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| Japan 'may cut funds' to unreformed UN |
| 2006-05-26 |
| The United States wants the hard-won cap on United Nations spending to be extended on June 30 in its push to bring about reform in the 60-year-old international organization, a top diplomat said Thursday. John Bolton, who represents the US at the UN, told a US Senate panel that the move - which does not yet have wide support in New York - would "give us more time to show progress on the reform front." The strategy is aimed at breaking down a "whip organisation" of developing countries in the General Assembly that have been blocking attempts to give more power to the secretary general and to cut down on the number of UN-funded mandates, according to Bolton's testimony. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #7 Banzai! |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-05-26 12:33 |
| #6 Do it baby! |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2006-05-26 11:02 |
| #5 Senator Richard Lugar, the Republican who chairs the Senate foreign relations committee, said the "predicament" appeared to be "extremely serious" and that reform was not going to occur "very rapidly." "Demagogues could take hold and things could move the other way," Lugar said. Yeah. Kinda like the Senate, Dick? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-05-26 10:34 |
| #4 Japan told the UN awhile ago they were going to cut UN spending. BUT - seems Tony's on board for reform. They want to cut expenses even further, 1 EU, 1 vision, 1 voice, 1 seat in the UN. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-05-26 09:57 |
| #3 Japan leading the Free World. JUSKCANZ Sounds like the Anglosphere. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-05-26 09:48 |
| #2 DO IT! DO IT! Set an example for the rest of the world. (And hope our wussie-assed Congress follows suit.) |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-05-26 09:42 |
| #1 Do it! Then the US should follow suit! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-05-26 09:14 |