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Show Page AS THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Sunday, May 26, Unite d N attions . ; I ' The UNITED NATIONS (AP) United Nations, an idealist's dream that floundered through four decades, suddenly has acquired such vigor and respect that even many who dismissed it as ineffectual want to expand its role. Suggestions for new mandates, restructuring of the UJJ. system and other changes have been offered by the Ford Foundation, United Nations Association of the United States, Heritage Foundation nnA rrtm ync i$ Hi ct n (Tin cHa4 HTfwlH figures. Understandably, ILN. corridors are not abuzz with talk of which would cost many bureaucrats their jobs. Still, U.N. officials say privately that change is on their minds as they await a self-refor- new secretary-genera- faces fundamental reform of system members willing for it to tackle problems that transcend sovereign' ty: not just war, but economic natural development, castastrophes Nations, a new world order and global governance. Some new ideas stem from the world organization's handling of the Persian Gulf crisis, including its assumption of new responsibilities in peacekeeping and in the protection of Kurdish refugees within Iraq. Soon it will be monitoring human rights in El Salvador, developing voter lists in the Western Sahara and playing a large role in running moment," said Shridath RampaL former secretary-generof the Commonwealth. He recently joined Willy Brandt, a former chancellor of West Germany, in presenting a report from international personalities called "Global Security and al like the Bangladesh cyclone, refugees, social justice and drug trafficking. Concepts being advanced include standby peacekeeping forces, crisis prevention, greater power for the secretary-generand a more rational selection process, streamlining the ILN. bureaucracy, expanding the Security Council and modifying or abolishing the veto power. "There is an element of challenge in the air and a sense of opportunity that this may be the Global Governance, "v With the 50th anniversary of the United Nations appYoaching, Ram-p- al urged the General Assembly to establish an independent commission on reforms. "We are convinced there is ferment in the world for change and those within the U.N. system ... cannot be immunized," he' said. Before World War n ended, the United States, Britain, Soviet Union al Cambodia before eventual free elections all unprecedented U.N. undertakings. The new world order under discussion would be guided by a reborn United Nations and farsighted and other governments were working toward a United Nations political, financial and bureaucratic system to address postwar problems. Brian Urquhart, a former undersewho directed cretary-general peacekeeping operations, argues that the same should be done today. "Wouldn't it be a good thing to devote that same level of energy and imagination to look into the next 50 years so that we have an international system which serves our very different needs?" Urquhart, now a Ford Foundation scholar, said in an interview. Reformist thinking is focused around the selection in October of to replace a secretary-genervier Perez de Cuellar, a Peruvian who has served two al rjef&l-ri- to accommodate the system world's changing needs, from security to development to the envi- ronment Now that the Cold War has passed, the five permanent members of the United the Security Council States, Soviet Union, China, Britain and France usually act in concert and have ushered in a new era of consensus. & sales event of the year, the one you've been waiting for. So don't miss it! We have the name brands you trust such as Serta, Maytag, Tell City, Bassett, Etc. Hurry in for best selection! OPEN MON., MEMORIAL D:A Y 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. S La-Z-Bo- y, . 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The Soviet Union has advocated reviving the Security Council's Military Staff Committee, which was intended to provide the command structure for U.N. peacekeeping and military forces. It has never been used and the United States has been reluctant to relinquish military authority to U.N. commanders. Recently, however, U.S. Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering hinted at the possibility of standing U.N forces, noting mat American soldiers cannot serve indefinitely "as world policemen." In a speech to veterans in March, he said the Security Council may not again permit a force like that in the gulf and may insist on a central U.N. role. Olara Otunnu, head of the nonpartisan International Peace Academy, said: "The key issue facing the United Nations and the international community today is how to address conflicts which are essentially internal issues." Selis The Best For Less!! This is the biggest et UNITED NATIONS (AP) -Even after a summer of bellicose statements from Iraq, the invasion of Kuwait appeared to catch the United Nations off guard, but the Security Council acted with uncharacteristic speed and unity. Ultimately, it authorized what war became a devastating U.S.-le- d that drove the Iraqi army from Kuwait. The campaign also resulted, however, in enormous humanitarian problems involving Kurdish and Shiite Muslim refugees. Observers are asking questions: What price victor'? Was there a better way? Could the war have been prevented? Could an early it U.N. presence on the border have prevented the war? Should the United Nations have standby military forces? "There should be a on the war," said Brian Urquhart, former undersecretary-generfor peacekeeping and now a Ford Foundation fellow. "Why didn't anybody do something to prevent this in the first place? "The U.N. watchword should be going beyond a reactive role to a preventive one. ... The firehouse and the police station ought to be open 365 days a year and keep an eye on the situation, not just rush together at the last minute when things go terribly wrong." Current rethinking of the U.N. role extends to U.N. peacekeeping, and options have emerged with the end of the Cold War. Today the superpowers are less likely to appropriate local or regional conflicts. They urge their former clients or surrogates to make peace, opening the way to U.N. conflict resolution and innovative peacekeeping roles. Among the new roles are monitoring elections in Namibia, preparation of voter lists in Western Sahara, monitoring human rights in El Salvador and eventually playing a major role in running Cambodia before elections. U.N. protection of Kurdish refugees, probably including a U.N. police force, is a new field of peacekeeping. 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