Topic: United Nations
Obama to meet Japan's prime minister at UN; meetings also set with Russia, China leadersPresident Barack Obama will meet Japan's new leader for the first time at the United Nations next week.U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said that Obama will meet Prime Minister ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Obama administration will work with the United Nations to fight terrorism and other major world challenges, U.S. envoy Susan Rice said on Wednesday, marking a clear shift from the Bush administration's disregard for the world body.Rice, the ...
South Korean and US troops were put on higher alert after North Korea announced it is scrapping the armistice that has been in force on the peninsula for more than five decades. "As of 7:15 am Thursday, the US-South Korea Combined Forces ...
UN envoy says United States must prosecute Bush administration lawyers who approved tortureThe U.S. is obligated by a United Nations convention to prosecute Bush administration lawyers who allegedly drafted policies that approved the use of harsh interrogation tactics against terrorism suspects, the ...
US President Barack Obama's administration announced Tuesday it will run in May for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council -- a body the Bush administration had shunned.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the US ambassador to the United Nations, Susan ...
US President Barack Obama's administration announced it will run in May for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council -- a body the Bush administration had shunned.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the US ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, ...
US President Barack Obama's administration announced Tuesday it will run in May for a seat on a UN human rights body that the Bush administration shunned.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is traveling in Europe, and the ambassador to the United Nations, ...
In a turn from Bush era anti-LGBT sentiment, the Obama Administration has announced that it endorses a United Nations declaration calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality. Back in December, former President Bush had refused to sign the proclamation, isolating the US ...
Several political observers have noticed the large number of elected officials Barack Obama has named to his Cabinet. How many U.S. representatives has Obama named to the Cabinet?3. Susan Rice is the President-elect's choice for ambassador to the United Nations. Hillary Clinton ...
Obama ends ban on funds for international groups that promote abortions, reversing Bush policyPresident Barack Obama on Friday struck down the Bush administration's ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information an inflammatory policy that ...
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