U.S. Criticizes Draft of U.N. Reforms

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U.S. Criticizes Draft of U.N. Reforms

By NICK WADHAMS
The Associated Press
Tuesday, August 2, 2005; 10:22 PM

UNITED NATIONS -- The United States strongly criticized a revised
blueprint charting reforms of the United Nations on Tuesday, saying
the document is too long, poorly organized and doesn't focus on
President Bush's main concerns.

Britain's U.N. Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry, speaking on behalf of the
European Union, reacted far more favorably. He called the latest draft
a good basis for the final document and said he hoped much of it was
in its final form.

Diplomats have haggled for weeks over the language of the draft
outcome document which is supposed to be approved by world leaders at
a U.N. summit next month. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's initial
proposal in March has been turned into a draft that is 37 pages long.

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Among the most significant U.S. demands, Patterson said the document
doesn't reflect the American belief that the biggest threats to world
peace are proliferation and terrorists getting their hands on weapons
of mass destruction.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/02/AR2005080201934.html

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1. It doesn't focus on Bush's concerns

and beliefs because there are 190 other countries involved.

They have other concerns.