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Herding the U.N.
Publication Date: 2006/09/05
Publication / Source: Democracy Arsenal
Author: Suzanne Nossel
This blog post analyzes China's growing power in the U.N., and posits that America needs to expand its influence over countries with ties to China in order to stop it from preventing the achievement of U.S. foreign policy objectives.
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Why the US needs the UN more than Ever
Publication Date: 01/06
Publication / Source: Yale: Opening Argument
Author: Jeffrey Sachs
Columbia scholar Jeff Sachs discusses role of United Nations in contemporary US foreign policy. Identifies unique and irreplacable place for United Nations in addressing root causes of all US foreign policy ills.
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UN Human Rights Council Issues
Publication Date: 05/10/2006
Publication / Source: America Abroad, TPMCafe; Brookings Institution
Author: Ivo H. Daalder
It may well be that the new requirement that the human rights activities of all UN members, starting with those elected to the council, be carefully examined provides an opportunity to prove this skeptic wrong. But first indications are hardly encouraging.