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To: kumar who wrote (92948)	4/12/2003 5:09:34 PM
From: paul_philp	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

UN as a political forum or a forum for political change does have a mediocre track record. UN as a humanitarian aid agency has a fairly good track record. Yes. When Neocons, as I understand the ideas, say "The UN is useless", we are talking about the UN at the strategic level - identifying and managing risks and opportunities. At this level, the UN clearly isn't functional today. In the field, at an operational level, the UN track record is better - in particular it is very good when there is no strategic issue involved and the 'big guys' aren't watching. Paul