Here’s a great analysis on the current situation surrounding the UN Security Council reform process. As the writer points, the two main factions are still far from a two-third majority vote required to reshape the Council’s membership… And much needs to be discussed on veto power!
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Still far from a real UN Security Council reform?
Published August 8, 2011 From the Press Leave a CommentTags: brazil, canada, charter, china, farnesina, france, franco frattini, frattini, g4, g8, general assembly, germany, giulio terzi, india, italy, japan, minister of foreign affairs, ministry of foreign affairs, pakistan, permanent representatives, refrom, rice, rome, russia, secretary-general, security council, spain, Tags: ban ki-moon, turtle bay, ufc, un, united kingdom, united nations, united states, uniting for consensus, us
A global China policy
Published June 25, 2010 Press Release Leave a CommentTags: beijing, brussels, china, climate change, copenhagen, crisis, currency, dalai lama, eu, europe, european council, financial, foreign policy, francois, g2, g20, g8, godement, investments, iran, procurement, washington, yuan
Source: European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
China, emboldened by the impact of the economic crisis on the West, is becoming a huge test for Europe’s foreign policy. If it doesn’t rethink its strategy, the EU will lose its already limited influence over Beijing. If it does, on issues ranging from climate change to the Dalai Lama, Europe can build coalitions with others affected by China’s rise, and take advantage of the few areas where it has real leverage.
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Think again, G20 sceptics
Published September 24, 2009 From the Press Leave a CommentTags: aquila, climate change, cooperation, development, diplomacy, economic growth, economy, energy, france, g17, g20, g8, group of eight, italy, leadership, maddalena, major economies, multilateral, nuclear proliferation, old club, pittsburgh, platform, security, summit, united kingdom, united states
Source: The Guardian
Kofi Annan*, Amartya Sen** and Michel Camdessus*** believe that “the world’s leaders can give Pittsburgh a truly global vision – if they address four key issues.”
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Reforming summit diplomacy
Published September 4, 2009 From the Press Leave a CommentTags: aquila, climate change, cooperation, development, diplomacy, economic growth, economy, energy, france, g17, g20, g8, group of eight, italy, leadership, maddalena, major economies, multilateral, nuclear proliferation, old club, pittsburgh, platform, security, summit, united kingdom, united states
Source: By David Shorr, Alan S. Alexandroff, and Andrew F. Cooper* | TPM
Last month, an annual ritual of high-level diplomacy was convened in L’Aquila, Italy by a group familiar to most of us: the Group of Eight leading industrialized powers (or G-8). More accurately, these world leaders held a series of summits within a summit. The G8 met on the first day, then the G-14, G-17, and G-16. Because some leaders were included in only one of these combinations, a total of 24 presidents and prime ministers passed through L’Aquila.
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FAO strives for a hunger-free world
Published August 25, 2009 From the Press Leave a CommentTags: adaptation, africa, agricolture, aquila, climate change, cooperation, development, diouf, fao, food, food and agriculture organization, food security, g8, mitigation, united nations, world summit
Source: Green Planet
A global agreement to “completely eradicate hunger from the face of the Earth by 2025″ should be reached by November 2009, when the World Summit on Food Security will take place in Rome, according to the invitation made to governments by FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf.
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G-20 maps road for chaos
Published April 1, 2009 From the Press 7 CommentsTags: abundance, accumulation, action, britain, central banks, deficit, distribution, economy, exchange, finance, financial, financial crisis, fiscal, g8, governors, group of 20, group of eight, imf, inflation, international monetary fund, london, markets, monetary, money, obama, policy, policymakers, production, scarcity, stagflation, stock market, stocks, uk, underemployment, unemployment, united kingdom, united states, us, world bank, world economy, world leaders
Source: Asia Times | By Hossein Askari and Noureddine Krichene*
As the leaders of the Group of 20 (G-20) countries gather in London this week to discuss their latest views on how to get out of the world financial crisis, a damning picture of the progress likely this week emerges from the pledges made by G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors at their own meeting in London on March 14. Then, the promise was that they would act to restore global growth and support lending and reforms to strengthen the global financial system.
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US and China kill British proposal for UN Security Council reform
Published March 31, 2009 From the Press 1 CommentTags: africa, brazil, britain, china, consensus, david miliband, enlargement, expansion, foreign secretary, france, g20, g4, g8, germany, hillary clinton, india, italy, japan, latin america, london, miliband, pakistan, reform, russia, seats, secretary of state, security council, ufc, uk, un, united kingdom, united nations, united states, uniting for consensus, us
Source: The Washington Post | By Colum Lynch
Having invited the foreign ministers of the four other permanent Security Council nations to London to discuss enlarging the 15-nation council, Britain on Monday called off the Wednesday meeting after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and China’s foreign minister declined to attend, according to key U.N. members.
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Talks on Security Council expansion to begin in earnest
Published February 18, 2009 Press Release Leave a CommentTags: ban ki-moon, brazil, canada, charter, china, farnesina, france, franco frattini, frattini, g4, g8, general assembly, germany, giulio terzi, india, italy, japan, minister of foreign affairs, ministry of foreign affairs, pakistan, permanent representatives, refrom, rice, rome, russia, secretary-general, security council, spain, turtle bay, ufc, un, united kingdom, united nations, united states, uniting for consensus, us
Source: United Nations
On-going work on reshaping the size and membership of the Security Council and making the vital organ of the world body more democratic is finally heading for serious negotiations, the Ambassador to the United Nations for Afghanistan, Zahir Tanin, told the press on Monday.
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