'Tested as never before.' (Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar on the United Nations' role in the Iraq-Kuwait crisis) (Brief Article)On 2 July July: see month. , the Secretary-General told the German Foreign Policy Society in Bonn, Germany, that in recent months the UN had been tested as never before in its handling of the Iraq-Kuwait crisis. While the Organization had proven itself capable of fulfilling one of the most serious responsibilities devolving on it from the Charter, namely, the reversal of international aggression aggression, a form of behavior characterized by physical or verbal attack. It may appear either appropriate and self-protective, even constructive, as in healthy self-assertiveness, or inappropriate and destructive. , an undoubtedly high cost had been exacted in human and economic terms. "In all honesty Honesty See also Righteousness, Virtuousness. Alethia ancient Greek personification of truth. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 18] Better Business Bureau nationwide system of organizations investigating dishonest business practices. [Am. , we must admit that the mechanism for collective preventive diplomacy Diplomatic actions taken in advance of a predictable crisis to prevent or limit violence. failed to avert the crisis. Many lessons will have to be drawn from this for the manner in which the world body must deal with such crises, should they occur in the future", he stated. |
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