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In 1998 and 1999, US-led bombing attacks against Iraq and Yugoslavia provided new evidence of Washingtons disregard for the United Nations.The UN Charter, signed in 1945, gives the Security Council sole responsibility to authorize the use of force against any country (except in the most urgent need for self-defense). ...
The uni-polarity of the post-cold war era sorely needs the counter balance of UN internationalism. ... "
President Bush’s administration began the 1990s by influencing enough Council members to make the UN his instrument of choice for legitimating the Gulf War. ... (with Britain) claimed the right to bomb Iraq repeatedly, without even the pretense of UN backing. ... Although the earlier Bosnia deployment included at least a semblance of power-sharing between the UN and NATO, Washington’s response in Kosovo completely sidelined the UN. ... Ambassador to the UN Madeleine Albright declared, "The UN is a tool of American foreign policy."
Based on a Heritage Foundation assessment claiming Washington’s power would be increased by denying money owed to the UN, the U. ... began withholding significant portions of its UN dues (25% of the total) in 1985 during the Reagan administration. ...
By mid-1999 Washingtons debt to the UN totaled $1.
Approximate Word count = 987
Approximate Pages = 3.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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