World & Nation
He backs a plan for Kofi Annan’s envoy to name an interim group that will succeed the Governing Council and oversee national elections in 2005.
April 17, 2004
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso A general close to former president Blaise Compaore was appointed the head of a military council that took power in Burkina Faso Thursday, a spokesman announced on national television.
Sept. 17, 2015
The South African government unveiled its proposal Monday for an initial transitional government that would keep power in the hands of President Frederik W. de Klerk.
March 24, 1992
Some warn that to abdicate responsibility for the transition to the U.N. is to invite disaster.
April 25, 2004
A transitional government in conflict-stricken Libya takes over, beginning a period designed to end with democratic elections late this year.
March 16, 2021
The United States and Britain presented a draft resolution to the United Nations on Monday endorsing a sovereign Iraqi government and authorizing an initial one-year mandate for the U.S.
May 25, 2004
Nelson Mandela on Saturday flatly rejected the government’s proposal that an elected “executive council” replace the presidency during the transition to a new constitution, calling it a mockery of democratic principles aimed at keeping the white National Party in power.
April 26, 1992
New governing body votes to send delegation to Security Council. Bush praises transition.
July 15, 2003
The soap opera of getting the Iraqi transitional constitution signed made for great theater and ended, fortunately, with all 25 members of Iraq’s Governing Council signing the document into law.
March 12, 2004
Taking a halting step toward a democratic government, Iraqi political and religious leaders selected an interim national assembly Wednesday that includes representatives from many of the parties that control the current government.
Aug. 19, 2004