Saving the U.N
A Challenge to the Next Secretary-General
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9826936 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jesse Helms (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 2 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-7120 • E-ISSN: 2327-7793 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/20047738 |
| OpenAlex | W2539921458 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
American support. Its bureaucracy is proliferating, its costs are spiraling, and its mission is constantly expanding be yond its mandate?and beyond its capa bilities. Worse, with the steady growth in the size and scope of its activities, the United Nations is being transformed from an institution of sovereign nations into a quasi-sovereign entity in itself. That transformation represents an obvi ous threat to U.S. national interests. Worst of all, it is a transformation that is being funded principally by American taxpayers. The United States contributes more than $3.5 billion every year to the U.N. system as a whole, making it the most generous benefactor of this power hungry and dysfunctional organization.1 This situation is untenable. The United
Political science · Secretary general · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1997 - 2016 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |