Chinese UN military observers return from Syria
August 26th, 2012 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 25 (IANS) The last four Chinese UN military observers finished their mission in Syria and returned to Beijing Saturday.The observers were among the last UN military observers in ... Read more...
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Syria awaits next step’s details from UN: deputy FM
August 24th, 2012 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Damascus, Aug 23 (IANS) Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad said Thursday that his country is expecting news from the UN secretariat about the next step's details after the expiry ... Read more...
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UN observers leave Syria
August 20th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Damascus, Aug 20 (IANS) A total of 23 international observers under the UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) Monday headed to Lebanese capital Beirut as their mission officially expired Sunday, ... Read more...
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UN observers start leaving Syria
August 19th, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Damascus, Aug 19 (IANS) Members of the UN Supervision Mission to Syria (UNSMIS) Sunday started leaving the unrest-hit country, Xinhua reported.As their mission officially was set to expire Sunday midnight, ... Read more...
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Russia proposes deadline to stop Syria violence
August 17th, 2012 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is proposing setting a concrete date for a new ceasefire between government troops and opposition forces in Syria, the Russian envoy to the UN ... Read more...
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UN to open Liaison office in Syria
August 17th, 2012 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, Aug 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The UN will open a liaison office in Damascus after its observer mission in the war-torn Syria expires Sunday, said France's UN envoy Gerard ... Read more...
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Russia urges UN observers to stay in Syria
August 15th, 2012 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 15 (IANS) Moscow believes the UN observers in Syria should continue their work there, as a withdrawal of the mission would cause "extremely negative consequences", the Russian Foreign ... Read more...
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Car bomb blast near UN hotel in Syria
August 15th, 2012 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least three people were injured when a car bomb went off Wednesday near a hotel in Damascus used by the UN monitoring mission in ... Read more...
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UN observer mission pulls out of Syria’s Aleppo
August 8th, 2012 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Damascus, Aug 7 (IANS) The UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) has temporarily relocated its teams from the restive northern province of Aleppo due to the deteriorating security situation, Xinhua ... Read more...
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UN chief wants reduced Syria observer mission
July 7th, 2012 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, July 7 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon has urged the Security Council to reduce the number of unarmed military observers in Syria and focus more on political ... Read more...
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UN observer mission is in Syrian interest: official
April 16th, 2012 - 4:59 am ICT by IANS
Damascus, April 16 (IANS) To have international observers on our territory is in Syrian interest, a top Syrian official said Sunday, adding that it is so because they can help ... Read more...
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UNSC adopts plan to send observers to Syria
April 15th, 2012 - 4:42 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The UN Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted Saturday the draft resolution to send a group of unarmed observers to Syria to oversee the ceasefire, CNN ... Read more...
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UNSC to mull on observer mission in Syria
April 13th, 2012 - 9:23 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, April 13 (IANS) The UN Security Council (UNSC) will begin consultation on a draft resolution concerning the deployment of an observer mission in Syria "as swiftly as possible".US ... Read more...
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Russia sets conditions on peacekeeping mission to Syria
February 14th, 2012 - 8:50 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An international peacekeeping mission to Syria requires approval from Damascus and, first of all, an end to the ongoing violence, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov ... Read more...
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Excerpts from UN Syrian resolution
February 5th, 2012 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 5 (IANS) Excerpts from the UN Security Council resolution on Syria that India voted for but was vetoed by Russia and China:- Noting the deployment of the ... Read more...
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Election monitors strongly condemn Belarus vote, violent aftermath
December 20th, 2010 - 7:37 pm ICT by BNO News
MINSK (BNO NEWS) -- International election monitors on Monday strongly condemned Sunday's presidential election in Belarus, which was followed by reports of violence, protests and illegal detentions.The Organization for Security and Co-operation ... Read more...
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Leadership Election Results Still Unannounced In Ivory Coast
December 2nd, 2010 - 2:56 am ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Dec 1, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The electoral commission in Ivory Coast failed to announce the first batch of results of the leadership elections yet again. People on the streets of Abidjan ... Read more...
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Pak more sensitive than Afghanistan
March 24th, 2009 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
Brussels, Mar 24 (ANI): European Union diplomats are deeply concerned about the happenings in Pakistan and consider it more sensitive than Afghanistan.They put Pakistan at the heart of efforts to beat ... Read more...
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OPEC decides to keep oil output unchanged (Lead)
March 16th, 2009 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS
Vienna, March 15 (DPA) The world's leading oil producers will not reduce their production goals in light of the ongoing financial crisis, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced Sunday after ... Read more...
