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To: JohnM who wrote (134397)	8/25/2005 3:19:33 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793801

doesn't strike me as the right tone to set. More likely to generate opposition than cooperation. The only thing most UN members want to change is their amount of time and status on the Security Council while they live the good life in NYC. A lot of the reps he is dealing with are relatives of their "President for Life" who is running the country they represent. I agree with Krauthammer that the UN is not salvageable, but I hope Bolton can cure some of the worst excesses while he is there. He will need to publicly shame many of them to accomplish anything.

To: JohnM who wrote (134397)	8/25/2005 9:25:55 PM
From: frankw1900	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793801

and then insisting on speed, doesn't strike me as the right tone to set. More likely to generate opposition than cooperation. Well this is what the guy who wrote it has to say: In an interview, Mr. Ping said he was working to organize some 30 countries by Friday to take over the job of final refinements. He acknowledged that the draft might be too long currently to put before heads of state, but he warned that trimming it could be difficult, given the lengthy consideration of competing interests that led to the current language. "Everything that can be reduced will be reduced," he said, "but it is not just a question of editing, it is a question of fundamental issues; we still have a persistent divergence of issues." The meeting of the leaders is the middle of next month. It would appear the need for speed, given there are about 190 countries involved, is definitely necessary. It appears also that there are some issues (Kyoto, World Court) in those recommendations which have been a bete noire to US administrations, both Republican and Democratic, and which have precious little to do with reforming the UN. The UN is rotten with corruption and needs a John Foster Dulles type of US representative who can push it to the necessary slashing and burning. Bolton seems about the right type.