We can wait until everything is perfect but how much time will that take? One year, two years, three years? Will the population accept this even though they haven't had a chance to vote for 40 years?

this last chance, and continues its defiance, the council will have to make another grim choice, based on the findings of the inspectors ... When that time comes, the council must face up to its responsibilities.

a new era of human rights in Iraq will now begin.

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.

If the United Nations does not attempt to chart a course for the world's people in the first decades of the new millennium, who will?

When economic conditions are difficult, people tend to be less generous and protect themselves; the question of solidarity doesn't mean much to them at that time.