really interesting report from Kofi Annon

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I've got to say that I had little use for the guy up till now but I'm genuinely impressed now. Maybe there is some hope for the UN after all.

http://my.netscape.com/corewidgets/news/story.psp?cat=50600&id=200309081058000279925

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1. Thank you Kofi!

WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

On weapons of mass destruction, Annan noted there was no global comprehensive monitoring and enforcement system, even for nuclear inspections and too little effort by nuclear powers to "diminish the symbolic importance of weapons."

He also criticized the 191 member General Assembly for lacking priorities, the Security Council for being undemocratic, the U.N. Trusteeship Council for existing without real work and international financial institutions for making decisions without developing nations they were meant to serve.

On the General Assembly, Annan said its sheer size had produced an agenda crowded with overlapping items of interest to only a few, decisions taken that most nations ignore and "repetitive and sterile debates."