The UN Record - The Road of Good Intentions.
* Since President Woodrow Wilson proposed the League of Nations in 1919, world leaders have sought simultaneously to avoid armed conflict and advance freedom and democracy around the world.
* Despite honorable intentions, such efforts have proved naive or unworkable; neither the League of Nations nor its successor, the United Nations, has stopped the rise of brutal dictatorships and militant leaders.
* Indeed, efforts at diplomatic cooperation at the United Nations have often resulted in gridlock and disagreement.
* Due in part to the ability of authoritarian states to manipulate the organization's agenda and exercise veto power, the United Nations often resembles not a guardian of world freedom but a mouthpiece for undemocratic leaders.
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| Title Annotation: | United Nations |
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| Author: | KAUFMAN, ROBERT G. |
| Publication: | World and I |
| Article Type: | Brief Article |
| Geographic Code: | 00WOR |
| Date: | Sep 1, 2001 |
| Words: | 110 |
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