North Korea: Show Me the Money!
posted by theCardinal @ 8:28 AM
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>North Korea demanded on Wednesday that the United States and other nations give it money to build a new light-water nuclear reactor before it will end its nuclear weapons program, a condition that appeared to undermine prospects for a breakthrough in the talks here. . . on Tuesday, President Bush indicated some flexibility, saying, "It's a right of a government to want to have a civilian nuclear program, but there ought to be guidelines in which they be allowed to have that civilian nuclear program." But Mr. Bush was referring to Iran. . .<
Rules that can be enforced by the international community would be more satisfactory. However the European Union have long been wrestling with the problem of how to make rules stick among their membership.
A question of priorities for the United Nations.
The number of countries taking the nuclear route, to keep the lights on, will increase. International tensions will only get worse. But the UN seems to want to avoid this global problem.
Instead the World Summit is preoccupied with the size of the UN Security Council.
"There is strong support for enlarging the Security Council to reflect the world today rather than the global power structure after World War II when the United Nations was created. But all previous attempts have failed because national and regional rivalries blocked agreement on the size and composition of an expanded council _ and the latest effort fell into the same trap."
Fiddling while Rome burns is the phrase that comes to mind.
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