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Features: Q— Photos and Inquiry by Julie Wiatt |
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do you think should be the role of the United Nations?
BY
JULIE WIATT
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Jared
Albert: "The UN should leave America and Britain
to set up the interim government in Iraq. Since they liberated
Iraq they have the right to put up a new successful government.
And other nations in the UN that were opposed to the war
effort such as France, Germany and Russia, should have
no say in the rebuilding and should receive no economic
benefits from the installment of the new government. |
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Tadesse: "I think the UN is American. If any
problem comes in the world the UN could help. But there
is no power in the UN. The only power is the US." |
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Sally
Belanger (with Russell): "I guess my feeling
is I want the US to work with the UN. I'm disappointed
in Bush. I feel he's been less concerned with working
with the UN. The way he discusses the issues puts everybody
off, on the defensive. He doesn't seem to have the diplomatic
skills other leaders have had." |
| Jadranka
Gerrety (with Michael): "The UN should try to
unite the nations, as their name says. [Sally and I] are
friends, but we don't agree. I think Bush has tried. They
went to the UN. If it doesn't work, what do you do?" |
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Weissman (with Abby): I would say that given the state
of the world, the role of the UN should be large. We need
an international body to help make peace."
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Patrice
Simms: "It's a complicated question, not necessarily
conducive to a simple answer. It seems the role of the
UN ought to be to function as a forum for the international
community to be able to collectively play a role in issues
that impact the international community collectively.
Certainly that would involve significant interactions
between nation-states, such as war and nation-building,
and restrictions of any type, such as possession of weapons
of mass destruction." |
| Carol
Evans: "It's called the United Nations, so it
seems to me that they should be standing together trying
to resolve problems in the world. With all these nations
the decisions should be made to benefit everyone, like
our Congress is supposed to work. One nation shouldn't
take off on their own and do whatever they want. I'm talking
generalities here, not naming any specific country. I
want to be able to get on that plane [back to California]."
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Arabella
Grayson: "The UN should be a body for resolving
world issues: hunger, peace, environmental issues, globalization.
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Nubia
Rivera: "La ONU esta bien para los Estados Unidos
y otras naciones. La ONU hace buen trabajo que ayuda al
mundo. No es buena la guerra." [The UN is good for
the US and other nations. The UN does good work that helps
the world. War is not good.] |
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