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Article: UNITED STATES: UNITED NATIONS ENJOYING SUPPORT FOR PEACEKEEPING
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- August 1, 1995
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Jim Lobe
Inter Press Service English News Wire
08-01-1995
WASHINGTON, July 31 (IPS) -- The United Nations and its
peacekeeping role enjoy much more support among U.S. voters than
among the political leadership in the United States, according to
a series of polls taken over the past four years.
Despite high-profile failures of U.N. peacekeeping operations
in the past year, a clear majority of the U.S. public still
approves of the world body, according to the latest poll by the
Americans Talk Issues (ATI) group.
"What is striking to me is how strong support is for the United
Nations in the current period," said Stan Greenberg, who has served
as President Bill Clinton's main pollster since his ...