Article: Indian PM warns of erosion of UN moral authority

Article: UNITED NATIONS: FLAWS IN U.N.'S MORAL ...
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  June 23, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... News Wire 06-23-1999 UNITED NATIONS, Jun. 22 (IPS) -- Former ... Boutros-Ghali says the United Nations has little moral authority to preach democracy to the ... Ghali says that the way the United Nations was marginalised during ...

Article: A bit of respect, please: the voice of the United ...
The Economist (US);  August 8, 1998 ;     700+ words ...KEEPING the peace is essentially what the UN was set up to do. Since then, it has accrued countless other activities, though, as we argue on pages 17-19, this multifariousness does not spell efficiency: other bodies can do much of the UN's economic work and do it better. But for the job of

Article: U.N. Chief's 'Quiet' Outreach To Autocrats Causing Discord; Ban ...
The Washington Post;  September 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... leaders have contributed to the United Nations' reputation as a forum for ... behavior has undercut the United Nations' moral authority. For Ban, perhaps the greatest ... enjoys the support of the United Nations' most powerful countries ...

Article: Rogues gallery/ Human Rights Commission another United ...
The Gazette;  May 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... people: Whatever moral authority the United Nations once had a right to ... common decency the United Nations is. And we hope it ... who still look to the United Nations for any kind of moral authority or approval. Campus ...

Article: Assembly President, addressing fifty-third annual DPI/NGO ...
M2 Presswire;  August 29, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... and partnership with the United Nations and its family of agencies ... which will take place at the United Nations starting on 6 September ... the political, legal and moral authority of the United Nations, which is the indispensable ...

Article: Corruption. Nepotism. Grotesque incompetence. The UN has ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... constantly tell us - that the United Nations is the sole possessor of 'moral authority' in this politically ... UN exercising its 'moral authority' when its 'blue beret ... also exercising its 'moral authority' when it fired the ...

Article: Shaming of the United Nations.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  February 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... starvation and disease. Who dares to proclaim the moral authority of the United Nations now? We already knew the UN-administered ... international law, still asserts legal and moral authority over such issues as whether nations can legitimately ...