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Senior bosses at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) are reportedly pushing for reforms that would see the union take over management of the internet's naming and addressing systems from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). "Those who interpret 'Internet Governance' more broadly consider that the Internet should not be governed by a private company alone and that a multilateral organisation with greater international legitimacy and democratic processes, such as ITU, should assume some of the functions of ICANN, " general Yoshio Utsumi said at a UN meeting in November.

Credit First Service Union United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan presented a sweeping plan to reform the UN this week.If you would like to receive late breaking news on issues covered by AXcess News then you need to subscribe.Print This Page

In March 1999, the ICC was the first group to officially join the Compact, two months after Kofi Annan first launched the Global Compact in Davos. in a speech to a recent ICC conference, Kofi Annan praised the Chamber as "a highly valued partner of the UN." [⁷] reaching joint projects between the ICC and UN agencies include UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

Card Credit Mobile Service March 24, 2005 (AXcess News) Washington - United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan presented a sweeping plan to reform the UN this week. It includes expanding the 15 member Security Council, restructuring the Human Rights Commission and setting new rules for authorizing the use of military force. Mr. Annan says the cause of worldwide freedom can only be advanced if countries work together to reform the United Nations. Amy Katz reports on some Washington reaction to the reform plan.U.S. Congressman Tom Lantos of California, a Democrat, thinks many of the recommendations in the U.N. reform plan are excellent. At a Voice of America Newsmaker news conference on Tuesday he cited fiscal accountability and changing the Human Rights Commission as two of the most important. Another important recommendation, Mr. Lantos says, is getting the U.N.'s 191 member nations to agree on the definition of "terrorism."

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Thursday backed a resolution by the UN nuclear watchdog agency calling on Iran to halt nuclear fuel work, a demand Tehran has dismissed as absurd. "The (International Atomic Energy Agency) has spoken with one voice and the secretary general expects its resolution to be implemented, " Annan said in a statement through his spokesman Stephane Dujarric.

Card Credit Discover Service "It's high time the United Nations, as an international body, spoke on the subject of terrorism. Terrorism, for whatever reason is unacceptable to the civilized world community, and I applaud my friend Kofi Annan for demanding that at long last the United Nations speak out, without equivocation, denouncing terrorism," says Tom Lantos.

Iran's hardline Basij militia has written to UN secretary general Kofi Annan to ask if the Islamic republic can send observers to the US presidential election in November, a government newspaper said on Monday. "By this symbolic request, called democratic slogans of the American leaders, " a Basij official, Said Toutunshian, told the Iran newspaper.

Credit Public Service Union Brent Scowcroft, a former U.S. National Security Advisor to two Republican presidents, was the only American member of the panel that drafted the U.N. reform recommendations. He says the panel was a group with diverse interests and agendas, and getting agreement on proposals was not easy.

The ICC has been a pioneering member of the Compact. As early as February 1998 a delegation of 25 corporate executives met with Kofi Annan and other senior UN officials and issued a joint statement promising closer collaboration. [³] According to the ICC, "the two groups resolved to form a close global partnership to secure greater input from ICC member companies into the UN' making." [⁴]

Card Credit Processing Service "I'm encouraged by the fact that the panel engaged in these activities and produced, with a tiny, tiny exception, a consensus report, which I consider quite remarkable, given the multiplicity of interests involved. So, I think we're going to test the skills of the Secretary General and the members this year, but I think it would be a definite step forward," says Brent Scowcroft.

Center Credit Service Union Congressman Lantos said while some of the recommendations may be seen as controversial, Kofi Annan deserves praise for trying to tackle many of the U.N.'s problems.

Card Credit Service Wireless "Many of the difficulties and problems and shortcomings and deficiencies of the United Nations are derivative in nature. The United Nations reflects a deeply divided and profoundly flawed globe," says Tom Lantos.But, he says he thinks the organization can be reformed and improved. The Bush administration agrees. In an interview with the Washington Post newspaper, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said the Bush administration strongly believes the U.N. needs to be reformed. And, he said, the nomination of John Bolton, a known critic of the U.N., to be the new ambassador to the international organization, signals White House commitment to ending corruption and changing the culture at the United Nations.

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