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Article: Does the United States Need the United Nations?(Brief Article)
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- UN Chronicle
- Article date:
- September 22, 1999
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In today's global village, this is somewhat like asking: "Does New York need the United States?" The problem is that we have not broken the habit of thinking of the United Nations as "them" rather than "us". Its successes are our successes; its failures our failures. This was widely understood after the Second World War, when the United States took the lead in creating the United Nations and became its host; ironically, it seems to be largely unrealized today, at the very time that war is joined by other unforeseen threats to human existence and well-being that cry out for governance on the world level. Basic to understanding the United Nations present situation is the ...