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U.S. Congressional committees to study resolution on Jewish refugees http://www.cjnews.com/viewarticle.asp?id=11342 By PAUL LUNGEN Staff Reporter A bi-partisan resolution that addresses the plight of Jewish refugees from Arab lands has been referred to committees in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. The progress of the bills through the law-making process is an important indicator that the Democratic-controlled Congress “has embraced [the resolutions]” in the same way the Republican-led Congress did, said Stanley Urman, executive director of Justice for Jews from Arab Countries (JJAC). The resolutions, which are nearly identical, are co-sponsored by four senators and four congressmen representing...

/begin my translation Kim Jong-il, "The Whole World Is Our Enemy; Can't Trust S. Korea, China, and Russia" Instruction to overseas diplomatic mission chiefs in Pyongyang last July (Tokyo = Yonhap News) Shin Ji-hong = Kim Jong-il instructed to overseas diplomatic mission chiefs gathered in Pyongyang last July, " Right now the whole world is our enemy. We have to resolve difficult issues ourselves," according to Oct. 7 dispatch from Seoul by Tokyo Shimbun, quoting sources on Koreas N. Korea convened the meeting of overseas mission chiefs between July 18 and July 22, after UN Security Council adopted the resolution...

N. Korea's Kim rapped China, Russia, called them unreliable: sources NEW YORK, Aug. 26 KYODO      North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has criticized the North's traditionally close allies China and Russia as unreliable and said Pyongyang must surmount the current difficulties it faces concerning its nuclear development program on its own, according to diplomatic sources.     Kim's skepticism toward China and Russia was expressed at an ambassadorial meeting in Pyongyang, which took place July 18-22 soon after the July 15 unanimous passage of a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning the North's test-firing of missiles, the sources told Kyodo News.     Kim's open criticism of the...

The Russian Government had a spy inside the US military command who passed information to Saddam Hussein on America’s war plan in the opening days of the invasion of Iraq, the Pentagon announced yesterday. The explosive revelation was based on Iraqi documents captured since the fall of the dictator and were set last night to trigger a major diplomatic incident between Washington and Moscow. The Russian spy, who was not named, passed detailed information on US troop movements through the Russian Ambassador in Baghdad, who sent the information to Saddam’s personal secretary. The first document is a handwritten account of...

The UN atomic watchdog adopted by vote Saturday an EU proposal that sets Iran up for referral to the UN Security Council, a spokesman said, in what would be a sharp escalation of the West's face-off with the Islamic Republic. The vote was by 22-1, with 12 abstentions on the 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA spokesman Peter Rickwood told reporters.

U.N. Resolution on Human Rights in Cuba passed April 14 highlights abuses by Castro regime. The passage of a U.N. resolution criticizing the human-rights situation in Cuba marks a milestone in the progress toward freedom and democracy around the world, says Ambassador Kevin E. Moley, U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva. In April 14 remarks to reporters shortly after the resolution was approved, Moley noted that the resolution had a record number of 44 co-sponsors -- including, for the first time, the European Union acting as a bloc, as well as the United States. Declaring himself "very...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution Tuesday demanding that Israel comply with a world court decision and tear down the barrier it is building to seal off the West Bank. The vote was 150 in favor, 6 opposed - including the United States - and 10 abstentions. The assembly's vote, like the opinion of the International Court of Justice, is not legally binding, but both have symbolic value as international statements of condemnation for the barrier. The 191-member world body voted after lengthy negotiations between the Arab League and the European Union which resulted...

<p>A unanimous U.N. Security Council yesterday agreed to a U.S.-British resolution outlining the political future of Iraq and giving a clear international mandate to the U.S.-led security mission in the country.</p> <p>The 15-0 vote represented a major diplomatic victory for the Bush administration in the world body. Many of the countries most strongly opposed to the U.S.-led war to oust Saddam Hussein, including France, Germany and Russia, voted for the new resolution.</p>

The U.N. Security Council gave a resounding 15-0 endorsement Tuesday to a U.S. resolution backing the transfer of sovereignty to Iraq's new government 14 months after the fall of Saddam Hussein. President Bush predicted the measure would instill democracy and be a "catalyst for change" in the Middle East. France and Germany dropped their objections after the resolution included a last-minute compromise giving Iraqi leaders control over the activities of their own troops and a say on "sensitive offensive operations" by the multinational force - such as the controversial siege of Fallujah. But the measure stops short of granting the...

June 9, 2004 -- Chalk up a huge win for Team Bush. And, no less important, for the cause of freedom in the Middle East. The U.N. Security Council yesterday — in a unanimous resolution — essentially ratified administration objectives and timetables in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The resolution virtually ensures that: * Coalition forces will retain responsibility for maintaining order in Iraq. * Iraqi independence will come on June 30, on schedule. * Full elections will take place next year, as planned. The Security Council, in other words, gave President Bush precisely what he had asked for all along —...

