It has proven the centrality of multilateralism in managing global affairs.

They are also a powerful tool for European leadership in global affairs.

EU lethargy and growing irrelevance in global public affairs owes much to Eurocentric political atavism.

Chávez s successor may have little choice but to maintain Venezuela s role in Latin American and global affairs.

The current crisis offers a unique test case for joint handling of international affairs or, in this case, regional affairs with global consequences by the world s two biggest powers.

The post Soviet economy crumbled, crime skyrocketed, and life expectancy declined. Russia s voice in global affairs lost authority.

Clinton s primary challenge as secretary of state was to recast the very nature of US involvement in global affairs.

It played a predominant role in global affairs from the 15th century onwards, especially after the beginning of colonialism.

For Europe to turn down Turkey would be tantamount to writing ourselves out of any serious script in global affairs.

Europeans have become the Japanese of the West financial contributors who at best play a supporting role in global strategic affairs.

The United Nations, the most representative intergovernmental body with a universal mandate, continues to play an indispensable coordinating role in global affairs.

That would enable the dynamic and resourceful people of Taiwan to play their rightful role in global affairs, industrialization, trade and development.

Given the challenges of our neighborhood, and the region s central role in global affairs, Turkey will not refrain from taking on new responsibilities.

Peru and the Philippines have multisectoral committees or commissions to implement national plans of action and provide support Portugal has established the National Coordinator for Family Affairs and is defining and implementing a global and integrated policy for family affairs.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Foreign Affairs

Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Foreign Affairs

The Affluents will continue to be major global players, but as the Globalizers relative economic power rises, they will demand a greater role in international affairs.

Quietly, South Korea has moved away from being defined by its problematic North Korean neighbor, and is becoming an important middle ranking power in global affairs.

It was also recommended that the Office for Outer Space Affairs continue to maintain and expand the existing Global Network for Space Technology and Disaster Management.

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs

WASHINGTON, DC As China s clout in global affairs grows, the world is watching more closely than ever to see what kind of great power it will become.

Joseph Stephanides Director, Security Council Affairs Division, Department of Political Affairs

The current state of affairs is all the more depressing because global economic growth in the past four years has been the fastest since the early 1970 s.

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The programme, Legal affairs, is implemented by the Office of Legal Affairs.

Building on the Geneva Conventions on the laws of war and similar binding agreements, global rules were first institutionalized with the establishment of the United Nations. But, above all, the international framework for managing global affairs was the creation of the United States.

Panel discussion on The global compact and sustainable development (organized by the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development and the Non Governmental Organizations Section, Department of Economic and Social Affairs)

Panel discussion on The global compact and sustainable development (organized by the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development and the Non Governmental Organizations Section, Department of Economic and Social Affairs)

I believe that every year we become a bit more aware that if we want a strategic vision of global affairs, we need to have several cards at our disposal.

Events on the occasion of the International Day of Disabled Persons (organized by the Global Programme on Disability, Division for Social Policy and Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs)

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Humanitarian Affairs Section

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We will hear addresses by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Slovakia, the Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland.

Member of the Editor Board for World Affairs Yearbook (published by World Affairs Press).

Mr. Valere Mantels, Political Affairs Officer, United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs, was in charge of the BWC issues in the Department for Disarmament Affairs.

2 CBSS Ministerial meetings have been held in the fields of agriculture, children's affairs, culture, economic affairs, education, energy, finance, health, information technology, interior, justice, labour, social affairs, spatial planning, trade and industry, transport, youth affairs.