Show T Page 6— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday October 21 1997 UtfriEI I I UN faces tough road to reform UNITED NATIONS fAP) — A US senator says the United States will not pay any of what it owes to the United Nations with out reforms at the world oryani-zatio- n Meanwhile Japan recommend ed Monday that the General Assembly consider “concrete UN mem measures" to force ben to pay their bills The AP photo nursa arrive al the Copenhagen City Court where the was charged Tuesday with killing 22 people at a nursing home between August 1994 and March 1997 A Republican-controlle- d the very survival of the United Nations as a viable world organization" The differing views presented at separate meetings Monday at the UN headquarters illustrate the wide gap Detween the US Congress and other leading member-states about the future of the United Nations They also raise doubts whether Secretary-GenerKofi Annan will meet his target of winning General Assembly approval of his reform package by year-en- d al Congress has withheld S900 million to 514 billion in US arrears to press for reforms including a reduction in America's share of the UN budget "There is no doubt that the United States must settle the issue of its arrears" said Sen Rod Grams a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee “But let me be clear: none of the arrears will be paid if reforms are not achieved” In a speech Monday to editors and publishers of Hearst Newspasaid that pers Grams reform was necessary “to ensure The UN finance committee as Japan China and Europeans picking up the difference Japanese Ambassador Hisashi Owada said the UN financial crisis was due to the failure of "some member- - states" to pay their bills "In the view of my delegation it is high time that we gave serious consideration to the possibility of introducing some concrete measures to compel member-stale- s to pay their contributions" he said without mentioning the United States by name Owada said Japan was already paying more than any other country except the United States Asking Tokyo to pay more “would create a problem from the view- point of fairness and equity" Owada said Last month Japanese Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi indicated Tokyo would be reluctant to pay more without a permanent seat on the Security Council Grams said the only support for expansion in the Senate comes “from UN opponents" who believe it would "mark the death Monday took up the contentious issue of restructuring the UN dues system The United Stales wants its share of the budget to be reduced from 25 percent to 20 SromHcAani Suxctiom percent with other countries such Grand Opening un m ft daw sf UU) Lm E v ndtart eyp tttntilBjljliHit “SMBs MOdlClM MfMHIS4 ip Jpg faaOrinWSMi oa nasi rw mEmum Cache Clinical ft Jaaiterial Supply Ca Mi-ia- Nurse held for 22 deaths at aged home COPENHAGEN Denmark fAP) — A nurse and a doctor were charged today with killing 22 people with drugs al a nursing home for the elderly Authorities said the nurse allegedly gave the victims a morphine-base- drug Police d referred to the killings as "euthanasia" but it was not immediately clear if any of the victims — ages 65 to 97 — were cases of assisted suicide Both euthanasia and assisted suicide arc illegal in Denmark The woman was arrested Monday She also is charged with theft and cmhclemcnt from nursing home patients of SI 08000 The nurse denied the killings hut told a Copenhagen court that she had given medicine to patients without consulting with a doctor on one or two occasions Danish radio said She alvi said she had given the murphine-hase- medicine to d patients on orders of the doctor the radio said Police said the killings which came to light during an investigation of fraud al the facility took place al the nursing home in Copenhagen between August 1994 and this March The victims were 5 women and seven men The nurse was fired in March although the reason for the dismissal was not immediately known A doctor was charged with 1 breach of duly and negligent homicide The Copenhagen City Court today banned publication of the names of the nurse the doctor the home or any of the 22 deceased — a common practice in Denmark Canada's 867 code serves largest area in North America i TORONTO fAP) — Canada s far north gets its own area code today serving a bigger area and fewer people than any other in North America The new code 867 has been assigned to the Yukon and Northwest Territories which cover 15 million square miles between Alaska and Greenland The area is larger than India hut its population in the 1996 census was just 95fXX) India has more than 952 million people Anne Grainger a spokeswoman for the regional telephone company Northwesl said there are only about 70XX) phones in the 867 area code Study: therapy helps seniors live longer LOS ANGELES fAP) — Preventive occupational therapy that teaches elderly people how to keep up their daily activities improves their physical and mental health and helps them live independently a new study shows The results suggest that in an g occuage of medical cost-cuttin- pational therapy could provide savings by delaying reliance on expensive nursing home care Mid lead study author Florence Clark of the University ern California - 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