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By Tom Travis
News Editor
United Nations Secretary
General Kurt Waldheim said his
organization needs the
unrestricted financial support of
member countries in order to
survive.
Waldheim, speaking at USC
Wednesday in a special outdoor
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restrictions on assessed UN
contributions (such as the one
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imposed this past year on U.S.
donations) are upheld, "It would
indeed destroy the United Nations
system."
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must give to uphold the decisions
of the United Nations at all times
and in all situations ,and not only
when it advances their particular
interests," Waldheim said.
Despite criticisms of the UN for
"ineffectiveness," Waldheim said
the UN has done much to further
tne cause of peace and human
rights in world affairs.
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In an interview Wednesday
morning, Waldheim said, "If you
want to use this instrument of
peace, it works. I'd much prefer to
fight the battles in the conference
room of the United Nations than on
the battlefield.
"We have to rely on the goodwill
and cooperation of the governments,"
Waldheim added.
In his address. Waldheim said
restricted contributions would
result in "financial chaos, as it
would be in this or any cpuntry if
its citizens were to insist oh paying
taxes only for the programs
they liked."
"WE CANNOT permit this to
happen," Waldheim said. He said
he was encouraged by the effort
currently under way in the U.S.
Congress to lift the American
restrictions on UN-assessed
contributions.
"The United Nations is acutely
conscious of its responsibility in
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receives from its member states
are used efficiently and to their
maximum effectiveness,"
Waldheim said. "I personally feel
particularly responsible,
therefore, to see to it that the
programs are carried out in a
manner that will keep our expenses
to a minimum, and I have
issued instructions consistent with
this aim," he added.
Waldheim said those who
criticize the UN for wasteful
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world inflation generally."
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each American is "less thai
dollars a year," Waldheim
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annual global outlay of more
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