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Re-United Nations

U.S. admits U.N. role necessary for laying the electoral groundwork in Iraq

By Ian Williams

At the end of January, Kofi Annan called off the “strike” the United Nations declared in Iraq and agreed to return some staff to “ascertain the views of a broad spectrum of Iraqi society in the search for alternatives that might be developed to move forward to the formation of a provisional government.” Annan’s decision represents a new balance of… return to article

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    Maybe that 500,000 people died during a decade of sanctions which did nothing to harm Hussein might remind us exactly how much the UN cares about Iraqi civilians, and by extension, civilians of any other nation.

    Spain Posted by Owen on Feb 22, 2004 at 3:56 AM
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