Unit1PartIB1.Withthefinaldeclarationonitsroleinthe21stcentury,thesummit'sstatementisexpectedtocallonUNmemberstomakecommitmentstoeradicatepoverty,promotedemocracyandeducation,andreversethespreadofAIDS.Morethan150headsofstateandgovernmentattendedthesummit,thelargestgatheringofworldleadersinhistory.2.TheAssociationofSouth-EastAsianNationshasdecidedtoinviteBurmatojoinitsranks,shruggingoffwesterndenunciationsofthemilitaryregimeinRangoon.ASEANforeignministersvotedonSaturdaytoadmitBurma,Cambodia,andtheLaos.3.Themissing,fourofthemteenagers,wereamong35peopleaboardahighschoolfishingvesselfromJapan.OnFriday,aU.S.nuclearsubmarinetorethroughtheship,sinkingitwithinminutes.TheUSSGreenville,whichwasnotseriouslydamaged,wasperforminganemergencysurfacingdrillwhenthecollisionoccurredabouttenmilessouthofPearlHarbor.CoastGuardrescueteamspluckedallbutnineofthevictimsfromtheroughseas.4.GunbattlesbetweenIsraelitroopsandPalestiniangunmanhavebeenragingovernightintheWestBankandGaza.TheupsurgeinviolencecomesafterIsraeliattackhelicopterstargetedandkilledamemberofanelitePalestiniansecurityforce.5.SomenuclearfacilitiesinJapanhavebreachedmanyhealthandsafetylaws.Governmentinspectorschecked17nuclearplants.Morethanhalfofthemfailedsomebasictests,suchascheckingradiationmeasurements.Japanesenuclearregulatorshavebeenorderedtocrackdownfollowingthecountry'sworstnuclearaccidentinSeptember.Sixty-ninepeoplewereexposedtodangerouslevelsofradiationintheaccident.PartIIATheUnitedNationsGeneralAssemblyhaselected'Columbia,Ireland,Mauritius,NorwayandSingaporeasthenewnon-permanentmembersoftheSecurityCouncil.Thevotefollowsseveralweeksofhagglingandmaneuvering.Columbia,Ireland,andSingaporewontherequiredtwothirdsmajorityonthefirstroundofballoting.Butittookanotherthreeroundsofvotingtodecideontheremainingtworegionalseats.ContentionmarkedthevotingforthesecondseatfortheAfricanandAsiangroup.TheUnitedStateslobbiedintenselyagainstSudan,thecandidateoftheOrganizationofAfricanUnity.Mauritius,thecandidatesupportedbyWashington,wononthefourthroundofvoting.Irelandeasilycapturedoneofthetwoseatsallottedtothewesternindustrializedgroupofnationsonthefirstballot.ButNorwayandItalycampaignedvigorouslyforthesecondspot.KingHaraldofNorwaycametoNewYorklastweektopressthecaseforhisnation'srepresentationontheSecurityCouncilforthefirsttimesince1982.Norwayalsowononthefourthballot.Thenewmembersbegintheirtwo-yeartermsinJanuary.TheSecurityCouncilismadeupofatotalof15members,includingfivepermanentmembers--China,France,GreatBritain,Russia,andtheUnitedStates--and10non-permanentmembers.Fivenon-permanentmembersareelectedtotwo-yeartermseachyear.PartIIBForty-eightofthe(UnitedNationsHumanRightsCommission's)53membernationsvotedtoholdtheemergencymeeting.TheUnitedStatescastthesoledissentingvoteandCanadaabstained.Threeothercountriesdidnotvote.ThespecialmeetingwillbeginOctober18thandwilllastfornomorethanthreedays.UNspokeswomanMarieHeuzesaysonepurposeofthemeetingistotrytolearnhowthecycleofviolencebetweenIsraelisandPalestinianscanbestopped."Whenyouhavesuchahigh-profileforacrisiswhichissodangerous,notonlyforthepeopleinPalestineandinIsrael,butintheregion,thereisafear--andthisisprobablywhytherewasalargeconsensusonthismeetingtodiscusstheissue--becausethesituationinthispartoftheworldissovolatile,sodangerous,soimportanttocontrolthateverybodythinksthattheyhavesomethingtocontribute."...
