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...independent actor, and simply represented the sum of its member states.) International diplomats may have been inclined to bite their tongues through Helms?s speech, because the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman effectively controls the U.N. purse strings - the Clinton administration was unable to pay its billion-dollar backlog of unpaid dues to the international body without striking a deal with Helms. "Inviting Helms to speak to the council was a brilliant move on the part of U.S. ambassador Richard Holbrooke," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "He's cultivating Congress and trying to promote a dialogue rather than...
During the peak of her bout with depression in 1993, Kelleher admits she fell behind on her work. However, she claims in her trial brief that after drug therapy she started to catch up to the backlog and her work was again on time by the beginning...
...that may harm ? and kill ? Americans at home in the next century. "The U.S. needs a strong and effective United Nations to deal with problems such as terrorism," says Dowell. Even Kosovo couldn?t be resolved without bringing it back to the U.N. Paying its outstanding $1 billion dues backlog to the U.N. ?- which President Clinton promised Tuesday to press for ?- may help the U.S. reclaim its natural leadership role in the organization, but it won?t be enough. If the U.N. is to be effective in dealing with the multiple international dangers of the next century, Washington will have...
Rain the previous day had created a backlog in the draw, so matches were halted as soon as one team reached the deciding fourth point...
Citing various difficulties which immigrants face in their efforts to learn English, including a shortage of accessible English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, Narasaki said, "These proposals are particularly confusing when you consider the [two-year backlog] for federal ESL courses...