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Russia hails extention of Georgia observer mission
February 14th, 2009 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 14 (RIA Novosti) Russia Saturday welcomed the UN Security Council's resolution on extending a mandate of a UN observer mission in Georgia and Abkhazia, saying it would help ensure stability ... Read more...
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”Hamas agrees to Turkish force in Rafah”
January 13th, 2009 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Jan.13 (ANI):The banned militant organisation Hamas is reportedly willing to allow a Turkish force to be deployed at the Rafah crossing, the London-based Arabic daily Al Hayat said.
The Jerusalem ... Read more...
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Ukraine to sign fresh accord on gas monitors (Lead)
January 12th, 2009 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Moscow/Prague/Brussels, Jan 12 (DPA) Ukraine has agreed to sign a fresh accord for monitors to measure gas flow to Europe, minus the declaration that led Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to rescind the ... Read more...
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Medvedev rescinds agreement on gas monitors
January 12th, 2009 - 9:31 am ICT by IANS
Moscow/Prague, Jan 12 (DPA) Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has rescinded a European Union (EU)-brokered accord for monitors to measure gas flow to Europe, citing changes by Ukraine.Moscow Sunday said that it would ... Read more...
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Georgia calls for Security Council action on Russia
August 28th, 2008 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Vienna, Aug 28 (DPA) Georgia's foreign minister called on the UN Security Council Thursday to take action against Russia, alleging it had breached international security by its action in her country.At a ... Read more...
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OSCE green-lights military observers for Georgia (Lead)
August 19th, 2008 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Vienna, Aug 19 (DPA) Military observers of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will be deployed in Georgia starting this week, after Georgia and Russia reached a compromise and ... Read more...
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UN Security Council mulls Georgia’s ceasefire proposals
August 12th, 2008 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
New York, Aug 12 (DPA) The UN Security Council was studying Tuesday a draft resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional end of hostilities in Georgia and the complete withdrawal of Russian ... Read more...
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Abkhazia asks Georgian troops to leave
August 11th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Tbilisi (Georgia), Aug 11 (DPA) The conflict between Georgia and Russia looked poised for further escalation Monday as Abkhazia, the second separatist region of the Caucasus state, ordered all Georgian soldiers and ... Read more...
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Jimmy Carter arrives in Nepal to lead his Centres observers
April 7th, 2008 - 9:17 pm ICT by admin
Kathmandu, Apr 7 (ANI): Former US president and co-founder of the Carter Center, Jimmy Carter, arrived on Monday in Kathmandu leading a 60-member international election observer mission that will monitor the ... Read more...
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‘Everything alright so far’ in Zimbabwe vote: Observer
March 29th, 2008 - 6:54 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)
DPA
Johannesburg/Harare, March 29 (DPA) Voting in Zimbabwe's hardest-fought elections since independence was described as largely peaceful by observers Saturday with concerns mainly related to the slow pace of voting. "So far it's ... Read more...
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EU election observers for appropriate environment during Nepal CA polls
March 18th, 2008 - 10:25 pm ICT by admin
Kathmandu, Mar 18 (ANI): The European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission (EOM) on Tuesday called for an atmosphere free of violence and intimidation during the forthcoming Nepalese Constituent Assembly (CA) elections ... Read more...
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Japan replaces peace-keeping troops in Nepal
March 7th, 2008 - 9:43 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Tokyo, March 7 (Xinhua) Japan sent six members of its ground self-defence force (SDF) to Nepal Friday to replace the troops already there, for extending the peacekeeping mission in that country. According ... Read more...
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Western criticism overshadows Medvedev’s election romp
March 4th, 2008 - 1:57 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Moscow, March 4 (DPA) Criticism by Western and Russian observers has overshadowed Dmitry Medvedev's landslide win to succeed Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, but his promise of continuity was widely seen as ... Read more...
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Russian election was not fair, says Western observer
March 3rd, 2008 - 8:26 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Moscow, March 3 (DPA) Dmitry Medvedev's landslide win to succeed President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin was "neither free nor fair," the chief of the sole Western election observer mission said Monday. ... Read more...
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Pakistan polls free and fair, but officials were biased: observers
February 20th, 2008 - 10:56 pm ICT by admin
By Devirupa Mitra
Islamabad, Feb 20 (IANS) Pakistan's general elections Monday were relatively free and fair, but the government machinery was significantly tilted towards the erstwhile ruling party in the run-up to the ... Read more...
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Foreign observers satisfied over Pak poll process
February 19th, 2008 - 12:43 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Feb 19 (ANI): Foreign observers, ambassadors and analysts have expressed satisfaction over the poll process in Pakistan.
According to the Daily Times, observers said Pakistan's polling process is not too much ... Read more...
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