Improving the U.N.
Jeane Kirkpatrick, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (Column Right, Jan. 17), well knows the difficulties faced by the U.N. in dealing with situations in Somalia, Iraq, Bosnia, Cambodia and the former Soviet Union. She also seems to understand the fact that the United States alone cannot solve these global problems. What she does not offer is any prescription for how to create an international body strong enough to deal effectively with present, and future, exigencies.
Congress has created the U.S. Commission on Improving the Effectiveness of the United Nations to receive positive suggestions from those who have them to offer. This nonpartisan commission, appointed by President Bush and congressional leaders of both parties, is holding hearings at six sites across America. The second hearing will be held in Los Angeles, at UCLA’s Ackerman Union, on Feb. 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. This hearing will provide a chance for ordinary citizens, as well as experts, to testify.
JEAN T. TRUEBLOOD
Los Angeles
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