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  • U.N. members debate how to rebuild nations (OO, OO, How about a world tax?)

    05/26/2005 8:12:37 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 18 replies · 514+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 5/26/05 | Nick Wadhams - AP
    UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. member nations debated ways Thursday to help countries build peaceful, stable societies once conflict subsides, and mulled over one key obstacle to getting there: a lack of cash. Speakers at the discussion at the U.N. Security Council noted that it's comparatively easy to get world attention and money for a region when a conflict rages. But once the violence abates, the world often turns away from the slow, difficult task of restoring a society to normalcy. "If the international community is not able to act swiftly, the fragile peace is at risk, with loss of...
  • U.S. Draws Jeers for Abortion Comments at UN

    03/04/2005 5:12:03 PM PST · by Kitten Festival · 46 replies · 1,400+ views
    Reuters ^ | March 4, 2005 | Deborah Zabarenko
    UNITED NATIONS - Jeers and catcalls greeted the top U.S. delegate to a global women's conference on Friday as she stressed Washington's opposition to abortion and support for sexual abstinence and fidelity. After withdrawing an unpopular anti-abortion amendment from a key U.N. document, the United States joined in approving the declaration that reaffirmed a 150-page platform agreed 10 years ago at a landmark U.N. women's conference in Beijing. However, top U.S. delegate Ellen Sauerbrey drew boos from the audience, which included some of the 6,000 activists who came from around the world, when she commented on Washington's interpretation of the...