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UN Reforms of 1992: Critical Comments

The "Reforms" of 1992:
Critical Views


Article by James Paul in In These Times
Details the 1992 reorganizations, showing US pressure and the prescriptions of the Heritage Foundation and other conservative forces in Washington.

Article by Ian Williams in The Nation
How a network of US right-wing organizations with backing from Washington worked to impose a conservative agenda on the UN in the wake of the Cold War.

Article by Gerard Piel in The Nation
Reflections on the UN Center for Transnational Corporations and why it was abolished by Washington appointee Richard Thornburgh in early 1992.



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