Joe Biden on Foreign Policy : Dec 4, 2007
Hold China accountable; it's capitulation, not competition

A: I've been pushing, on the Foreign Relations Committee for the last seven years, that we hold China accountable at the United Nations. At the UN, we won't even designate China as a violator of human rights. Now, what's the deal there? We talk about competition in terms of trade. It's capitulation, not competition. Name me another country in the world that we would allow to conduct themselves the way China has, and not call them on the carpet at the UN

Q: So you would call them on th carpet?

A: Absolutely.

Q: You would appoint a UN ambassador who would press for this?

A: It's the one way to get China to reform. You can't close your eyes. You can't pretend. It is self-defeating. It's a Hobson's choice we're giving people here.

Hillary Clinton on Foreign Policy : Dec 4, 2007
FactCheck: Chinese did black out Hillary, but DID invite her

Most of what Clinton said is true. The Chinese certainly weren't eager for her speech to be widely heard. They blacked it out, allowing just 5,000 carefully selected Party members to hear it. From their perspective, they may have been right to do so. She was critical of China's human rights record in general, especially its treatment of women. Republicans and Democrats alike praised the tough tone of her speech.

But contrary to Clinton's claim, the Chinese very much wanted her to come; she was considered a prize catch. The government even released an American, human rights activist Harry Wu, whom they had convicted of espionage, at least in part as a good faith gesture to convince Clinton to attend the event.

Bill Richardson on War & Peace : Oct 26, 2007
UN pressure in 1997 kept Saddam from restarting nuke program

The Bush administration thinks that using military power is the way to solve the world's problems. Yet our experience in 1997, working multilaterally to contain Saadam, brought us together with other nations. We employed force in a strategic way, in collaboration with our allies, patrolling Iraq's skies and the Persian Gulf. Today, instead, having used force almost unilaterally to invade Iraq, and having conducted the war and reconstruction so badly, we are isolated. As a result, Iraq is in civil war.

In 1997, we sent a very clear message to Iraq that you have to back off, you have to start behaving, and there are going to be consequences unless you do. International cooperation worked better than unilateral action.

Bill Richardson on War & Peace : Oct 26, 2007
Multilateral security with Iran; instead of saber-rattling

My view is that the US should work closely with Persian Gulf nations, with our allies, and with UN Security Council members to create a multi-lateral security arrangement for the Persian Gulf. No region in the world demands more international attention. We need to have dialogue with Iran, not just close our eyes and shake our fists.

It is in Iran's interest, as well as Saudi Arabia's and the other Arab states', to move oil safely through the Straits of Hormuz. It is the one interest, putting aside religious and cultural differences, that might constructively engage those nations with each other.

Tom Tancredo on Foreign Policy : Sep 27, 2007
Get UN to follow through in Darfur on Sudan Peace Act

A: The very first trip I ever took as a Congressman was to Sudan. I worked 2 years to pass the Sudan Peace Act. I believe we have a moral responsibility to act. It is not to send troops. I do not believe we need boots on the ground in Sudan to deal with this issue. But you know what we could do? We could see whether the United Nations is worth its salt and force them into participating in this issue and in getting that solved.

Duncan Hunter on Foreign Policy : Sep 27, 2007
Get UN to establish armed humanitarian convoys to Darfur

A: The outside troops, UN and African Union, are not getting the job done because they're garrisoned far away from the villages that get hammered by the Janjaweed. The troops always get there too late. What we probably need to do is get a humanitarian corridor driven up through that vast country, where we have armed convoys, UN convoys or African Union convoys to get food and medicine to those people that need it most.

John McCain on War & Peace : Sep 5, 2007
Sanctions to prevent Iranian nukes; but don't count on UN

A: At the end of the day, we cannot allow Iran to have nuclear weapons. Now, I believe that we can do a lot of things. We can have a league of democracies to impose sanctions and to cut off many of the things and benefits that the Iranians are now getting from other democracies. I think it's clear that the United Nations Security Council will not act effectively with Russia and China behaving as they are. We need to work together with our allies, but at the end of the day, it's the United States that will make the final decision. In January of 1981, Ronald Reagan came to power and raised his hand as president of the United States of America. By more than coincidence, the Iranian hostages returned on that same day. I would employ some of his methods.

