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...Macedonian Kerim, an economist by training, has also served as an ambassador from Macedonia to many nations in Europe. Now, as the General Assembly??s president, his job is to propose debate topics and moderates its sessions. Kerim’s appearance was one of the opening events of the Business School’s International Week. A spectrum of languages resonated throughout the air in the auditorium, where many international students had gathered...
Just days after delivering a vitriolic speech to the United Nations General Assembly??in which Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Iran’s inalienable right to enrich uranium and develop nuclear power—the hard-line president gave another highly distressing address. During a military parade, he told cheering crowds: “Those who decide to misuse our nation’s honor…should know that the flames of the nation’s wrath are very hot and destructive.” Amidst the parade, banners proclaimed “Israel should...
Last June the Presbyterian Church USA’s General Assembly??which represents the denomination’s 2.5 million adherents nationwide, initiated “a process of phased selective divestment” but did not call for the immediate sale of stock in firms with ties to Israel, said the Rev. Thomas F. Kepler of the Boston Presbytery...
...first half-hearted attempt to swallow its pride and ask the international community for help. After circumventing the United Nations Security Council and ignoring weapons inspectors in the run-up to war—and refusing for nearly five months after the invasion to consult with the General Assembly??Bush returned to the U.N. to rally support. We were pleased that the president recognized—implicitly, if not openly—the errors of his unilateral approach and the need for assistance from an institution he once wrote off as “irrelevant...
...that he has recognized the failure of his go-it-alone approach to the operation in Iraq. But after ignoring the U.N. Security Council and weapons inspectors in deciding to go to war—and refusing for nearly five months after the invasion to consult with the General Assembly??Bush is sticking to his dismissive stance by opposing a meaningful role for the U.N. in the reconstruction of Iraq. The president asked the international community to “contribute greatly,” calling on the U.N. to “assist?...