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You may agree or not with Gaddafi's political ideas, but no one has the right to question the existence of Libya as an independent state and member of the United Nations.
I also believe that member states of the United Nations should live up their obligations to pay their dues.
The need for a permanent status resolution approved by Congress is made even more clear to me because of my experience as a former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we've got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon.
I have never participated directly or indirectly in any business related to the United Nations.
All countries, big or small, strong or weak, are equal members of the United Nations.
I do believe that the United Nations needs to have more exacting, more enhanced professional standards for the military peacekeepers that are deployed.
The purpose of the United Nations should be to protect the essential sovereignty of nations, large and small.
In the United Nations, when China entered, we voted on the same position, and since then we have maintained the same position, that position has not changed.