Duncan Hunter on Foreign Policy : Sep 1, 2007
Increase the burden-sharing at UN

Joe Biden on War & Peace : Jul 31, 2007
1995: pushed to lift arms embargo in Bosnia

7,000 Muslims were killed in Srebrenica. UN forces stood there & watched. I thought about the times I'd been told that the Bosnians were not able to defend themselves against the Serbs. Of course they couldn't. They had no weapons. The UN had seen to that. The UN had disgraced itself.

I went back to the Senate to go on the record. "Time does not work for these people. They will all be dead by the time the West decides to do anything about this problem. We have stood by and watched something no one thought would ever happen again in Europe. It is happening now." The next day, nearly three years after I'd called for the plan, the Senate voted to lift the arms embargo on Bosnia. The House followed. NATO began its air campaign

Bill Richardson on Foreign Policy : Jul 23, 2007
UN troops in Darfur, & UN-enforced no-fly zone

A: This is what I would do: It's diplomacy. It's getting UN peacekeeping troops and not African Union troops. It's getting China to pressure Sudan. It's getting the European Union to be part of economic sanctions in Sudan. It's called leadership. A no-fly zone, I believe, would be an option. But we have to be concerned about humanitarian workers being hurt by planes, being shot.

Q: You say UN troops. Does that mean American troops?

A: UN peacekeeping troops, and that would primarily be Muslim troops. We need a permanent UN peacekeeping force, stationed somewhere. Genocide is continuing there; 200,000 have died; close to 2 million refugees in that region. America needs to respond with diplomatic leadership.

Hillary Clinton on Foreign Policy : Jul 23, 2007
US support & no-fly zone, but UN troops on ground in Darfur

A: I agree completely that what we need to do is start acting instead of talking. That means accelerating the UN peacekeeping forces along with the African Union. It means moving more quickly on divestment and sanctions on the Sudanese government, including trying to use the diplomacy to get China involved. And, finally, it does mean a no-fly zone. We can do it in a way that doesn't endanger humanitarian relief.

Q: How about American troops on the ground?

A: I think NATO has to be there with the no-fly zone, and I think that only the US can provide the logistical support and the air lift to make a no-fly zone and the actual delivery of humanitarian aid work.

Q: Does that mean no American ground troops?

A: American ground troops I don't think belong in Darfur at this time. I think we need to focus on the UN peacekeeping troops and the African Union troops.

Bill Richardson on Foreign Policy : Jul 12, 2007
We always forget about Africa; I will care

A: We always forget about Africa. I spent a lot of time on African issues as UN ambassador. In a recent trip to Darfur, where there's genocide, a refugee who had lost her husband said, "When is America going to start helping?" So I pledge to you that in my foreign policy, I will care about Africa, about AIDS, malaria, refugees. I will care about a continent that has been ignored.

Hillary Clinton on Foreign Policy : Jun 28, 2007
NATO-enforced no-fly zone to end Darfur genocide

A: There are three things we have to do immediately. Move the peacekeepers--that, finally, the United Nations and the African Union have agreed to--into Sudan as soon as possible. In order for them to be effective, there has to be airlift and logistical support, and that can only come either unilaterally from the United States or from NATO. I prefer NATO. And finally, we should have a no-fly zone over Sudan because the Sudanese governments bomb the villages before and after the Janjiwid come. And we should make it very clear to the government in Khartoum we're putting up a no-fly zone; if they fly into it, we will shoot down their planes. Is the only way to get their attention.

Fred Thompson on Foreign Policy : Jun 11, 2007
Zimbabwe chairing Development Cmte shows UN needs watching

It wasn't always that way. 25 years ago, this land was one of the most prosperous in Africa, & exported food to the rest of the continent. Then Robert Mugabe was elected.

Last month, the United Nations elected Mugabe's Zimbabwe to lead the UN Commission on Sustainable Development. That's the organization charged with promoting sound long-term economies.

Why? Robert Mugabe was given chairmanship of the commission because his view on sustainable development fits right in with much of the UN's. He claims that third-world poverty is caused by free market economies like America's. [The UN does some good, but] it's a constant challenge at the UN & the reason we must always have a strong ambassador there willing to blow the whistle when they do outrageous things.

