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Reforms Needed for a More Effective United Nations: A Memo to President-elect Obama
Publication Date: January 2009
Publisher(s): Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Brett D. Schaefer; Steven Groves
Special Collection: Presidential Advisory
Topic: International relations (International and regional organizations)
Keywords: Presidential transition; United Nations; Global alliances
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The U.N. suffers from confused purposes, competing interests, and lopsided burden-sharing. It is time to rethink and reshape our engagement with the United Nations so that it better serves both U.S. interests and the organization's own stated purposes.