Un Role Quotes

As United Nations patron of the wilderness, one of my roles is to report back from the Earth's remaining wildernesses and to act as a voice for the wild.

Imagine if we didn't have a President traveling the world bad mouthing America....that's the UN's job.

We need the UN, to deal with the threats to our common security from nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, not only in the case of Iraq. They must be tackled by the international community together, by strengthening conventions, treaties and agreements.

If governments do not want to work with the U.N. and the international organizations, there is a limit to what you can do. And there is also a limit to patience.

The UN doesn't work in a vacuum.

American pressure has pummeled into submission the UN's role as an impartial Middle East negotiator

In a case like Iraq the UN has again shown what important role it plays as the guarantor for protecting international peace and stability in the global political structure.

The UN is ultimately going to be judged on its ability in conflict resolution and conflict prevention.

Obama sees America as another country on the UN role call. Somewhere between Albania and Zimbabwe.

UN Peacekeeping us much more cost effective than using American forces. And of course, America doesn’t have the forces to do all of these peacekeeping missions but somebody has to do them.

In the recent years there have been criticisms levelled against Japan suggesting that she should offer more military forces to the United Nations forces and thereby play a more active role in the keeping and restoration of peace in various parts of the world.

I think the UN's role - especially since it's not an extremely rich fund, and that's to put it mildly - is mainly to act as a leading thinker of the world in terms of how to think about the future.

I want to see a UN that enables a gathering of energies in which business plays its proper role.

A United Nations that will not stand up for human rights is a United Nations that cannot stand up for itself.