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
The search for the next EU President
Published November 11, 2009 From the Press Leave a CommentTags: austria, belgium, blair, commissioner, czech republic, eu, eu ambassador, european commission, felipe gonzalez, herman van rompuy, john bruton, juncker, latvia, lisbon, luxembourg, president, sweden presidency, tony, treaty, uk, united kingdom, vaira, vike-freiberga, wolfgang schuessel
Source: BBC News
The executive search for the two top European jobs is proving difficult. There has been a first and inconclusive round of phone calls. There are more potential candidates than jobs. And just beneath the surface are fierce currents and rivalries. There could well be public disputes before the names are chosen at dinner in Brussels a week on Thursday.
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The next EU President after Lisbon
Published November 4, 2009 From the Press 3 CommentsTags: austria, belgium, blair, commissioner, czech republic, eu, eu ambassador, european commission, felipe gonzalez, herman van rompuy, john bruton, juncker, latvia, lisbon, luxembourg, president, sweden presidency, tony, treaty, uk, united kingdom, vaira, vike-freiberga, wolfgang schuessel
Source: BBC News
The European Union is close to deciding who will be appointed to a new post of president to chair EU summits and represent the bloc on the world stage. The way was cleared by the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty by the Czech Republic. Speculation is already mounting about potential candidates.
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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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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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Former New Zealand premier nominated for top U.N. development post
Published March 27, 2009 Press Release Leave a CommentTags: administrator, ban ki-moon, deputy, dervis, development programme, general assembly, helen clark, malloch brown, mark malloch brown, mdg, mdgs, michele montas, millennium development goals, new york, new zealand, secretary-general, security council, turkey, uk, un, undp, united kingdom, united nations, wellington
Source: United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has requested the General Assembly to confirm former Prime Minister Helen Clark of New Zealand as the new Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for a four-year term.
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