Author: Edith M. Lederer
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U.N. powers back new sanctions against Iran
UNITED NATIONS — The United States introduced a resolution backed by all veto-wielding members of the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that would impose new sanctions against Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard and seek to curtail military, financial and shipping activities linked to its suspect nuclear program. U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said the resolution would give…
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U.S,.,Russia highlight nuclear partnership
UNITED NATIONS — In a symbol of their new partnership, the United States and Russia urged all countries on Monday to follow their recent nuclear arms cuts by taking action toward the goal of global disarmament and a nuclear-free world. Ambassadors from the former Cold War rivals joined forces at a U.N. General Assembly debate…
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Iran accuses U.N. chief of parroting West on nukes
UNITED NATIONS — Iran’s president is accusing U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of parroting Western criticism of its new uranium enrichment facility instead of waiting for a report from the U.N. nuclear agency, Iran’s U.N. Mission said Tuesday. The Iranian mission said in a statement that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad expressed “grave concern” during a meeting with…
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United Nations urges Iraq and Kuwait to settle debt
UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged Iraq and Kuwait to discuss alternatives to payment of the $24 billion debt Baghdad owes Kuwait as a result of Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion of its tiny neighbor. In a report to the U.N. Security Council reviewing all Iraq-related resolutions adopted after the Kuwait invasion, Ban…