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"United Nations"
or Disunited
Non-Nations?
From thc cariy doy• or thc Cold War.
when che Unated Nalloru General Ass.embly
oppearcd more of a "'undtng board for
Commumst propaganda than a
~criOliS
IU·
tcmpt
10
~lve
the monumental problems of
the world. 10 thc mid 70's und the Unitcd
Nallons resolut10n
recognita.ng
the l)altstin1an
LlbertlllonOrganizalion·.sclaim to
W~t
Bank
suuehood. u has been clear
cherc
1c
nothing
truly ..un1ted.. abou1 the Unned N:u.ons
Nt)w_ che term ..
nalloM·· m.1y
not
c,·en
apply 10 thc United Nallons lhc P•INintan
L1ber.u.on
Organ.zauon.
after
.111.
Íi
houdly
a
nai/Qn
Amcncan ollicialdom may lrumblc dnd
United Nations-
eomplain that the Unued Nations is liule
more th3n an
oppor~unuy
ror Arro-Mian
bloc:. '"third world"
rtvolutionancs
to sertam
invcctives al
thc Unued States.
but there
secms hule the
u.s_
can do except
conuout
lo pla) thc role or wh1ppmg boy. Whllc
pOS$C!$.SJO! only one ,·otc amon& ovtr 100
naltoru.
thc Un11cd
Statcs
continu('S
10
shouldcr
'""cnty·fl"'e
pcrccnt
of
thc Unucd
Nations'
QO~b.
Todety.
whnt oal-r1ch Arab
nalions
want.
oil-n'h
Arab
nnuon~~:
get
Thc U.S. is rur
more fearful
or
international tcpercussions
from Japan and
W<~tern
Europc. should an·
other new 011
embargo
be
prtcipitated.
than
thc
•mmcd1ale~
cncrgy
crunch :u
borne.
So rar.
u·~
becn
out
Wlth
Nauonahst
Chma.
CJCCI
South
A
fric-a.
but la
y
out
thc:
red
ca~pct
(ora
non·nahon
nationallcadc:r.
Yas–
sar
Arnf.ll. and Jay thc
g.roundworL. for
1hrowangout
1).1111C1
' 'Uniled_,
How"
"Nauons''?
Whcrc?
O
Another "League or Nations"?
by
Raymond McNa1r
What has tbc U.N ao:omph>hed dunn&
thc:
p:ast
th1ny
)'Cart'!
Will
u
last
1111 1hc tond
or
lhiS
ccntury'?
Or hOJ\<C
rcant
Slr41Q\
ha_t¡;–
tcned thc uh•matc
r~gor
moms o(
thc
U.N• .,
Wuh thc b1nh of thc U. N 10 1945, the
Lcague of Ntttions
g.mccrully
cxparcd.
A\
.:1
world pc;acc
organizataon
at
had bccn
wc1ghcd
in
the
balant"~
oud
rouni.J
wanung.
Th< L<ague was <rCatcd in 1920 for th< ex·
prc-s.s
purpose of
prf'•vmmg julurt! war$,
But
ancr
abona..
·c-
auempb 10
brin@'
pea~
to
the
n11110ns. 11
prO\'ed
lO
be
ampolcnt
Whtn
Japan
m~·adt:d
Manchuria
tn
t93~
the
Lca!uc took: oo
dfec:ta\·t
actlon.
Whcn
llal) conqu.rcd Ethn>p1a tn 193S. the
Lntue stood by
h<lplr~'IY
When G<rmany
gobbl<d up Austria. Czccho<lo,·•kla und Po·
land. thereby begmnmg World War
11.
the
l.easue d1d nothing. And <'<O though the
League <xpcllcd Ru&sia in 1939. 11 had no
real power to prevcnt
the
U.S.S.R
from con·
<.JUtnng
helple:ss
finland
Nat•onal
~ctr-an
tc-rtst prompted Jap."n
to
'-"Hhdraw from
the
Leaguc
m
1932. G<rman) rollo"ed the "'"'e
n>ul<
10
1933.
Thus. the L<ague or NatiO<lS J'(O•<<I
pow·
crlC'\s
tllhcr
lO
pnr-f'nt
or
uop
re.tl
"'a~ .
8)
1939 men had lost ra11h 10 th" organ of
'40tld
reacc. They lumc:d lo
thcar
own na–
tlona1 reacc cfforts.
But allhe<nd of World War
11.
the bleed·
1ng
na11ons
were war wcary. Ovcr rorty
mil·
lion C"iYilions
and
sold•er:s
had
d•ed
in thnl
nlghtmarish
carnage.
Mcn
wc-re
()ftCt aga1n
~acl
O&nd
ured of \\Jr. But how could thc)
prevcnt future wars"
Ontt .ag.:1in.
it
\\'aS obvtOU)
to
m.1.ny
that
thc ""orld
nc:e-ded
50me ..
