U-NATIONS

Hague: UK to abstain on UN Palestinian vote

LONDON (AP) — Britain will abstain from the United Nations vote on the Palestinian bid for statehood, Foreign Secretary William Hague told Parliament Wednesday.

G20 Leaders Summit - Final Communiqué

...We will ensure the IMF continues to have resources to play its systemic role to the benefit of its whole membership, building on the substantial resources we have already mobilized since London in 2009.......

Iran writes to UN: U.S. claim a threat to world peace

TEHRAN, Nov. 5 (MNA) – The Iranian mission to the United Nations, in a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, has once again rejected the U.S. allegation that Iran had plotted to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Washington, saying U.S. claim is a threat to world peace....

U.S. to Use U.N. Report to Pressure Iran

The Obama administration is planning to use an upcoming report from the United Nations on Iran’s nuclear program to secure international support for tightening economic and diplomatic pressure against the country, senior administration officials said on Thursday, according to The Wall Street Journal....

NATO to be investigated by ICC for war crimes

Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the court’s chief prosecutor, told the United Nations Thursday that NATO troops would be investigated alongside rebel soldiers and regime forces for alleged breaches of the laws of war during the battle to overthrow Col Muammar Gaddafi....

G-20: China and German to stabilize the euro debt crisis

China, German and etc. global export notions will have promised to advance domestic consumption to stabilize the global economic which is affective by the euro zone debit crisis. ...

France to sit out Palestinian UN membership vote

PARIS (AP) — France says it will abstain when the U.N. Security Council votes on whether to admit Palestine as a full member of the world body....

Palestinians won't accept less than full U.N. seat

(Reuters) - The Palestinians will not accept anything less than full United Nations membership and do not want an upgrade to an observer state in the world body, the foreign minister said Thursday....

World economic powers confront eurozone debt crisis

CANNES: The leaders of the world’s most powerful economies confronted a new financial crisis Thursday as they began a G20 summit with markets plummeting and Greece facing a forced exit from the euro....

Obama heads to G-20 amid questions on Greece

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has an important role to play in helping guide Europe through its financial crisis, but it is ultimately Europe's problem to solve, the White House said Wednesday as President Barack Obama headed for an economic summit in France. ...