| Congress, in
the form of legislation passed today by the House, is finally
taking some meaningful action to force the United Nations to
make at least some reforms in the way the corrupt international
institution does business. By a vote of 221 to 184, House
Republicans led the drive to passage of a bill which would
require completion of at least 32 out of 39 changes from a broad
range to be implemented no later than September 2007, or face a
50% cut in payment of U.S. dues. Given that U.S.
contributions to the U.N. account for about one-quarter of the
entire operating budget, a failure to accomplish the
U.S.-imposed changes would be utterly disastrous.
Some of the commonsense
reforms include barring nations who violate the human rights of
their citizens from serving on the U.N.'s Human Rights
Commission, as has occurred with such nations as Cuba and Syria.
Now the Senate has to get on the stick and come up with its own
version to make this a reality. |
