights Sold Out in Sudan, Congo and Myanmar, Taking the Edge Off

At UN, Ban and Pachauri Take No Questions on IPCC and Outside Income

UK's Hi Tech Miliband Is Asked of Somalia and Sri Lanka, by Twitter, Yes or No

With UN's Treki Under Swiss Travel Ban, He Cites Vienna Convention, Heads to SK

On Darfur, UN Can't Confirm Who Controls Jebel Marra, Can't Protect Itself

UN Exposed Supporting Congo Criminals In 2010, Secret List, Using Haiti as Defense

At UN, Friends Give Friends High Posts by Doctoring C.V.s, In $300 M Umoja ERP

On Iraqi Elections, UN Has Two Positions, Afghanistan Redux?

UN Mis-Claims Its Sex Abusers "Will Be Charged" While Asserting Immunity

At UN, Questions of Settlers in Israel's OECD Statistics, Two U.S. Positions

On Sri Lanka, UN's Ban Restates Concern on Lack of Progress, Unaware of Job Request

UN Confirms Fighting in Darfur, Says JEM Not Exclusive, Deby Says UN Spies?

UAE May Name Dubai Assassins for UN Terror List, Fatah Says, Opacity at UN

UN Parties, From Genital Mutilation to Fergie's Army of Mothers, Still No Bar

As UN Criticizes Media in Liberia, No Answers on Somalia or Afghan Censorship

On Sri Lanka War Crimes, UN's Ban to Name Panel to Advise Only Him, No Pascoe

Araud of France Gives Economic Read of Iran Sanctions, Ban's Sri Lanka Inaction

As Ban Heads to Chile, UN Praises Chile Despite Protests, MassiveGood Spin

As UN Quietly Re-Starts Military Help in Congo, Says Not With Zimulinda

IMF Says "No Agreement" With Sri Lanka, Meets in Hungary, Omits Bulgaria, Angola and Chavez

On Sri Lanka, UN's Ban Was Lied To, But Pascoe Trip Delay, of Job Requests

As UN Invokes Immunity to Defeat Sex Harassment Case, UN Claims It's in Its Interest

On Darfur, UN Won't "Second Guess" JEM Deal As It Falls Apart in Jebel Marra

In Congo, UN National Staff Tell Doss They Will Strike, UN-Clarity on War Crimes

At UN, Russia Slams MOU with NATO, Georgia "Technically" on Council Agenda

With AIDS Activist in Uzbek Jail, UN Quiet, on Gambia Expulsion Too

For UN Council, Iran Rises to Second Footnote, Sudan as Truce, Lebanon Switch

Sex Abuse by Peacekeepers UN-Solved Amid CSW Shindigs at UN

UN Conflicted on Drone Deaths, Unaware of Karzai Censorship, Cambodia Impunity

After "Looter" Killed in Chile, Others Gassed, UN Official Says No Violence

Darfur Deal Followed by Bombs, UN Silent, Chad Pollution

On Swiss Uighurs, UN Dodges, China Accuses US of Double Standards, Iran Talks?

At UN, Misdirection on Census in Iraq and Congo, of Kirkuk and the Kivus

As UN Accused of Cover Up of Zimbabwe Cholera, Belated Response

UN Ban Defends IPCC Report, No Comment on Pachauri, Derides Comparisons

Censorship Omitted From UN Study of Internet Access by ITU, No Comment on Cuba

UN Official, "Elated" by Rapes, Says Corruption Watching is Up to Haiti's Preval (Updated)

As UN Holmes Confirms Return to UK, Ripert for the Job, and US for Peacekeeping?

