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To: LindyBill who wrote (93386)	1/3/2005 2:45:56 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793841

A Proposed Alternative to the UN Times UK By Marc Schulman After describing the UN as "philosophically redundant, structurally irrelevant and bureaucratically ossified" and noting that Britain has assumed the presidency of the G8, Tim Hames, writing in The Times (UK), sets forth a proposal: timesonline.co.uk There are three reforms that [Mr. Blair] can champion which would allow it [the G8] to provide the international leadership of which the UN is now institutionally incapable. The first would be to move almost immediately from G8 to G10 by incorporating China and India. Within a decade, Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa can also be invited. That would create a de facto Security Council of 15 members that was appropriate for the modern world and one that was flexible enough eventually to include Argentina, Nigeria and South Korea. Mr Blair should also press for a careful expansion of a future G10’s activities. The finance and foreign ministers of the present members convene regularly. Those in charge of trade, international development and counter-terrorism should make similar arrangements. Finally, it makes sense to establish a modest secretariat to assist the country that holds the presidency. It might be diplomatically astute to locate it in Ottawa — Canada having (oddly) evolved into a Switzerland with Mounties. It's not a council of democracies, but it's better than the UN.