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Article: POLITICS: U.N. TO LIVE OR DIE BY ITS POLICY IDEAS
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
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- July 24, 2009
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Thalif Deen
Inter Press Service English News Wire
07-24-2009
UNITED NATIONS, Jul. 23, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - The United Nations has
long been described - rather contemptuously - as one of the world's
biggest talking shops.
But a new study, the first intellectual history of the United
Nations scheduled to be released in September, credits the world
body with ideas that have "proven crucial to improving the quality
of life on the planet".
Many view the United Nations as a "rigid bureaucracy without
sparkle, wit or creativity".
And the general public - heavily influenced by the mass media
- "sees a travelling circus, a talk shop and a paper-pushing
enterprise".
But international organisations, the ...