UN Justice In Disarray as USG Refuses to Appear, Ban Will Appeal Any Order

For S. Sudan Post, UN Mulled Hilde Johnson and Khare, Menkerios over Kumalo

UN Powder was Non Dairy Creamer Brought In, Source Says, Bar to Re-Open


UN Official Ali Treki Is Reportedly on EU Travel Ban List of Libyans, Swiss Silence

Niger Coup Leader Served on UN Missions, France, UN and Council Shrug

Susan Rice of US Insists UN "Misconstrues" Somalia Aid Restrictions

UN Downplays Found Powder as Non-Toxic, Keeps Cafeteria Closed for 2nd Day

In Haiti, UN Force Commander Silent on Killings, Clinton Skips Press, Contracts

As Powder Removed from UN for Tests, Cafeteria on Hold, Iran Celebrates, US Not Seen

At UN, "White Powder" Find Forces Cafeteria Lock Down

IMF on Zim, Backtracks on Greece, Rebuffs Questions About Pakistan, Gbagbo, Lanka

As Guatemalan President Admits Mining Abuse, Goldcorp Challenged, on Laws

As Chad Says UN Destroys Airstrips, Logjam on Shakedown Street

In North Korea, UN Did Not Raise Press Freedom, Takes Staff from Gov't Lists

On Iraq, UN's Melkert Silent on Blackwater and Black Balling of Baath Candidates

At UN, CPJ on Pariah States N. Korea and on Sri Lanka, Buying Tickets, Iran's Eye

Denying Corruption of Citigroup and BofA, Obiangs Cite Obama, ExxonMobil's Investment

As Darfur Goes Quiet at UN, US Rep on China Guns, Gration and Gambari of 1 Mind?

At UN, Buzz of Holmes Leaving, Tibaijuka's Absence, Accountability on Intranet

At UN, Climate Financing Discussed, IPCC Glacier and Pachauri Questions Not Taken

Killings by Haitian National Police Ascribed to Imposters by UN, No Corruption Role

As Myanmar Torches Karen Villages, UN Watching Unclear, No Nargis Follow Up

Amid Tear Gas UN Quiet on Sri Lanka Claim of Congratulations, "Journalism" Guide

Sri Lanka Says UN's Ban "Congratulates" Rajapaksa After Arrest of Fonseka, Press Crackdown

At UN, As Ban Poses with Korean Tourism Czar, Press Is Banned, No Read-Out Until Two Days Later (updated Feb. 11)

UN Says It "Cannot Name and Shame" on Sexual Violence, Silence on Congo Report

UN's Ban to Call Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa about Fonseka's Arrest, Nambiar Questions

At UN, US Official's Pitch, like Obama's Speech, Omits Darfur, Congo, Anti-Corruption

As Haitians Protest Aid Blockage, Corruption, UN Calls It Political, Murky Land Deals

As Sri Lanka Arrests Fonseca, Censors War Crimes and Calls Nambiar, UN Quiet

As UN Heads to N. Korea, Tale of Two Swedes for Envoy, Kim Intrigue Grows

UN Ammo Had "Fraudulent Permits," S. African Police Say, 8 Tons Stopped

At UN, Two Tier Cafeteria Akin to Funeral Parlor, Lounge May Re-Open on Lawn

At UN, Kazakh Official Praises Nazarbaev Authority in Karabakh, Dodges on Free Press

Ban's Nesirky Claims UN Pension Fund Not Part of UN, No Answers on Africa

Sri Lanka Lobbies at UN Despite Child Soldiers Recruited, Others Barred from School

As Kofi Annan Wins a Double UN Pension, a Roberta Annan at UNDP

Before Global Model UN, Financial Sponsors' Names Disappear, Malaysia on Refugees

On Goldstone, UN's Ban Files Only 4 Paragraphs of Observations, on Sri Lanka, Nothing

In Haiti, UNDP Paying $4.47 a Day to Demolish, Few Safeguards on Return

UN Dodges Protest of Ban's TRNC Trick in Cyprus, Questions Refused

IMF's Strauss-Kahn Coy on Opposing Sarkozy and Intervening in Greece, Denials

As UN's Ban Rolls Dice on N. Korea Trip, Kim Won-soo Is Asked to Brief Press

UN's Ban Has No Comment on Himalayan Glacier Gaffe, Doesn't Rely on IPCC

At UN, Spain Calls Push for Top Women's Post Delicate, Ghana on Oil but not Nigeria

