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U.N. moving staff from Kabul after attack

Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009

The United Nations said Thursday it is moving 600 international staffers in Afghanistan to safer locations following the recent attack on a guest house in Kabul.

U.S. hits effort on religious speech

'Defamation' ban proposed

Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that the United States opposes an effort by Muslim nations at the United Nations to ban religious "defamation," because the proposal would conflict with freedom of speech.

U.S. threatens Sudan sanctions

Policy seeks to end atrocities, but also includes incentives

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009

The Obama administration on Monday accused the government of Sudan of committing war crimes in Darfur, and it threatened to tighten sanctions if benchmarks for human rights and peace-building were not forthcoming.

Obama pushes Sudan toward peace

Threatens tougher sanctions if benchmarks not met

Monday, Oct. 19, 2009

The Obama administration on Monday accused the government of Sudan of committing war crimes in Darfur, and it threatened to tighten sanctions if benchmarks for human rights and peace building were not forthcoming.

U.N. Council backs Gaza war-crimes report

Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009

The U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday forwarded to the General Assembly a fact-finding report that accuses both Israel and the Palestinians of committing war crimes during Israel's three-week siege of the Gaza Strip.

5 members elected to U.N. Security Council

Bosnia, Lebanon among two-year servers

Friday, Oct. 16, 2009

Bosnia and Lebanon will join the U.N. Security Council in January, even though both countries are cited in council resolutions calling for disarmament and political negotiations.

U.N. Security Council gets 5 new nations

Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009

Bosnia and Lebanon will join the U.N. Security Council in January, even though both countries are cited in council resolutions calling for disarmament and political negotiations. Gabon, Brazil and Nigeria also will serve two-year terms in the council, beginning Jan. 1.

Gaza war dominates U.N. session

At issue is report that charges Israel, Hamas with war crimes

Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009

Diplomats mainly from the Islamic world used the monthly session of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to criticize Israel by citing a U.N. report charging Israel and Hamas with war crimes.

War-crimes debate may shift to Geneva

Rights council sets meeting on report

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009

The United States wants to shift debate over a U.N. report - charging Israel and Hamas with possible war crimes during Israel's winter invasion of Gaza - from the Security Council in New York to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.