  UN, in 15-to-0 vote, backs U.S. on Iraq Warren Hoge/NYT NYT Wednesday, June 09, 2004 Plan calls for 'full sovereignty' transfer; Bush seen as getting a big diplomatic lift  UNITED NATIONS, New York The Security Council voted unanimously late Tuesday in favor of an American-British resolution to end the formal occupation of Iraq on June 30 and transfer "full sovereignty" to an Iraqi interim government. In addition to giving international legitimacy to the new caretaker government, the resolution authorizes an American-led multinational force, now at 160,000 troops, to use "all necessary measures" in "partnership" with Iraqi forces to...

The 15 members of the UN Security Council unanimously approved the new resolution on Iraq. The objective of the resolution is the transfer of powers to Iraqis, and defines the stages that will lead to new elections being held in January of 2005 and the conditions under which Coalition forces will remain in the country. After weeks of negotiation, Washington and London have overcome the reluctance of various Member States by including new conditions on the relationship between the Iraqi government and the multinational force, which was the principal subject of disagreement.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Russia said Friday it strongly opposes any U.N. resolution endorsing an investigation into allegations of corruption in the U.N. oil-for-food program for Iraq. The United Nations confirmed Friday that former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker was prepared to serve on a panel investigating the corruption allegations and said "a Security Council resolution would be extremely helpful for the work of the inquiry." But Russia's deputy U.N. Ambassador Gennady Gatilov said the Security Council's recent pledge to cooperate with the inquiry was sufficient and no resolution was needed. Diplomats said Volcker was insisting on a resolution,...

IGLHRC TO HELP SPEARHEAD PASSAGE OF UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION Contact: Paula Ettelbrick 212/216-1256 New York, March 26, 2004, The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (ILGHRC) and its global partners have mobilized an unprecedented campaign to support passage of the Resolution on Sexual Orientation and Human Rights during the 2004 United Nations Human Rights Commission session, which opened its six-week session last week in Geneva, Switzerland. Passage of the Resolution, referred to as the "Brazil Resolution" in reference to its sponsor, would constitute the strongest and broadest message to date from the United Nations in support of the...

The United States has used its veto power to block a Security Council resolution presented by Arab states Thursday condemning Israel's killing Monday of Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in the Gaza Strip. U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte told the Security Council that the United States is "deeply troubled" by the killing of Ahmed Yassin, saying it has escalated tensions in the region and could set back peace building efforts. But before the vote, Mr. Negroponte told the council that the United States could not approve the measure, which it views as one-sided for failing to mention Hamas suicide attacks that...

Spanish officials on Thursday expressed optimism that the United Nations would adopt a new resolution that would allow the incoming Socialist party government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero to keep its election promises on Iraq without withdrawing its troops. Mr Zapatero has come under intense pressure from supporters of the US-led coalition since announcing that Spain would pull its 1,300 soldiers out of Iraq unless they were brought under a UN mandate. Security Council members are working on a new resolution and the US and UK have indicated they are willing to consider a new resolution before the June 30...

Jerusalem, November 20, 2003 Statement on UN Security Council Roadmap Resolution (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) In light of the United Nations Security Council resolution regarding the roadmap, Israel would like to reiterate the following: The Government of Israel accepted the roadmap along with 14 clarifications that it decided upon and this is the one and only diplomatic plan that Israel is prepared to carry out. The peace plan known as the "Roadmap", as accepted by Israel, can be carried out only through negotiations and agreements between Israel and the Palestinians. Judging in relation to the plan's implementation...

Nov. 4, 2003 Sharon presses Putin to drop UN resolution on road map By HERB KEINON Prime Minister Sharon and President Putin Photo: AP Sharon also raised Israel's concerns that Russia's aid to Iran's nuclear programs could be used weapons. Photo: AP</COLOR Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that Russia may reconsider the resolution it introduced to the UN security Council Thursday calling on the council to formally endorse the road map. Sharon, in a three-hour meeting with Putin in the Kremlin on Monday, voiced Israel's adamant objections to the resolution. According to a report on...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Senate Democrat urged President Bush on Sunday "to outsmart the French" in their opposition to a new U.N. resolution on Iraq by having the Security Council decide when to turn control back to Iraqis. "I think the French are playing a gambit here," Sen. Joseph Biden told the "Fox News Sunday" program. "That doesn't mean that we can't out-negotiate them." Biden, the ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Bush should first get Russian President Vladimir Putin on board when he goes this week to the General Assembly in New York ....