As UN Spins Statements on Sudan Separatism, Ban's Stance on Sri Lanka Recalled

UN Court Rules Egyptian Official "Not Concerned With Truth," May Pay $20,000

At UN, Araud of France on Chad and Guinea but not Myanmar, Francophonie Meltdown

As Russia Denies Paulson's "Dump Fannie Mae" Story, Chinese Tricks Explored

UN Claims No More Tear Gas, Dodging Wyclef Jean, Killings by Haitian Police

Rice of US Thinks "Highly" of Menkerios, Ghost Tweets by UN Council, Bosnian Chaos

NGO's Report on Conflict Resources, Targeting Rebels, Is Reviled by UN's Doss

As Menkerios Sent to Juba from UN's Shallow Bench, Sudan's Acceptance Assessed

As UN Tells Yonhap of Kim's and Pascoe's Trip to S. Korea, New(s) Strategy Emerges

In Haiti, UN of Two Minds on China, No Guidance on Bullets, Florida Football

As Sri Lanka Expels Journalists and Raids Opposition, UN's Ban Relieved Still

At UN, China Says It's Slandered, No Haiti Relations Due to Taiwan

Norway Brags of Work in Somalia, Whose Minneapolis Rep Mocks AK-47 Teens

At UN, France's Araud Refuses Question on Mistral Ship Sale to Russia, "Not UN"

As Obama's Speech Omits Sudan, Susan Rice Says Jobs Come First, Gration on Case

On Sri Lanka, UN's Ban Expresses Canned Relief as Opposition Candidate Surrounded

In Haiti, Chinese Team Dug Up Its Own and Left, UN Confirms, $94,000 Monthly Rent

As UN Fires Tear Gas in Haiti, Sri Lanka Gives Tea, UNICEF Info Awaited

UN Silent on Sudan Vote Boycott Call, US' Rice on Chad and DC, But Not Corruption

On Sri Lankan Election, UN's Ban Silent on Abductions and Forced Texts

In Haiti, UN Limits Aid to Women, Fires Tear Gas, Dismisses NGOs and Bilateral Aid

On Haiti at UN, Dominican Dodging on Immigration, UNICEF on Staffing, IFAD to Forgive?

EU's Ashton "Concerned" By Rights in Sri Lanka, On Election, No UN Ban Follow Up

At UN, Nigerian Minister Dodges on Mandate, Myanmar and Taxes

At UN, Kosovo Debate Ends with a Flush and a Cough, Last One Turn Lights Out

For UN Kabul Post, de Mistura Quits for Reasons of Family- But Whose?

UNV Job of SRSG Choi's Nephew in Ivory Coast Falsely Denied, Ban Question

At UN, Haiti Spun from Katrina, Clinton Supports Royal Caribbean Resort Cruise

As Obama Proposes Goldman De-Bank and Liability Cap, of Dodd and BofA's Evasions

For IMF, Canceling Haiti's Debt is Medium Term, UN's IFAD Is Creditor

As UN and US Work With Sri Lankan Soldiers, UK Funded Study Downplays Carnage

On Haiti, While US Says $70M of Obama's $100M Through UN, Overhead Costs In

UN Loses Focus on Darfur, Pushes to Silence Questions of it Climate Change Role

Among UN P-5, France and UK Talk Secret, Yemen, US Fetes New Diplomat

UN Dodges on Search and Safety, 278 National Staff Unaccounted For, Blames Media

At UN on Haiti, Ban Dodges on Immigration, Armenians Rebuffed, No Copter Update

US Helicopter "Crash" in Haiti Described to Inner City Press by UN Sources, Updated

