Clinton Calls for U.N. Army
Austin Ruse
Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2000, 12:34 p.m. EST
President Bill Clinton told world leaders gathered today in
New York that the United Nations needs a rapid deployment force of
well-trained and well-equipped soldiers capable of projecting
"credible force" into trouble spots.
Clinton was the first head of state to speak at the largest
gathering of world leaders in history, attending the U.N.
Millennium Summit.
Clinton spoke almost exclusively on the "making and keeping of
peace."
"There are assembled here more people with the power to create
peace than have ever gathered together in one place in the
history of the world. Can we seize this moment?"
He said that most wars now occur within borders and are caused
principally by "ethnic and religious" differences.
He said national sovereignty and territorial integrity should take
a back seat to keeping the peace.
"Whether it is diplomacy, sanctions, or collective force, we must
find ways to protect people as well as borders. There are times
when the international community must take a side -- not merely
stand between the sides."
Clinton's call for a U.N. rapid deployment force -- effectively a
standing army at the disposal of the United Nations -- will
certainly fuel efforts by Democrats in Congress to deploy 6,000
American soldiers for permanent U.N. service.
His proposal will also give political conservatives increasing fear
the U.N. will become an independent political force with its own
military arm.
Clinton criticized the U.S. Congress for holding up payment of
U.S. U.N. dues. "All nations, including my own, must meet our
obligations to the U.N. Those who believe we can either do without
the U.N., or impose our will upon it, have not learned from
history and do not understand the future."
Clinton spoke to a packed U.N. General Assembly Hall with overflow
jammed into conference rooms in the U.N. basement.
In the Hall were all the major leaders of the world, including
French President Jacques Chirac, British Prime Minister Tony Blair,
and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. Cuban president Fidel
Castro, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Israel�s Ehud Barak,
Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin, and the Princes of
Monaco, Morocco and Saudi Arabia were also present.
In his remarks, Vladimir Putin called for a U.N. conference to be
convened in Moscow for the prevention of weapons in space; a
proposal aimed directly at the proposed U.S. intercontinental
missile shield.
All leaders are expected to address the conference, which will
continue through Friday.
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