,nd
o(
o1
supe-r·
10\'C:rnment
if
intc:mat.tonal pcace "'ere
10
be
mamt~med
Thc
...,orld'i:
cldtr
.statt.~mcn
\lroOrLed long
and hard lO crea
le an
cffcti1'-'C
IO\If\unent
of
pcll<l<. and
10
1945 the Untled N;allon> was
tx>rn
Th1s
was
man·~
bc..st
aucmpt
so
rar
to
bu1ld an 1nstrum<nt which. hopef\llly. could
kccp pcacc among the nauonlo.
Many
be·
Satan Up; God Down?
Tht
Center for Pohcv Rcsc.arch tc:lls us
that
bchef m 53
un
OH'r Íhe
lait
dcc:o~de
tS
up
JO
perc<n~
wtule
be:
he( m God has <l<ehned
1~
n.......
1963 and 1973. the pereentage
of tho;e
"h<>
bc:he•ed
m
Sat•n ¡umped from
l7 10 48 perecnt. whtle another 20 pereent
b<h<vcd thal Lucifer ..probably"' <XISI<.
Mc-anwhtlc. 1he
ranb
or l?ehevers In
God
declin<d from 77 lo 69 perccnt. wuh the
numberofavowed athelSts doubling. O
WEEK ENDING FEB. 8. 197S
hc\c:d u to
be
m~n\
b,a hope al pre\tnllng
future ¡¡loba!
">1'
Shonly
ancr
IU
c:reaiiOn.
11
bt<:3mc
\U\–
pect
that
tha\
organt7...alfon.
like
thc
Lcaguc:
of Natton\ before u. was 1nefl"eclh·e
;u
an
instrumc:nl of
pc.al."C.
11
pro\•cd
to
be
u dt·
vided organll!HIOn -
dividtd
bccwccn thc
Communa)t
anl.l Ocmocnuic
nat 1 0n~.
And u
hous.c
dwidcd
cannot
Stan\1.
A long.
drawn
out
oold
war
hc1gh1encd antagomsm "'uhm
th< U.N
Thc
U.N pro\td un.able to
prt\.tnt
lht
Ar11b-l(.raeh """'"
o(
194fC. 19$6. 1967
and
197).
ltkev.l)('.
11
v.·a~
unable 10 pre\'ent.
ar
by
alSCif.
C\en
'honen 1he Korc:an
War.
Nc:l–
ther ""as
tt
.-blc
10
do
IJO)lhtng
1mprc~I\C
tn
1hc
Cong.().
Va~tnam
oran) ot.her
maJOr area
ofconfhct.
The
more
rcl:~nt
1974
war m
Cyprus
provcd
ont-c: ng.1an
how
helplc~
thc
U.N
really
is.
Late
1n 1974,
thc General
As.scmbty
votcd
ro
~\l"ptnd
South A(nc.a rrom
tht>
Genero!
Assembl) for th< ,.,, of the
ye~r.
And then.
as
af
to add .nsult
co
tnjUl')'.
tbc
U.~.
1.00k
thc unptettdenttd 4ittp
Of IRVIliRg
lht>
lt~dtt
of a
non·natlon.
Ya\'\ar Arafa\; 10
spc:a~
be·
rore th< Gencr.ll A<sembly.
In hl\ spe:ec.:h Araf;u \.ud he
C"dmc
beanng
an
"ohve
branch.. '"
onc
hand and a ..
free·
dom
fig.htcr·~
gun"
10
che
othcr. Though nul–
lion~
ofTV
vtc-wcr<
gota
~limpse
of
Arafat\
"gun."
no
one
ha~
ye1 clamled to have
rc::tlly
secn
any
sagn oran ...,hvc:
brunch."
Today.
thc
U.N.
l'i
more dividcd
than
C\'Cr
- bctwctn
tht
\\rtahh)'
"havt"
and thc
poor
"'ha\C•oof'
n.auon' of thc -...orld.
Thc
real \'OIIn¡
pov.c-r
o(
the:
13S...nahon
U.N "hcld bv th< "Th11d World.. countn"'
lt
Jl.O"'-
looLs
ÚLt
lht~
.lmalkr n;¡tJons
h;~\c
usurped control of the U.N -
cspea>ll}
1b
G<n<l'lll AM<mbly
Mony fcar thatllny Israel will
be:
cxpelled
from that n-s<mbly bc:<au« most ofthe 138-
mcmbcr nations of thc U.N. are optnly
pro·
Arnb.