Mike Huckabee on War & Peace : Jun 10, 2007
Insist that Iraq's neighbors assist military & financially

A: It is a huge problem. But imagine if millions and millions more go to these countries, whose infrastructure simply can't absorb them. Then you have a destabilized region. One of the things that the US must do is to more strongly insist to the Saudis, the Jordanians, the Turks, the Kuwaitis that their involvement militarily, their involvement financially, their involvement even theologically with the more radical wings of the Islamic faith are critical for us to solve this issue.

Hillary Clinton on Civil Rights : Jun 8, 2007
1995: Politely criticized China's human rights

Hillary's idealistic aims were tempered by her pragmatic politics. She did not name the host country or any other country in her speech, though she was aware of China's efforts to muzzle opponents. Even after the Chinese government blacked out her speech on the closed-circuit TV in the hall, she said nothing.

Hillary told CNN that she had been referring to violations by China. But Bill, eager to improve ties with Beijing, insisted "there was no attempt to single any country out."

The Beijing speech became, Hillary wrote, "a manifesto for women all over the world." Indeed, her message was beamed all over the world. Her speech lifted her "from being a really first-rate First Lady," observed Donna Shalala, "to being an extraordinary one."

Fred Thompson on War & Peace : Jun 6, 2007
If we had not gone to Iraq, Saddam would be developing nukes

A: Yes. What people don't think enough about is what if we had not gone into Iraq. You know, after defying the UN 17 times, after corrupting the oil-for-food program and the UN itself, and defying the US, Saddam would have been there, the new king of the hill in that part of the world, with his murderous sons still putting people in human shredders, still a threat to his neighbors, still developing his plans for a nuclear capability.

I mean, he had those plans. He had the technical expertise. Whether he had them on one particular day or not is almost irrelevant. Especially today, looking at what Iran is doing, he certainly would have had his hands or been working assiduously toward getting the capability of nuclear weapons. And that's what we would have been faced with had we not done that. Going in there and deposing him was a good thing.

Mitt Romney on War & Peace : Jun 5, 2007
Right to invade Iraq, but not what came after

A: Well, the question is kind of a non sequitur, if you will, or a null set. If Saddam had opened up his country to IAEA inspectors, and they'd come in and they'd found that there were no WMD, had Saddam not violated UN resolutions, we wouldn't be in the conflict we're in. But he didn't do those things. I supported the president's decision based on what we knew at that time. I think we were under-prepared and under-planned for what came after we knocked down Saddam.

Q: But the question was, knowing what you know right now--not what you knew then, what you know right now--was it a mistake?

A: Well, I answered the question by saying it's a non sequitur. It's a hypothetical that I think is an unreasonable hypothetical. And the answer is, we did what we did; we did the right thing based on what we knew at that time. I think we made mistakes following the collapse of Saddam's government.

Tommy Thompson on Principles & Values : Jun 3, 2007
Send Pres. Bush on lecture tour; but not to U.N.

A: I certainly would not send him to the United Nations.

I would put him out on a lecture series talking to the youth of America about honesty, integrity, perseverance, passion, and serving the public. George W. Bush believes very much in public service. I think he could be a wonderful spokesperson.

Mitt Romney on War & Peace : Jun 3, 2007
FactCheck: Saddam didn't refuse UN inspectors prior to war

ROMNEY: If Saddam Hussein had opened up his country to IAEA inspectors, and they'd come in and they'd found that there were no WMDs, had Saddam Hussein, therefore, not violated UN resolutions, we wouldn't be in the conflict we're in. But he didn't do those things.

Bill Richardson on War & Peace : May 27, 2007
Iraq now in civil war, & US troops are nothing but a target

A: As UN ambassador, 80% of my time was spent on Iraq. I know the region well. But look where we are now. There's a civil war. We must withdraw all our troops because our troops today are a target.

Q: But that's totally contrary to your book. So you're now saying what you wrote in the book is no longer operative?

A: No, when we went into Iraq, I wanted to support the troops. But after incompetency, deceitfulness by this administration, the fact that there's no WMD, the link to al-Qaeda was enormously suspect--there is no basis for us to be there.

