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October 16, 2006 at 9:25 pm | Posted in Blogroll | Leave a commentUNITED NATIONS — Venezuela and the U.S. — and, by proxy, leftist President Hugo Chavez and President Bush — went toe-to-toe Monday at the U.N. General Assembly, each trying to wrest from the other the last vacant seat on the powerful Security Council.
The U.S. backed the candidacy of Guatemala, which fought back Venezuela‘s bid after eight rounds of voting, but failed to get the necessary two-thirds majority to win a two-year term on the decision-making body.
After battling back to tie Guatemala in the sixth round, Venezuela’s push began to lose steam, falling to 85 votes in the eighth round, to Guatemala’s 102.
Guatemala won 109 votes in the first round, 114 in the second, 116 in the third, 110 in the fourth, and 103 in the fifth. Venezuela received 76 votes, then 74, 70, 75, then 83.
Under the rules, voting is to continue until a candidate emerges with a two-thirds majority. A protracted stalemate is therefore possible — there are precedents involving over 30 rounds of voting, and there is the possibility that the General Assembly could end its fall term without filling the seat.
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October 14, 2006 at 8:24 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentUNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea for its claimed nuclear test, declaring that its action posed “a clear threat to international peace and security.”
North Korea immediately rejected the resolution, and its U.N. ambassador walked out of the council chamber after accusing its members of a “gangster-like” action which neglects the nuclear threat posed by the United States. Ambassador Pak Gil Yonsaid North Korea wants talks but warned that it will consider increased U.S. pressure a declaration of war.
The vote came after the United States, Britain and France overcame last-minute differences with Russia and China during what Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin called “tense negotiations.”
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October 14, 2006 at 8:11 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentUNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea for its claimed nuclear test, declaring that its action posed “a clear threat to international peace and security.”
North Korea immediately rejected the resolution, and its U.N. ambassador walked out of the council chamber after accusing its members of a “gangster-like” action which neglects the nuclear threat posed by the United States. Ambassador Pak Gil Yon said North Korea wants talks but warned that it will consider increased U.S. pressure a declaration of war.
The vote came after the United States, Britain and France overcame last-minute differences with Russia and China during what Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin called “tense negotiations.”
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October 14, 2006 at 8:07 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentUNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea for its claimed nuclear test, declaring that its action posed “a clear threat to international peace and security.”
North Korea immediately rejected the resolution, and its U.N. ambassador walked out of the council chamber after accusing its members of a “gangster-like” action which neglects the nuclear threat posed by the United States. Ambassador Pak Gil Yon said North Korea wants talks but warned that it will consider increased U.S. pressure a declaration of war.
The vote came after the United States, Britain and France overcame last-minute differences with Russia and China during what Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin called “tense negotiations.”
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October 14, 2006 at 8:06 pm | Posted in Blogroll, Uncategorized | Leave a commentUNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council
voted unanimously on Saturday to impose punishing sanctions on North
Korea for its claimed nuclear test, declaring that its action posed "a
clear threat to international peace and security."North
Korea immediately rejected the resolution, and its U.N. ambassador
walked out of the council chamber after accusing its members of a
"gangster-like" action which neglects the nuclear threat posed by the
United States. Ambassador Pak Gil Yon said North Korea wants talks but warned that it will consider increased U.S. pressure a declaration of war.
CountryWatch: North Korea
The
vote came after the United States, Britain and France overcame
last-minute differences with Russia and China during what Russia's U.N.
Ambassador Vitaly Churkin called "tense negotiations."
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