05-29-2003, 09:04 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Reform at the United Nations?
Russia, China Call for Reforms at United Nations
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ia_china_un_dc
By Andrei Shukshin
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and China called on Thursday for reform of the United Nations (news - web sites) to uphold its pivotal role in world affairs.
Both countries are permanent veto-wielding members of the U.N. Security Council, the organization's decision-making body circumvented by the U.S. decision to go to war in Iraq (news - web sites) without explicit U.N. backing.
Moscow and Beijing restated their commitment to the world body at a meeting of presidents from the six nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which also includes four ex-Soviet states in Central Asia.
"The United Nations can and should be reformed in line with the rapidly changing situation in the world, priority being given to the need to solve in an effective way the problems of world politics and security," a post-summit declaration said.
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This is something that is really overdue. What reforms would you like to see? Can the UN be saved and regain it's relevancy?
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