Bill Richardson on Principles & Values : May 27, 2007
Running on resume & record, to be president of middle class

(Videotape)
Man posing as job interviewer: (To Richardson) OK, 14 years in Congress; UN ambassador; secretary of energy; governor of New Mexico; negotiated with dictators in Iraq, North Korea, Cuba, Zaire, Nigeria, Yugoslavia, Kenya; got a cease-fire in Darfur; nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize four times. So what makes you think you can be president?
(End videotape)

Q: You're running on your resume.

A: I'm running on my record. And the reason for that ad is I'm an insurgent candidate. You've got to do things differently. I'm also positive. I'm trying to draw attention not just to my record, but the fact that I can bring people together. The country is bitterly divided. We need to regain our international moral authority. I believe I know how to be a president for the middle class, improve our schools, universal health care. That was what I'm trying to get through in that message.

Tom Tancredo on Energy & Oil : May 15, 2007
FactCheck: Global warming has dissent, but not 50-50 split

Hillary Clinton on Principles & Values : Apr 26, 2007
Biggest mistakes: mishandling healthcare; believing in WMDs

A: Well, I don't have enough time to tell you all the mistakes I've made in the last many years. Certainly, the mistakes I made around health care were deeply troubling to me and interfered with our ability to get our message out. And, you know, believing the president when he said he would go to the United Nations and put inspectors into Iraq to determine whether they had WMD.

Joe Biden on War & Peace : Apr 10, 2007
Biden-Gelb plan: UN & Muslim powers to enforce Iraq unity

1. To maintain a unified Iraq, you have to decentralize it.
2. Have a limited central government that has concern for its borders, its army, the distribution of oil revenues, its foreign policy.
3. Secure access to oil revenues for the Sunnis who literally have nothing. Oil should be what binds the country together, not what splits it apart. There should be a guarantee in the constitution for proportional share of oil to get the Sunnis to get out of the business of supporting the insurgency.
4. Increase reconstruction assistance for Iraq but raise that money from the oil-rich Gulf states, and tie that reconstruction to the protection of the minority ranks.
5. And lastly, you have to make Iraq the world's problem. I would call for the permanent five of the Security Council, along with the four largest Muslim nations, to impose a political solution for a unified Iraq.

Dennis Kucinich on War & Peace : Apr 10, 2007
Bring in UN troops, and pay reparations to Iraq

We should be providing funding for that UN mission, at least 50% of the troops should come from Muslim nations, and should remain there until the Iraq government is capable of having its own security. We have to have a program of reconciliation between the Shiites, the Sunnis and the Kurds. the US occupation prevents that from happening. We should not partition Iraq.

We need a program of reparations. The Iraqi people have had enormous destruction to their lives, to their property, and the US has a moral obligation to repair that bridge. We need to have a serious reparation program that addresses the fact that perhaps as many as a million innocent civilians have been killed.

Bill Richardson on Foreign Policy : Feb 21, 2007
Bad guys like Richardson; he can make peace with enemies

President Clinton used to send me around the world to talk to dictators, either to get American service men out or to get American prisoners out. He used to say, "Bad guys like Richardson, so I'm sending him there."

I was just in Darfur. At a refugee camp, a mother who had lost a child asked me, "What has taken so long for America to help us in this tragedy?"

Foreign policy should not be just about power. It should be about doing something about eliminating poverty and dealing with AIDS and dealing with refugees and sicknesses. That's how we regain our moral authority.

I would do what Yitzhak Rabin used to say, the great Israeli leader. He said you don't make peace with your friends, you make peace with your enemies.

Rudy Giuliani on Foreign Policy : Jan 16, 2007
As mayor, asked Yasir Arafat to leave concert both attended

A UN spokesperson called Giuliani's action "an embarrassment to everyone connected with diplomacy." The mayor, accused of overstepping his role by pursuing his own foreign policy, retorted, "I would not invite Yasir Arafat to anything, anywhere, anytime. I don't forget," referring to the PLO's 1986 murder of Leon Klinghoffer.

Dennis Kucinich on War & Peace : Nov 7, 2006
International Cooperation: US out of Iraq, UN in

I continue to work to implement two measures I sponsored in Congress: the Space Preservation Treaty, which bans space-based weapons, and a cabinet-level Department of Peace, to establish nonviolence as an organizing principle in both domestic and international affairs.

