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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday backed away from his appeal for nations to resolve their bitter differences over expanding the U.N. Security Council by September, saying he now wants the issue settled by Christmas.
Annan's statement was a strong indication that, like many other observers, he sees that the 191 U.N. member states are deadlocked and unlikely to agree on a way forward before a summit of world leaders in mid-September as he had hoped.
"If they are not able to resolve it before the summit, the issue is not going to die," Annan warned. "They will have to pursue it and I hope resolve it before we all go away for Christmas."
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