To us crcd11. thc U.N.
has
ac:complishcd
much good
1n
the ateta of cuhurc.
cdt.~taiiOn
and
C'Conom1~
llowe\ocr. thc U.N.
conlln..
ue-s
10
bé'
U\Cd
a~
a
sound1ng
board for van·
ou:5 nauons to
hammer
out
rhe:JT
propag¡¡nda
Thc U N has th< (onm bul 001 lhe
sub–
JIDff«
or
thc
pow.-,,
10
L':eep the pta«. h ha...
a btaullful
~ktlcH\1
fn.1mework. but nOI
enough mu.:;clc on 11s
boncs
to
really
make 11
work.
How long
w1l1
il be before thc world
rcc·
og.nize.s rhnt thc U.N. cannol or ilsclr cvcr
bring world peac<? O
HOW LIBERATED
CAN YOUGET8
by
Amy Bowman
lf one can >uooc:ssfully look 101n the
Womcn·s.
Movemcnt
a1ld
not bccomc ..
ms.
mcraud"
by
the cmotional imp:act of the
baulc
c-ry.
sorne
mtcrc'l'"S and
wund
con·
cepiS can
be
salvaged.
9-et-...c-cn thc
black-hat
1ma¡e
o(
tht
m1h·
tant
man•hatang
fcmana.st
and
thc- \\rh11c-ha1
tma~c-
of
fc:ma:Jt s,cntaht)
t...,
thc- more: bal·
.¡IK'('d
our&ool.
~uch
u
\faraarcl
ruttc:rs -
"" ho
~es
woma:n '""as a
na1urc
10
~row. 3~
an
mtetlcct to
di~rn.
as a -.oul
10
h\c frccly
and untmptded to
unrold
~uch
()O""'C'rs as
wert
g.•ven her.·•
Theodorc Parker observcJ that ..,he do·
me., tic runc110ns
Qf
womun
doc~
not cxhaust
hcr
fk>wers:·
11
can
ctrHunly
l.'Ontiu1nc
o1
¡ real
JlCICCntage
O(
hc:r
llnlC
lht
f('Sponsi·
b1hty
ofbccomtng
a
warc
and
mothcr cannol
JU4iufi:.bl~
be tossed
G'>1dc
an thc:
wlc
pursuu
o( ..
human
adcntu)·.. -
but
thc-
h\'CS
of
mos.1
..omcn
can encornpa"
more
The need or tmpulsc
(or
J>ei"'IUI
U·
prt.sstOn
ts beang mort:
"'Jdcly
rccog.nazcd
.tnd
aettpttd
by
toc!3y'~ b•otog.•~L\.
\OC"a.ll sea·
cnt 1 S t~o
and
psychoan3l)·<.:ts
35 a pnmary
nced.
a) bas•c
as lovc 3nd
~e'
Vea
onc
long–
tcrm
~urvcy.
conducted
by
:1
uniYersHy.
re–
vcn lcd this Slartling (act:
Whcn
ll
sclccted
sroup
Of gradualing mtn Om.f \l."001Cn were
s1v<n IQ tcst5. the womcn rated <hghtly
h1¡her
as an average
th:.n
thc mc-n Thc
).lme !.tOup
WIS tcSitd
10 )C:IJ\ latcr. and ll
"-'~i
round that the mcn
who
"'ere mJrried
1\ad c:ontanutd 10 mc-rc-:..se
thc.r
1~
(some
as
"One lump or two?"
much as
30
po1n1S) but that most of th<
married womcn•s JQs had actually dropped
Thc men.
throu¡h
thc~rcontact
with the-
out·
sidc
..,.orld. wcrc:
bcang
corutantly ch3Jiengcd
a.nd 5ttmul.:ued• ..,h1le the
women
who
had
b«omc ho""'"'"•'
bod
filled thctr da)>
with mmatl
tasks. lntcrpcnonal commun1..
cataon was hmtted lo othcr mothers and thc
jU\'Cntle
m1nd.s
of tv.·o·
and
three-yt.ar olds.
Such davti'M
worlds crea
te
a
communica11on
gap
bct""'ccn
hu.sband~
and
WI\'CS which
can
rcsult an ma
muge
problc-ms.
Whar
is truc
"libcrauon"?
Does 1
ancan
bc:iog tolótlly
~nd<pend<nt
of thc man and
the family un.1t?
Or can
11
cncomp.us
bc•n¡ n
compctcnl.
cffiCICnl.
mdc:pendcnt woma.n
who dfcc:ttvel)·
fulftll\
hcr rc:sponsibiliucs
m
tbc
bome. bul
,.h<>
m•> also appl) lhem
tJulsuk
thc homc
~hould
lhtrt"
be
wch a
destre
or need
(as
an
taW$
of
dc:ath..
dt\·<ln.:C'
or
das.abtht) or
the
man)~
lnteresting.ly
cnough.
1hc Bible
.an$\lroCf\
thesc
qucst•on~.