We must cut bloated and unneeded weaponry from a military budget that now almost equals the military spending of all other countries combined. The resulting peace dividend can then be invested in other pressing domestic needs.

Bill Richardson on Homeland Security : Nov 3, 2005
9/11 shifted world focus from nukes to terrorism

The tragedy convinced me it was time for me to return to public service. I could get back in the arena, run for governor, do my best for NM, and try and offer leadership. In the post-9/11 world, governors were bound to assume a greater role in homeland security.

Bill Richardson on War & Peace : Nov 3, 2005
Iraq was single biggest issue as Clinton's UN ambassador

Iraq accepted Resolution 687 three days after it was passed in 1991. Given that hundreds of thousands of US military were on his doorstep, Saddam had little choice. At first, inspections seemed to go according to plan. By Aug. 1991, Iraq was throwing up roadblocks. It failed to make full disclosure of its proscribed weapons & programs, which was a requirement of 687. It blocked the use of helicopters by inspectors. New resolutions were passed, their demands either ignored or compromised by Saddam.

Our resolution represented the will of the international community, but frankly, it did not matter much if we were not prepared to back it up.

Bill Richardson on War & Peace : Feb 2, 2005
Voted against Kuwait war but later regretted it

John Edwards on Foreign Policy : Mar 3, 2004
UN-led peacekeeping, but US forces under US command

John Edwards on War & Peace : Mar 3, 2004
Immediately get NATO involved in Iraq

Dennis Kucinich on Principles & Values : Jan 25, 2004
Day 1: Pull out of Iraq, NAFTA, and the WTO

A: If the US occupation of Iraq has not ended, I will go to the UN for a resolution to bring our troops home in 90 days, putting the UN in control of the oil, the contracting, and the cause of Iraqi self-governance. If this has happened, my first action will be to repeal the NAFTA, withdraw from the WTO, and replace them with bilateral trade agreements based on workers' rights, human rights, and environmental quality principles.

Dennis Kucinich on War & Peace : Jan 22, 2004
Disavowing Iraqi oil creates entirely different direction

KUCINICH: No. The plan is predicated on the UN being presented with an entirely different direction: that the US would disavow any interest in the oil. Ask the UN to handle the oil assets of Iraq on behalf of the Iraqi people, until the Iraqi people are self-governing. Ask the UN to handle the contracts until the Iraqi people are self-governing. The US should renounce any interest in privatization of the Iraq economy. And we should ask the UN to help construct a cause of governance in Iraq with a new constitution and elections. [In addition, my plan would] fund a UN peacekeeping mission; provide repairs for what we destroyed in Iraq; reparations for the families of innocent civilian noncombatants. That would enable the US to go to the UN and 90 days later, we'll have our troops home.

Dennis Kucinich on War & Peace : Dec 9, 2003
Let go of Iraqi oil and let the UN in

DEAN: I think we need to bring in foreign troops. You cannot expect the Iraqis to think that they have their own government if we're appointing their people. We need an election. Over a period of a few years, until the Iraqis really are able to have a democracy which is strong enough not to allow Al Qaida to emerge and has a constitution that's widely enough respected so they will not have a fundamentalist Shiite regime.

KUCINICH: The war is not over. We have 130,000 troops there. And the occupation equals a war. My plan calls for the end of the occupation, for the US to get out. Now, the UN will not cooperate unless the US takes a change of direction. And here's the change of direction: The Bush administration must let go of its aspirations to control the oil in Iraq. They must hand over to the UN the handling of the oil, on a transitional basis.

Dennis Kucinich on War & Peace : Dec 9, 2003
90 days to bring US troops home and rotate the UN troops in

A: The resolution that I talked about, going to the UN with a totally different approach -- from the time the UN approves that, 90 days later we can bring our troops home, rotate the UN troops in and bring our troops home. The only difference between a rut and a grave is in the dimensions. We are not stuck there.

John Edwards on Foreign Policy : Nov 5, 2003
Bring UN, allies and friends to Iraq

A: I would put the Iraqi Civilian Authority under the control of the United Nations today. That should have been done a long time ago. Use that to create the kind of energy we need to bring allies and friends to this effort, to help relieve the burden on American troops, relieve the burden on American taxpayers. And also put a stop to these sweetheart deals for Halliburton, the president's friends.

