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...smallpox, to cite only two accomplishments. While a failure in Bosnia, peacekeeping has been effective in other parts of the world. But even the U.N.'s fiercest defenders agree that on the whole the swarm of agencies, funds, commissions and regional offices has operated with an inefficiency that can no longer be tolerated. The entire U.N. system spends about $10.5 billion a year. That's not a lot of money, considering the U.N.'s mission (it's about one-third of New York City's budget). Even so, if the U.N. doesn't shape up in a hurry, it risks...
When one U.N. body has failed to fulfill a crucial mission, the tendency has been to form another outfit. Thus there are four U.N. agencies concerned with food production and seven with industrial development in the Third World. Emergency situations sharply highlight the resulting problems of duplication and overlap. Consider a not-very-hypothetical situation: a sudden flood of refugees. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) might build camps to house them. But WHO would want something to say about their health problems. One or more of the food agencies might consider feeding them...
...Castro entered Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church. On his third visit to the U.S. since coming to power more than 36 years ago, the Cuban President is receiving a warm welcome. Although President Clinton is officially avoiding Castro, the 69-year-old Cuban president and former rebel was not hurting for invitations during the U.N. celebration. "Gorbymania, it seems, has given way to Fidelmania," reports Miami bureau chief Cathy Booth. Among those putting out the welcome mat for the Cuban leader: The Council on Foreign Relations, TIME Magazine, U.S. News & World Report publisher Mortimer Zuckerman and a New Jersey woman...
...World Series, a young 24-year-old catcher beat the Indians with his bat, then his arm. Javy Lopez, Atlanta's slender catcher, smashed a two-run home run off right-hander Dennis Martinez with one out in the sixth inning to give the Braves a two run lead, which effectively put the Indians' backs against the wall. Two innings later, it was Lopez again, picking off Manny Ramirez at first base. It was then up to Braves closer Mark Wohlers to bring it home, which he did, giving up only one hit in one and a third innings...
Captain Everett Greene, the highest ranking Navy officer to face a court-martial since World War II, was acquitted this afternoon of charges that he sexually harrassed two female subordinates. As the Navy's top equal-opportunity officer, Greene was in charge of eradicating the abuses he was accused of committing. The evidence against him, however, consisted of suggestive cards and gifts that made the women feel uneasy. "It was a weak case," reports Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "The only thing they could have really pinned on him was conduct unbecoming of an officer, and even that was going...