November 29, 2005

Divisions Threaten U.N. Overhaul, The Wall Street Journal

Frederick Kempe

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113322641583108633.html

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The UN Secretary-General's Chief of Staff admits "The U.N. is unequipped to tackle the new challenges that have been thrown at it...It was never engineered or designed for the purpose of running dispersed, global operations around the world." So why all the effort into forcing it into a mold it cannot fit? Why would a majority membership which is not fully democratic agree to reforms that would seriously improve its accountability? Isn't it time to think seriously about democratic multilateral alternatives which are designed to tackle the challenges of the 21st century?