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The deadly six-month-old Israeli-Hamas war, which has claimed the lives of more than 32,000 Palestinians in Gaza and over 1,200 in Israel, has sharply divided the world with vociferous protestors on b
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In order to protect its interests, the U.S. must continue to take the lead in addressing the many problems plaguing the U.N. system and understand when to go to the U.N. and, even more critically,when not to.
On January 20, 2009, the incoming Administration will confront amultitude of international issues. The primary challenge facing the new Representative of the United States of America to the UnitedNations is a U.N. suffering from confused purposes and competinginterests among member states. In order to determine where the nextU.S. ambassador to the United Nations stands on this and othercrucial issues, the following questions should be put to thenominee during her confirmation hearing on January 15.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon sided with the U.N. DevelopmentProgram after it fired a whistleblower who helped the United Statesuncover a scandal involving the program's activities in NorthKorea. The United States must demand that the secretary-generalimplement ethics reforms.