Bolton: U.N. Council Expansion Will Fail

[Judi Lynn]

Bolton: U.N. Council Expansion Will Fail
By BETH GARDINER, Associated Press Writer

Friday, October 14, 2005

(10-14) 14:17 PDT LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) --

John Bolton, America's ambassador to the United Nations, predicted Friday that efforts to greatly expand the Security Council will fail.

Bolton's remarks were a rare case of a U.S. official publicly speculating on the outcome of a bitter Security Council reform debate. In the past, he and other officials have repeated strong American opposition to rival proposals for adding at least 10 seats to the 15-nation body.

Bolton, who has made overhauling the United Nations a priority since President Bush appointed him to the job, said the world body must become more efficient, effective and accountable. Making the Security Council too large would undermine that goal, he said.

Increasing the number of seats to 25 or 26 "gives us great pause," he said, adding that the maximum that Washington could support would be 19 or 20 seats.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/10/14/international/i141700D46.DTL

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Bolton doesn't speak for me.

I care about the UN more than the US.

[texpatriot2004]

2. Me either. nm

[CatholicEdHead]

3. They still want to keep the one veto policy

that is all that matters. Of course idealy, they would want to be the only nation with that power.

[DemInDistress]

4. Fuck John Bolton and the back door he snuck in

through..sorry for my french but thats what I like about DU..I can curse without being TOSed by simpleminded people...

[bluestateguy]

5. He's not even the the legitimate US ambassador

You should let what he says go in one ear and out the other, AND not post stories about his musings.

[firefox]

6. The reformers will lay down now that Bolton has spoken

Bolton is the true fascist of the Empire. Why not tell the world to surrender now, then everybody can just go home?