Report: As the world order changes, so will the U.N.; United Nations

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Cathy Connors
New York Amsterdam News
07-01-1995
Report: As the world order changes, so will the U.N.; United Nations at. 50

Calling for nations to rethink their cooperative efforts to deal with new challenges to global security and economic and social development in a "vastly altered world," an independent 12-member international group has released a report recommending significant reforms for the United Nations as it prepares to mark its first 50 years.

The work of the independent group, cochaired by Richard von Weizsacker, former president of Germany, and Moeen Qureshi, former prime ...

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