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Officials from all over the world gathered in San Francisco last week to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter, the first of many occasions on which the U.N. will honor itself in the coming months. Yet even as the anniversary festivities began, two incidents roiled up to illustrate how difficult the U.N. finds it to live up to its own principles. Foreseeably, both controversies were related to human rights, the issue that has often forced the U.N. to compromise the idealism of its origins...
Less serious, but no less rancorous or symbolic, was the allegation of censorship in the publication of the U.N.'s own 50th-anniversary commemorative book, A Vision of Hope. The editor, Jonathan Power, a British journalist, protested that the U.N. staff made extensive cuts in the manuscript that 15 writers had turned in. Power says more than 70 references were deleted and most focused on nations cited for abusing human rights or failing to sign the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights...
Visiting San Francisco to observe the 50th anniversary of the United Nations at its birthplace, President Clinton criticized its bureacracy and drift even as he defended the organization from House Speaker Newt Gingrich and others in Congress who want to slash U.S. funding and support of peacekeeping operations. "Over the years it has grown too bloated," Clinton said, addressing delegates from 185 nations in the War Memorial Opera House where President Truman addressed the original framers of the charter 50 years ago. "We must consider major structural changes. The United Nations simply does not need a separate agency with...
...with Hanoi, officials there today said President Le Duc Anh would become the first Vietnamese head of state to set foot on U.S. soil since the Vietnam War. Anh, who ranks second to Communist Party General Secretary Do Muoi in the Hanoi hierarchy, plans to attend ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the United Nations in New York. U.S. officials have been warming to business overtures from Hanoi, but it is unclear whether Anh's visit will carry greater diplomatic weight...
Later this month, the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) will celebrate its 50th anniversary...