Dennis Kucinich on Foreign Policy : Nov 5, 2003
Affirm intention to work with the world community

A: For many years, the UN was having trouble getting funding. And the inability to get funding had a material impact, an adverse impact, on the ability of the UN to do its job around the world. And the only way that we could be safe as a nation is to reach out and to engage with the world community in the cause of international security. So the UN going in would mean the UN would handle the oil, with no privatization of the oil assets.

Dennis Kucinich on War & Peace : Nov 4, 2003
Let the UN rebuild Iraq and develop its governance

A: It is imperative that the USA get out of Iraq. It was wrong to go in. It is wrong to stay in. We must go to the United Nations with a new resolution which represents a shift in US policy, a resolution which signals that the US is ready to rejoin the world community in the cause of securing Iraq and in helping to create greater security across the globe. That resolution (on my website, www.kucinich.us) calls for the UN to handle all the oil assets of Iraq on behalf of the Iraqi people, without any privatization of oil assets. Next the UN would handle all the contracts in Iraq. No more sweetheart deals for Halliburton and no-bid contracts for political contributors. And the UN should be charged with developing new governance in Iraq so that the Iraqi people can move toward self-determination. My plan, if immediately brought to the UN would enable our troops to be home by the beginning of the New Year.

Dennis Kucinich on Homeland Security : Sep 25, 2003
$550B defense budget implies more taxes

Dennis Kucinich on War & Peace : Sep 9, 2003
$87B to "protect troops" is cynical; end the war

KUCINICH: I am going to vote no because I believe the best way to protect our troops is to bring them home. The UN in and the US out.

Q: What about protecting the troops?

KUCINICH: We'll be there forever unless we challenge this thinking where the administration cynically uses our troops to pursue a war that was unjust. What we need to do is vote no, bring the UN in and get the US out. End the war

Dennis Kucinich on War & Peace : Sep 9, 2003
Have UN handle all Iraqi oil contracts

KUCINICH: We have to understand that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, nor with Al Qaida's attack, nor did they have anything to do with the anthrax attack. What we need to do now is to get the UN in and to get the US out. And the way to achieve that is to have the UN handle the collection and distribution to the Iraqi people of the oil revenues with no privatization, have the UN handle all the contracts, no more Halliburton sweetheart deals, and have the UN create the circumstances for rebuilding an Iraqi government. Nothing less than that will enable the US to get out of there and extricate ourselves.

Dennis Kucinich on Corporations : Sep 4, 2003
Iraq: no more Halliburton sweetheart deals

[To exit Iraq, we need to], get the United Nations together in an agreement that provides for the following:
• First, that the UN will handle the collection and distribution of all oil revenues for the people of Iraq without privatization.
• Second, that the UN will handle all contracts. No more Halliburton sweetheart deals.
• And third, that the United Nations will proceed to work with the people of Iraq to construct a government that the people of Iraq can call their own.

John Edwards on War & Peace : Sep 4, 2003
Problems in Iraq are because Bush has not led

EDWARDS: The administration needs to say to the Congress and to the American people what this war is going to cost over the long term; how long they think we're going to be there. The reason we are in this situation is because this president has not led. He has not addressed the problem of bringing in others. He has not gone to the UN in the way that he should have.

Dennis Kucinich on War & Peace : Sep 4, 2003
End Bush's blunder: Bring US troops home & bring UN in

KUCINICH: It is time to bring the troops home, it is time to bring the UN in and get the US out. The United States can move away from Bush's blunder, which Iraq will be known as, because there was no reason to go war with Iraq in the first place. And everyone who took the responsibility on this stage has to answer to the American people for voting for that war. I led the effort against it.

Rudy Giuliani on Homeland Security : Oct 1, 2002
We're right and terrorists are wrong--as simple as that

On 9/11, NYC was viciously attacked in an unprovoked act of war. This was an attack on the very idea of a free, inclusive, & civil society.

Because of our principles--particularly our religious, political, & economic freedoms--we find ourselves under attack by terrorists. Our freedom threatens them, because they know that if our ideas of freedom gain a foothold among their people it will destroy their power.

There is no room for neutrality on the issue of terrorism You're either with civilization or with terrorists. On one side is democracy, the rule of law, & respect for human life; on the other is tyranny, arbitrary executions, & mass murder. We're right & they're wrong--it's as simple as that.

