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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These people should have been put under a watch list to let them creep back into procurement is the height of irresponsibility. Reform, in the end, is really a question of people and you can put in all the rules and regulations you want, but clever determined people who know the system well will find a way of getting around the rules.Edward Luck
It doesn't seem that the best time to start reform is when there's a major political crisis, ... In fact, it seems to me he was putting the cart before the horse, because you can't get major institutional reform unless you have a rather good political climate, and a fair degree of trust and common views among the membership. When they have very different views, when they are deeply divided, they can't agree on fundamental structural reforms. Never have they been able to agree on those things when they were deeply divided.
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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.
Edward Luck
I think it is a rather awkward situation and these things are usually worked out quietly. The more we play up this privilege, the more other members are going to dig in. You don't necessarily do yourself a favor by trumpeting the issue.
Edward Luck
It looks like it could be a real train wreck. It's a basic clash over who's in charge Is it the General Assembly or is it the secretary general
Edward Luck
Iranians are very proud and don't want to become a pariah state like North Korea.
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