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Giandomenico Picco
  • 16 september 2003

    The UN: An Instrument That Requires Skill

    The demise of the United Nations has been announced on many previous occasions, yet the grim diagnosis has never been fully confirmed; it seems the international organization will survive the aftermath of the Iraqi crisis as it has survived other crises in the past. If the former UN decision-making process fails to work, then a new mechanism should be worked out within the framework of the UN Security Council.

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The UN: An Instrument That Requires Skill

The demise of the United Nations has been announced on many previous occasions, yet the grim diagnosis has never been fully confirmed; it seems the international organization will survive the aftermath of the Iraqi crisis as it has survived other crises in the past. If the former UN decision-making process fails to work, then a new mechanism should be worked out within the framework of the UN Security Council.

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