Even a debate in the council, perhaps at the foreign minister's level, raises the ante and political tensions in capitals around the world that Iran is not meeting its obligations and appears to be developing an independent nuclear capability. It's not good news for Iran.
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The reforms on the table really get to the meat of the matter, which is changing an institution envisioned for the post-World War II period to work in a very changed world. The challenge now is that after so much attention to expanding the Security Council, this package sounds like leftovers - when it's really the meat and potatoes of reform.
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One gets the impression that other countries are suspicious that the secretary general and his aides are really puppets being manipulated by Washington.
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The idea of having a real transition period makes eminent sense, and most member states would tend to agree in theory. The problem is, can they settle on a candidate by the middle of the year It would be a major triumph, but I'm not betting the farm on it.
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Instead of the bull in the china shop, Bolton's more like the little boy who is audacious enough to say the U.N. has no clothes,
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If you are going to have a Security Council with more members, are you going to reserve 10 seats automatically on all these bodies That would mean all these bodies would have to be pretty big to accomplish that.
Edward Luck
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