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 \nJ.DENNIS BONNEY,Quarterly Chairman  \nTHE HONORABLE BARBARA M.WHITEPresident,Milla CollegeA Former U.S.Ropresentative to the U.N.  \n·Do not be mislead into thinking thatthe United Nations is chiely the GeneralAssembly.This body gets the Hon's shareof press attention,inevltably distortingthe picture of the world organization.Andwhile the General Assembly does play apart,t l only one part of a complex pie-ture.Often it is the least effective.Itdisplays the weaknesses and failings ofthe world body more often than thestrengths.Andit focuses world attentionmore on confrontation and rhetorie thanon agreement and action.  \nIf you seek to understand what theUnited Nations means,look also at whatother parts of the world organization aredoing in drug control,food production,small-pox eradication,improving the sta-tus of women,maintaining buffer forcesin the Middle East,speeding economiedevelopment through technical assistance,population control.  \n(Cemnaued ens nest psge)  \n\"KOREA:  \nTickehs $6.00 a door  \nFor those who wish to make the effortto understand the United Nations,I canoffer some clues.Let me briefly Hst a few.  \n## 'Erroneous Information Basis for Most Criticism of UN'\n\nWHITE(Continued from preceding page)  \n·Keep your eye on what happens notjust on the floor,but in critical negotia-tions leading to formal action.This is amaxim known to any experienced ob-server of the U.SCongress.With theSecurity Council,for example,the signif-cant bargaining usually goes on first ininformal negotiations between members,then in closed consultations of the fullbody.When the Council finally meets inopen session,the basic compromises havebeen worked out,if they are to be.Thusa successful outcome often gets little at-tention in the media because the formalsession is relatively dull,while an unsue-cessful outcome,calling forth a veto andstreams of vitriol from all sides,makes thefront portion of the TV evening news.  \nListen Beneath Rhetorie  \n● See U.N.actions more often as part ofa process than as isolated events.For ex-ample,the passage of a U.N.resolutionlast fall calling zionism a form of racismoccasioned a justified avalanche of out-rage.But how many U.N.watchers stoppedto note that an even more damaging U.N.action had been averted by skillful behind-the-scenes work in the precedingmonths,that is,expulsion of Israel fromthe General Assembly?Or looked into thereasons of how or why that happened?Orkept their eyes on subsequent actions invarious bodies,to see whether the attackon Israel was gaining momentum?  \n·Try to listen beneath and beyond therhetoric to what nations are seeking tocommunicate.  \nWatch what ","cbCaijSblnE1O7cg","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijSblnE1O7cg","pdf",2898703,"English","# IN THE ASIAN POWER BALANCE”His Excellency PYONG-CHOON HAHM\n## Former UN Representative Presents an Insider's View\n## Ambassador from the Republic of Korea to the United States\n## 'Erroneous Information Basis for Most Criticism of UN'\n## Listen Beneath Rhetorie\n## U.N.Role in Problem Solving","[{\"question\":\"What does the speaker suggest Americans should do regarding public criticism of the United Nations?\",\"answer\":\"Pause and reflect on comments and criticisms, effectively to stop, look, and listen.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the speaker argue criticism often misrepresents the UN?\",\"answer\":\"Because attention is disproportionately focused on the General Assembly, even though other parts of the UN do substantial work in areas like drug control, food production, small-pox eradication, and technical assistance.\"},{\"question\":\"What key questions does the speaker recommend asking about UN involvement in global problems?\",\"answer\":\"Whether problems would go away without the UN, whether the UN is helping or hindering solutions, and how the world community would address issues if the UN were not there.\"}]","The Commonwealth - IN THE ASIAN POWER BALANCE - His Excellency PYONG-CHOON HAHM | PDF",1790705269,23]