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Pastimes : GET THE U.S. OUT of The U.N NOW! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sandintoes who wrote (265)	8/23/2002 12:11:07 AM
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Syrian Defense Minister receives UN official Syrian Deputy Commander In-Chief of the Army and Armed Forces, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, First Lt.-Gen. Mustafa Tlas received in Damascus Wednesday the United Nations Truce Supervision Observers (UNTSO) chief, General Carl Doud, and the political advisor of the committee. During the meeting, talks focused on the regional and international situation including the situation in the occupied lands and the “Israeli terrorist practices against the Palestinians”, the Syrian Arab news agency reported. In addition, the talks dealt with the role of the UNDOF in the Golan, in line with the United Nations resolutions. Later on, the Chief General Staff of the Army and Armed Forces, Hasan Tourkmani received General Doud. During the meeting, they exchanged views on issues of joint concern. Moreover, the talks also dealt with the Arab and regional situation, and the aggravated situation in occupied Palestine, due to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s inhuman policy, SANA concluded. (Albawaba.com) albawaba.com

To: sandintoes who wrote (265)	8/31/2002 12:32:17 AM
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U.S. loses another seat at the United Nations WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House expressed disappointment Tuesday over the United States' removal from an international drug monitoring body, saying the move will thwart efforts to control drug trafficking. U.S. officials confirmed Monday that American representative Herbert Okun was voted off the International Narcotics Control Board after two terms in a secret ballot procedure last week. He had served on the panel since 1992 and was seeking a third term. Okun was rejected Thursday by the same procedure that cost the United States its seat on the United Nations' human rights commission in another vote the same day. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said President Bush was disappointed by the two defeats, but "he's not going to let it stop him from carrying out the mission of the United States." "It's not very effective for these entities within the U.N. to remove the United States from those panels. It's going to hurt their ability to win the war on drugs," Fleischer said. "It's a good question to ask the U.N. what kind of signal it is sending the world when they remove the United States from the human rights panel and put Sudan and Libya on the human rights panel." State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the United States would continue its "strong support" for U.N. anti-drug programs despite its ouster from the 13-member board that monitors compliance with U.N. drug conventions on substance abuse and illegal trafficking. Seven countries — Iran, Brazil, India, Peru, France, Netherlands and Austria — were elected to the board Thursday. China, Russia, Nigeria, Turkey, Mexico and Chile complete their current terms in 2005. Boucher would not speculate as to why Okun lost re-election but, coupled with the loss of the human rights seat, he said "there's something happening out there." "Clearly, I think it's fair to speculate there may be issues related to how we handled ourselves, to how we position," he said. The 54-member U.N. Economic and Social Council, the main U.N. body responsible for economic and social issues, cast secret ballots that led to the U.S. ouster from the narcotics board and the Human Rights Commission. usatoday.com