Corporations and securities brief ~ SEC to pursue civil suit against Scrushy
Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) spokesman said today that the agency still plans to pursue a $785 million civil suit against former HealthSouth Corp. CEO Richard Scrushy...
African leaders Tuesday approved a resolution at the fifth African Union Summit seeking two permanent seats on the expanding UN Security Council . The AU is calling for the number of Council seats be increased from...
UN child abuse monitor says many children have fewer rights than "cats or dogs"
The head of a major UN study on worldwide child abuse opened a conference of government and human rights officials from 52 countries in Europe and Central Asia taking place in Slovenia Tuesday...
Four countries seeking permanent representation on the UN Security Council - Japan, Brazil, India, and Germany - said Wednesday at a foreign ministry meeting in Brussels that they would request a July vote on their...
US indicts two in connection with Brazil killing of environmentalist American nun
A grand jury in Washington, DC has indicted two men for the February 12 killing of Dorothy Stang , an American nun who was working in Brazil as an environmentalist. A landowner allegedly...
International brief ~ Kenya wants permanent seat on UN Security Council
Leading Monday's international brief, Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Chirau Mwakwere has announced that Kenya would actively be seeking to obtain one of the two permanent regional seats for Africa under the current proposed reform...
The US government Thursday publicly expressed support for expanding the UN Security Council by "two or so" permanent members, saying that a larger expansion could hinder the effectiveness of the group. Review the State Department briefing ...
The International Labour Organization (ILO) Thursday called for a ban on child labor in mines and quarries as the focus for the World Day Against Child Labour on June 12. The agency has...
G4 states drop veto proposal for new UN Security Council members
In a move to gain support for a draft UN reform resolution introduced last month , Germany, Japan, Brazil and India - the so-called G4 group - have dropped their proposal to give veto power to any new...
China threatens to veto "dangerous" resolution expanding UN Security Council
Chinese UN Ambassador Wang Guangya has said China is opposed to a recently-introduced resolution that would expand the UN Security Council to include Brazil, Germany, India and Japan. In an interview with AP...