For Gambari, From Iraq Swan Song to Darfur on Thursday, UN in Transition

UN's Holmes Hasn't Heard of Mercenaries, Haitian Staff Records Only in Hotel

At UN, It's "All Hail" to US in Haiti, Elsewhere France and Brazil Critical

At UN, More Troops for Haiti Debated, U.S. Off Table, 6 Hour Visit Detailed

UN's Ban-tourage to Haiti Grows After Protest, of Turf Wars, Hillary and Planes

As UN Confirms Death of Annabi, Hotel Christopher Safety Questions Remain

From Haiti, U.S. Describes Work with UN Hardly Present, Politics of Aid

UN Silent as Nepal Shields Torturing Peacekeeper Accused of Murder

As UN Ban Plans Sunday Haiti Trip, Picks South Korean and UN Media, Spurned Sources Say

On Haiti, Ban Says All Through UN, Through U.S. Not, Watchdog Possible, Staff Questions

In Haiti, National UN Staff in Limbo, Despite Some Good News in Ruins

As Somalia's TFG Prints Bills, UN Accused of Shipping Tanks, Denial by Ould Abdallah

At UN, Indigenous Cite Abuse from Right and Left, Myanmar, U.S. and Ecuador

UN Doesn't Count Haitian Staff - But Treats Them Equally, Ban Says

As Obama's Bank Fees Under-Target Citigroup and AIG, Geithner Questioned

In Haiti, Chinese Met Annabi, Search Team on Way from Beijing, MOSS Dodged

In Haiti, China's 8 Dead Include 4 Diplomats Meeting with UN's Annabi

At UN after Haiti Quake, Delivering Death News, Delayed Dispatch of Deputy, Live Blogging UN Responses

In Haiti, UN Paid $94,000 a Month for Now Collapsed Hotel, Called It Safe

At UN, EU Seeks Status Higher than African Union, Arrogance Charged, Ban Notes

In Hours After Haiti's Earthquake, Silence from UN, Building Codes Flashback

At UN, Sri Lanka Shooting of Opposition Draws No Comment, No Probe

For UN Members' $18 M in Parking Fines, Ban "Is Not Responsible"

At UN, Ban Says Holbrooke's Public Talk of de Mistura Is Not Proper

UN in Guinea Bissau Agrees to Hand Over Coup Plotter, Another Precedent?

On War Crimes, UN's Ban Listens to Sri Lanka President over Alston's Views

As UN Cuts Ribbon, Asbestos and Mismanagement Swept Under Carpet

Holbrooke Scoops UN's Ban as de Mistura Brags, Nepotism by Proxy

At UN, Security Sweep for Monday, Dry Asbestos Friday Under Watchful Eyes

On Sri Lanka, Last Act of UN's Ban Was Three Months Ago, Despite War Crimes

At UN, Kane Spins Shoot-Down of Ban's Reforms, No UN Porn Gate Update

At UN, Ban Cites Old Sri Lanka Calls to Evade War Crimes Findings

UN to Drill Asbestos in Reporters' Offices, Using Negative Pressure

On Sri Lankan War Crimes, UN Discloses Ban Expert Panel Idea, Election Snub

On Myanmar, UN Confirms Nambiar, Ban More Vague, Gambari's Income Stream

On Sri Lanka, UN Won't Observe, Has Hopes for IDPs, Mute on Accountability

UN Now Rations Questions, Passes Buck on Nepotism, of Kosovo and Double Standards

At UN, Kai Eide's Swansong and Ban's Prerogative, Afhgan Veto in Wings

UN's Ban Mute on Sri Lanka's Election Request, Impunity and Fraud Accepted

At UN, Staff Complain to Ban of Asbestos, Freezing Swing Space, No WiFi

At UN, China Takes Few Questions, ECOWAS Unheeded on Guinea, Myanmar Waits

In UN Council, Iran and Guinea But Not Yemen Discussed by Five New Members

With Congo Gloating of UN Combat Copters, Doss and Ban Trash Human Rights Watch

UN's Afghan Selection Colored by Nepotism and No-Show Jobs, Karzai Veto Threats




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