Location: The Heritage Foundation's Allison Auditorium
Although rooted in noble aims, the United Nations has a long
history of failing to fulfill the purposes for which it was created
- bolstering international peace and security, promoting
fundamental human rights and freedoms, and increasing prosperity
and living standards. Nevertheless, the UN has managed to
increase its budgets and expand its mandate and activities into
areas in which it has little expertise or expectation of
success.
Billions of U.S. tax dollars are invested in the UN each year,
yet U.S. efforts to improve the effectiveness of the organization
have little effect. This groundbreaking book offers
thoughtful analyses of the UN system's many weaknesses and failings
and practical steps for reform to improve its role in major areas,
from peace and security to human rights, development, global
health, and a sustainable environment. The contributors also
discuss ways to work around the UN if that is the best option.
More About the Speakers
Featuring:
The Honorable John R. Bolton
Senior Fellow,
American Enterprise Institute,
and former U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
With commentaries from:
Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President,
Foreign and Defense Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation
Brett D. Schaefer
Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory
Affairs,
The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation
Hosted By
Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
Founder
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