Rudy Giuliani on War & Peace : Oct 1, 2001
No need to understand reasons for terrorism-just stop them

Giuliani praised ”as a very good first step“ the Security Council’s recent unanimous passage of Resolution 1373, which adopted wide-ranging antiterrorism measures. The mayor said he was also pleased that the UN [agreed to] cut off terrorists from their funding. ”Now it’s up to the member states to enforce this to take away their financial basis and reduce their ability to carry out complex missions.“

Rudy Giuliani on War & Peace : Oct 1, 2001
You are either with civilization or with terrorism

“You are either with civilization or with terrorism,” he said in a speech before the start of a weeklong General Assembly debate on terrorism. “This is not a time for further study or vague directives,” he insisted. “Look at that destruction, that massive, senseless, cruel loss of human life, and then I ask you to look in your hearts and recognize that there is no room for neutrality on the issue of terrorism.“

He said that the era of ”moral relativism“ between those who practice or condone terrorism and those stand up against it must end. ”There is no moral way to synthesize with grossly immoral actions, and by trying to do that, unfortunately a fertile ground has been created in which terrorism has grown.“

Al Gore on Energy & Oil : Oct 27, 2000
UN report confirms global warming; Gore revives the issue

Gore’s turn to global warming suggests he now thinks he can use the subject to cast an unfavorable light on Bush, who has expressed skepticism about the danger. Global warming has long been a central concern of Gore’s. But he has rarely raised environmental issues during his presidential campaign. When he has, he’s cast them as measures to reduce energy dependence on foreign sources.

Hillary Clinton on Foreign Policy : Oct 20, 2000
Keep Cuban embargo; pay UN bills

Al Gore on Foreign Policy : Aug 20, 2000
UN treaties are effective means for US to help Third World

Al Gore on War & Peace : May 23, 2000
Israel: support full UN participation

Hillary Clinton on Civil Rights : Jan 14, 2000
Crack down on sex trafficking of women and girls

John McCain on Energy & Oil : Jan 13, 2000
Strength Clean Air & Water Acts; but not Kyoto

McCain supports the following principles regarding environmental issues:
• Strengthen the regulation and enforcement of the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act, in order to “improve efficiency and effectiveness”.
• Require states to fully compensate citizens when environmental regulations limit uses of privately-owned land, “consistent with Constitutional takings clause.”
• Does not support the United Nations (Kyoto Conference) treaty regarding global climate change.

Hillary Clinton on Civil Rights : Jan 1, 2000
Human rights are women’s rights

Hillary Clinton on Civil Rights : Dec 9, 1999
Women’s rights are human rights

The First Lady lambasted China’s Communist government for suppressing free speech and the right to assemble at the grassroots women’s forum [of the UN Conference]. She inspired the women there to make their voices heard against selling girls into prostitution, against rape as a tactic of war, against forced abortion or sterilization. ”Human rights are women’s rights. And women’s rights are human rights, once and for all.“

Al Gore on Foreign Policy : Oct 28, 1999
Pay UN dues, as leader of the world

John McCain on Foreign Policy : Jul 2, 1998
Pay dues to UN after UN reforms

Bill Richardson on Foreign Policy : Nov 1, 1996
US military force only when US territory attacked

Indicate which principles you support regarding the United States - United Nations relationship.
• The US should participate in UN peacekeeping missions only when vital US interests are directly threatened.
• The US should use military force only when the US border or territories are attacked or American citizens are in danger.
• The US should pay the money it owes to the United Nations.

Mike Gravel on Foreign Policy : Jan 1, 1972
US should empower UN with stand-by peace force

The US, as the most powerful country, must now lead the way in building up the power and capacity of the UN to act effectively in areas of conflict.

In the long-run, I believe the UN must develop into the primary peace-keeping force on earth, and we should take the lead in this development.

A more powerful UN must grow slowly, applying its influence initially in regions where the conflicts of interest are limited and where the parties involved want to avoid war and seek peace. Beyond this, it can apply sanctions in cases of colonial oppression to permit independence movements to achieve legitimate ends. And it can maintain a permanent stand-by peace force, to serve as a presence whenever armed conflict threatens.