Many would
coosidcr
the
Biblc
a.s
¡a
r'cprt~MYt
book ag.ainst
W()rnen'"'
Lib. but let's S<< what the Bible says by
examintng
thc
hre
o(
thc: woman
or
Provcrbtt
31.
This
womon
was
3
w1fe
and mothcr
who
pc:rfomu~d
all
thc -.•omanly a.rts pertaut1n¡
lO lhc hom< COOk1ng. sev.ing. Shopping (or
food (\, 13-IS); sh< .... thnfi)
•nd
energellc
<nough 10 pl>nta ,.,den 1>. 16). Y<t.!llc had
dc:velopcd
!UC:h
talenb
a.~
upholsrcnng
"'ath
fine
ta~slry.
and
.i.hc
•as C\idently
an·
formed
and
kn~led,g.cabJe
enoug.h
m
ahc
arca
of
real cstate
10
be
capablc of
Ln·
specaing
Land and
wh:cly
dtoosa.ng
whelhcr
or not to buy it (v 16). Sh< was aware or the
cconomy (v. 18). Sh< had physical "'cnglh
(v.
25)
bul
worc
very
.sayl i~;h
and
remin.ne
elothing (v 22). She <xt<ndcd hcr>tlf
bcyond
hcr own
famtly
unit to gct
in,·ohcd
with
tht
contmunlt)'
around
hcr ('· 20). Shc
had
.a
p.arH•mc
JOb
~h.ch
brought
1n
c:·um
1ncomc: (\. 14).
F1nalh .
i:he
'9ro3.S
n.ot a
~1lcnt
pa.r1ncr.
Shc dtd .,pcai. -w.ith v.•J.sc:..
}tt
k.tnd,
adncc
and
suu,c~hOn\
('·· 26).
Wbal
d1d hcr
fam1Jy
and
thc
communuy
thiOk
or
1h14i
W()mln~
Was
~he
.$USpecced
or
hcing
100
3g&rt\~l\·c.
100
mdcpcndenl.
,and
rcbclliou.s~
No! In ract, quite lhc opposltc.
fier
husband
not only had 1rus1 in hcr ab1li·
tic:> (v. ll) but
J'Niistd
hcr for thcm (v. 28-
29): hcr
ch1ldrcn
werc:
cxlfcmcly proud
ot
thelf mother (v. 28): and her accomphlh·
m~nl$
m
thc
homc
11nd
the
communuy
broughl
hcr
pnuw
and
reco~rution
from the
etncltadcn(\
31)
H""
d1d •he l>ecomc"' hbc:rated"
Farst
of
all.
shc
'4:l..\
a
r~poM1ble ~MOn
to her husb•nd ond fam1l). Sh< dc6nH<I)
had her
pnontiCS Mri.HShl.
)CI hcr ramtly otnd
socicty
dad
not
deny hcr lhc opponun11y
w
fulfill her><lf b<yond her fam1 ly unu. An·
other
mOJOf
key
,..as
lhat she
wa.~
lovcd. en·
eouragcd und u¡>prccioted by h<r ramt ly.
Tbcy d•dn't m:tke her lafc u mattcr of ·•ci·
thtrlor..
bcawccn
fotmaly
and
greatcr
~r
>Onol fulfillmcnt
So how can "'e
-..ae""
tht Womcn')
Mo\·c·
mc:nt and ap(H)'
al
more ratk>nall)
~
Wc
should
~ahu
1ha1 1nda\'idual
devc:lopmtnt
u
c~lrcmcly
1mponan1. bul al.)()
1ha1
m an
actJ..,~.
sur¡an& world th'c
Slrcngth
of onc m·
div•dual is or hule consc:quencc: unul •• ' '
1inkcd
up wuh
othc~.
Womcn have ao av.c·
wmc and V1ta1ly
•mponant oppol'tumly.
through
lhear
individu11l and collccuvc
Uniquencss. lO 1m
provc
thc quafity or lifc:.
And of thc:
"woman'\
role'"
in
the ulllmlltt
•dc:ntuY
cri.s•s.
JcJu\
Chnst
him.~lf
spc:al11
..For 10 thc rcsuncclion lhcy (a man and a
,..oman
1
nc1thcr mury
nor
are
gr...
·cn
1n mar·
nagc. but ar< hkc antels ¡or Godl 1n
hea,en- (Mau 22.
.!0.
RSV. Mark 12;2S.
Luke
20~3$).
Paul
nrta1M...
Thc.rc
es nc1thtr
Jc"" nor
Grcek.
chcre
as
nc•thcr
bond nor
free. thtre: 1$
ne11hcr
mJie nor
fcmale:
ror )C
are: all onc 1n
C'hrlst
Jesus.
And
1f yc be
Chñst's,
chcn
nrc yc ...
hcirs
accordisl g
co
the promise·· (Ool. 3:28-29).
Jusi how ..hbtralcd•• can you get'?
O
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