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John R. Bolton, waarschijnlijk de nieuwe VN afgevaardigde van de VS, voor gisteren:

“Many Republicans in Congress–and perhaps a majority–not only do not care about losing the General Assembly vote but actually see it as a ‘make my day’ outcome. Indeed, once the vote is lostâ?¦ this will simply provide further evidence to why nothing more should be paid to the UN system.”

“If the UN secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn’t make a bit of difference.”

“There is no such thing as the United Nations. There is an international community that occasionally can be led by the only real power left in the world and that is the United States when it suits our interest and we can get others to go along.”

“General Assembly Resolutions and international conference declarations, (such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Agenda 21, and the Millennium Declaration) are â??mind-numbing.â??”

“If I were redoing the Security Council today, I’d have one permanent member because that’s the real reflection of the distribution of power in the world.”

John R. Bolton gisteren:

“If confirmed, I look forward to working closely with this committee to forge a stronger relationship between the United States and the United Nations, which depends critically on American leadership. Such leadership, in turn, must rest on broad, bipartisan support in Congress. It must be earned by putting to rest skepticism that so many feel about the U.N. system.”