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Negroponte: War in Iraq justified
By: Rhiannon Meyers
Issue date: 3/9/04 Section: News
guarantor of national security," Negroponte said.
Negroponte said one of the progressions that the United Nations has made is the support of President Bush's vision of peace in the Middle East.
"We are engaging in crucial work designed to bring about the democratization of Afghanistan and Iraq," he said.
College Station Mayor Ron Silvia said he enjoyed the speech and learned a lot about the United Nation's role in the world.
"I'm very concerned about world affairs, and I feel that the U.N. is playing a very important role in the world as we see it today," Silvia said. "I think this speech was a very significant
event."
Negroponte said the United Nations is pursuing the war against terror, supporting peacekeeping operations in Africa, contributing to the World Food Program, mounting an HIV/AIDS initiative worldwide and curbing the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
Negroponte said he thinks Japan should be added to the U.N. Security Council, because it pays so much of the United Nation's budget, but does not have a voice on the Security
Council.
"The Security Council is an institution that reflects the realities of 1945, but there has been pressure over the past 15 to 20 years so that it better reflects the reality of today," he said.
Negroponte said he was pleased with Afghanistan's adoption of the transitional administrative law on March 8, which will act as its constitution until it drafts one itself.
"I think it incorporates many important principles of democracy," Negroponte said. "I think the adoption of this transitional law was a step in the right direction."
Graduate student Jackie Mather worked with Negroponte last summer when she was employed at the United Nations, and said she enjoyed the speech and that he touched on all
the key current issues
"It doesn't matter who he meets or from what country they are from, he automatically makes them feel at ease," Mather said.
Negroponte said the United Nations is taking steps to ensure peace and democracy worldwide.
"We are making progress," Negroponte said, "not always newspaper progress, perhaps, but history book progress, the kind of progress you don't recycle, but you keep on your shelf."
Negroponte said one of the progressions that the United Nations has made is the support of President Bush's vision of peace in the Middle East.
"We are engaging in crucial work designed to bring about the democratization of Afghanistan and Iraq," he said.
College Station Mayor Ron Silvia said he enjoyed the speech and learned a lot about the United Nation's role in the world.
"I'm very concerned about world affairs, and I feel that the U.N. is playing a very important role in the world as we see it today," Silvia said. "I think this speech was a very significant
event."
Negroponte said the United Nations is pursuing the war against terror, supporting peacekeeping operations in Africa, contributing to the World Food Program, mounting an HIV/AIDS initiative worldwide and curbing the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
Negroponte said he thinks Japan should be added to the U.N. Security Council, because it pays so much of the United Nation's budget, but does not have a voice on the Security
Council.
"The Security Council is an institution that reflects the realities of 1945, but there has been pressure over the past 15 to 20 years so that it better reflects the reality of today," he said.
Negroponte said he was pleased with Afghanistan's adoption of the transitional administrative law on March 8, which will act as its constitution until it drafts one itself.
"I think it incorporates many important principles of democracy," Negroponte said. "I think the adoption of this transitional law was a step in the right direction."
Graduate student Jackie Mather worked with Negroponte last summer when she was employed at the United Nations, and said she enjoyed the speech and that he touched on all
the key current issues
"It doesn't matter who he meets or from what country they are from, he automatically makes them feel at ease," Mather said.
Negroponte said the United Nations is taking steps to ensure peace and democracy worldwide.
"We are making progress," Negroponte said, "not always newspaper progress, perhaps, but history book progress, the kind of progress you don't recycle, but you keep on your shelf."
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