Nikola Krastev

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• December 12, 2006

  Annan Urges U.S. To Maintain Its Values

  In his last official address as UN chief, Kofi Annan urged the United States to do more to defend human rights and the rule of law around the world.

• December 07, 2006

  Ukraine: U.S. Energy Company Vies For Oil Contract

  Vanco Chairman Gene Van Dyke (Courtesy Photo) NEW YORK, December 7, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Negotiations are continuing between the Ukrainian government and the Houston-based Vanco Energy Company for the right to drill for oil in the Black Sea.

• December 07, 2006

  Writers Honor Politkovskaya's Memory

  American friends and admirers of slain journalist Anna Politkovskaya have gathered in New York to remember her work.

• November 25, 2006

  Violence Against Women Still Pervasive

  The United Nations has targeted Central Asia in its campaign to stop violence against women.

• November 20, 2006

  UN: Laptop Initiative Makes Slow Progress

  Is a $100 laptop feasible? (official website) UNITED NATIONS, November 20, 2006 -- "One Laptop Per Child" is a UN-backed effort to provide every child worldwide with an inexpensive laptop computer.

• November 20, 2006

  East: Women's Rights Project Employs Film As Advocacy Tool

  Sairash, the main character in the film "Elechek," in March 2006 (RFE/RL) NEW YORK, November 20, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Seven short documentary films have emerged from an ambitious project by the Open Society's Institute's Network Women's Program to focus attention on the plight of women in post-Soviet societies. The films confront some of the most acute gender problems in countries like Armenia, Georgia, Lithuania, Russia, Tajikistan, and Ukraine --strained transitional societies -- through the eyes of local directors.

• November 13, 2006

  UN: Agreement Brings 'Iron Silk Road' Project Closer To Realization

  A rail link between China and Russia being constructed in July (ITAR-TASS) UNITED NATIONS, November 13, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- An ambitious UN-backed project to connect the Far East to Western Europe by a rail link moved one step closer to reality with the signing of a transportation agreement in Pusan, South Korea, on November 10.

• November 06, 2006

  Borat Movie Ridicules Kazakhs, Americans Alike

  Although the new Borat movie ostensibly pokes fun at Kazakhstan, it exposes ignorance and prejudice among Americans.

• October 27, 2006

  UN: Security Council Urges Integrating Women Into Peace, Security Issues

  The UN has a 'predominantly male profile in peacekeeping,' according to the head of operations (AFP) UNITED NATIONS, October 27, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The UN Security Council is appealing to UN member states to undertake concrete steps to prevent violence against women in armed conflicts and to ensure their participation in the postconflict rebuilding process.

• October 17, 2006

  Politkovskaya Honored In New York

  Slain journalist Anna Politkovskaya was honored at a small gathering in New York, the city where she was born to Ukrainian Soviet diplomats.

• October 16, 2006

  Belarus: Minsk Theater Group Appears In New York

  The Free Theater of Minsk (RFE/RL) NEW YORK, October 16, 2006 -- Belarus's Free Theater company will make its first U.S. appearance today.

• October 14, 2006

  UN Calls On Tbilisi To Exercise Restraint

  Russia expresses satisfaction after the UN Security Council says the "new and tense" situation in Abkhazia is partly the result of a Georgian security operation.

• October 14, 2006

  South Korean To Be Next UN Secretary-General

  South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon (right) witht the previous UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan (file photo) (epa) NEW YORK, October 14, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The United Nations General Assembly has formally appointed South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon to be the next UN secretary-general.

• October 11, 2006

  North Korea: Pyongyang Warns Against Sanctions

  A North Korean soldier on the border with South Korea (file photo) (epa) UN diplomat talks of 'substantial progress' on a response to North Korea's declared nuclear test, but Russia and China stress need for a peaceful solution.

• October 10, 2006

  UN: The Importance Of Being Korean

  Ban Ki-moon, the probable next UN secretary-general (file photo) (epa) Is it an advantage that in the midst of a crisis over North Korea's nuclear program that the next head of the UN is almost certain to be a Korean?

• October 08, 2006

  UN: Career Diplomat Set To Be Next Secretary-General

  Ban Ki-moon (file photo) (epa) UNITED NATIONS, October 8, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Barring unforeseen circumstances, South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon will succeed Kofi Annan as UN Secretary-General when Annan steps down at the end of December.

• October 03, 2006

  UN: South Korean Likely To Be Next Secretary-General

  Ban Ki-moon (right) shakes hands with Kofi Annan in May (epa) UNITED NATIONS, October 3, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon is almost certain to become the next United Nations secretary-general after the last informal vote in the UN Security Council on October 2 showed his candidacy firmly supported by 14 of the council's 15 members, including all five permanent veto-yielding members.

• September 29, 2006

  'Kazakhgate' Case Continues

  After two years, a corruption case in a U.S. court in which Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev figures prominently seems to be losing a lot of momentum.

• September 27, 2006

  UN: GUAM Brings Frozen Conflicts To World Stage

  The presidents of (left to right) Moldova, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, and Georgia at a summit in Kyiv in May (official site) UNITED NATIONS, September 27, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The countries that make up GUAM (now renamed the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development-GUAM) are pushing for a resolution of their "frozen" conflicts at the United Nations.

• September 20, 2006

  High-Level Meeting To Discuss Afghanistan, Global Strategy

  The alliance will hold a meeting in New York to discuss major political issues and a plan to better undertake global missions in the 21st century.

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