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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (4): 46–50.
Published: 01 December 2017
... [its] political status and freely pursue [its] economic, social, and cultural development.” My personal efforts to enshrine this right in the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples began in 1984. That year, I was a member of a group of seven to eight Indigenous representatives primarily...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (2): 91–100.
Published: 01 June 2016
...Daniel Fahey When Daniel Fahey visited eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as coordinator of the U.N.’s Group of Experts, he found a charismatic charlatan known as “Mr. X” under the protection of the U.N. A star witness in a murder trial, Mr. X had convinced the U.N. of his tall tales. Fahey shows...
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World Policy Journal (2005) 22 (1): 9–18.
Published: 01 March 2005
... of Saddam Hus­ Review, and some other organs of nationalist sein’s corrupting oil wealth and of his smug­ conservatism, all calling for the head of gling operations has exposed the administra­ U.N. secretary general Kofi Annan. tion of the United Nations to its enemies. Kofi must go, they thundered...
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World Policy Journal (2001) 18 (3): 41–46.
Published: 01 September 2001
... national. He formerly served as the commander of U.N. peacekeeping forces and as assistant secretary general to the United Nations in Rwanda during u n a m ir Getting Beyond New York Reforming Peacekeeping in the Field Peter D . B ell an d Guy Tousignant...
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World Policy Journal (2004) 21 (2): 1–5.
Published: 01 June 2004
... of international peace and secu­ the U.N. mission. rity. Heady notions of remaking the world In previous missions, the U.N.’s chronic through the exercise of national military dilemma of responsibility without power power were in the air. In Iraq, there would has been mitigated by both practical...
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World Policy Journal (2002) 19 (2): 76–87.
Published: 01 June 2002
... beyond the patrolling of tion an exit date, but U.N. members fore­ cease-fire lines to encompass a wide range of saw a timeframe of two, perhaps three, administrative, humanitarian, and recon­ years. struction tasks within shattered countries. In early September 1999...
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World Policy Journal (2005) 22 (1): 19–29.
Published: 01 March 2005
... Council. A key significant financial contribution to the question is how China, the only Asian U.N. budget. India has asserted for more member of the P-5 club, perceives bids for than a decade that its claim is “natural” and permanent membership by its Asian ri­ “legitimate” since...
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World Policy Journal (2000) 17 (3): 25–32.
Published: 01 September 2000
... ethnic Al­ somewhat hollow military victory, the re­ banians in an obscure corner of Europe that turn of the Kosovars, and the transforma­ many NATO countries, and most certainly tion of Kosovo into a virtual U.N. pro­ Kosovo’s near neighbors, Greece and Italy, tectorate—was probably inevitable...
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World Policy Journal (2001) 18 (2): 21–30.
Published: 01 June 2001
... falling into disfavor, it is impor­ U.N. documents, the Charter of the United tant to note that the secretary general never Nations and the Universal Declaration of used it himself, speaking rather of “interven­ Human Rights. The tension between these tion” pure and simple. At Ditchley Park...
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World Policy Journal (2003) 20 (3): 70–73.
Published: 01 September 2003
...Lawrence S. Finkelstein Copyright © 2003 World Policy Institute 2003 RECONSIDERATIONS Lawrence S. Finkelstein is retired from a career in government, U.N . and nongovernmental service, and academia. He is a founding member o f the Ralph Bunche Centenary Commemoration Committee...
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World Policy Journal (2005) 21 (4): 57–62.
Published: 01 December 2005
... reproductive generation in human the International Planned Parenthood Feder­ history. ation and the U.N. Population Fund were Go to the woefully under-equipped clin­ taking part in the conference on youth. ics in rural Latin America, in the cities of Daulaire...
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World Policy Journal (2001) 18 (3): 2–14.
Published: 01 September 2001
... told the press at the NATO summit, Wars, a mere ten years ago. The Clinton ad­ “Unilateralists don’t come around the table ministration expanded on this Wilsonian to listen to others Unilateralists don’t ask theme, advocating what U.N. envoy Made­ opinions of world leaders.”1 leine...
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World Policy Journal (2011) 28 (1): 73–82.
Published: 01 March 2011
... and destroyed their property. Peace was restored under U.N. supervision, but the constitutional provisions originally designed to protect Turkish Cypriot interests were rendered inoperative and tensions between the two communities continued to rise. Greek Cypriots were effectively in charge of the island...
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World Policy Journal (2003) 20 (2): 87–93.
Published: 01 June 2003
... As the representative of the United policing to operating schools to providing Nations secretary general in Kosovo, I have basic utilities. Second, it had to create the had the privilege of presiding over the institutions and develop the expertise neces­ largest U.N. peace-building enterprise ever sary...
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World Policy Journal (2002) 19 (3): 54–59.
Published: 01 September 2002
... to disarm Saddam haven’t already lost it—about who is re­ than the fighting had accomplished. U.N. sponsible for this situation, President Sad­ weapons inspectors blew up military sites dam Hussein or the United Nations.” and arms production plants, and destroyed At the United Nations...
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World Policy Journal (2003) 20 (1): 17–24.
Published: 01 March 2003
... Threats, New Rules 17 possible new “grand project” that would they are based for their actions. Secondary help bring the security views of America legislation— U.N. Security Council resolu­ and its European allies more in line with tions— partly...
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World Policy Journal (2004) 21 (2): 27–36.
Published: 01 June 2004
... to a recent poll conducted by the Further complicating the domestic pic­ German Marshall Fund, less than half of Eu­ ture, the United States is home to a number ropeans surveyed (47 percent) thought it of broad interest groups that, while favoring ever justifiable to bypass the U.N. Security...
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World Policy Journal (2001) 17 (4): 2–5.
Published: 01 December 2001
... Brian Urquhart For the moment, the threat of nuclear war in 1994 is now universally deplored, but has mercifully abated, the jousting of super­ who would have supported the U.N. secre­ powers has receded, and the world has more tary general had he proposed strong action international...
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World Policy Journal (2004) 21 (1): 32–40.
Published: 01 March 2004
... remains outside the inter-American since 1999. While Latin American countries system, embargoed by the U.S. government, continue to support U.N. resolutions con­ and criticized for its repressive policies at demning the human rights situation in home. If anything, Castro’s rule in Cuba Cuba...
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World Policy Journal (2005) 22 (3): 1–23.
Published: 01 September 2005
..., for example, long predates current de­ continued defiance of U.N. arms inspectors bates. In 1993, the historian Marc Trachten­ raised fears that he had reconstituted his berg wrote: W MD programs. In 1998, President Clinton gave...