UNITED NATIONS
(See also Beasts; League of Nations)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
accomplishments: w85 10/1 3-4; g85 6/8 29; g79 2/22 10; g65 9/22 16-17; g64 1/8 31; g63 10/8 30-31; g62 10/8 9-12; g54 6/22 6-8; g53 12/22 3-4; g49 1/22 29
Anglo-American support: w71 723-724; kj 351; w66 499; w63 695-696; g62 10/8 21; w61 360; w55 638; sr55 338; w53 582-583; ms53 339; nh 287; w48 164; tf 335-338
anniversary ceremonies: g65 9/22 16
40th anniversary: w85 10/1 3; g85 6/8 29; g85 8/8 29
armed forces: w85 10/1 3-4; g85 10/22 5-7; g63 7/22 30
attitude toward compulsory retirement: g82 11/22 29
charter: w85 10/1 3, 5; w85 10/15 4; g85 10/22 4; w67 122; li 295-296; g66 9/22 5; g65 7/22 29; g62 1/22 17; g62 10/8 5, 12-13, 17; ns 69
preamble: g85 10/22 8; g66 9/22 5; g62 10/8 5; g54 6/8 5-6
China: w74 549; g72 3/8 7; g72 10/8 4, 12; g71 1/8 29; g71 6/22 29; g71 12/8 29; g69 1/8 31; g67 1/8 30; g66 1/8 29; g63 12/8 29-30
Christian view of: w85 10/1 7, 16; g85 10/22 9-11; w83 10/1 14-16; g67 2/8 3-4; g63 1/8 6; g62 10/8 28-29
comment by Jeane Kirkpatrick that UN advances a Marxist ideology: g83 3/8 29
comments in support:
clergy: w85 10/1 15-16; w81 1/15 14; kc 169; w80 11/15 21; w79 10/15 15; w76 643; w76 711; w74 135; g73 2/8 29; w67 115, 123-124; w66 14; yb66 21; w65 614; gv 4-5; g65 9/22 18; g65 11/22 12-13; bf 586-589; g63 1/8 6; w62 252; g62 10/8 16-19, 23, 30; w61 528; g61 2/22 30; g61 10/8 16-17; g60 2/22 5-7; g60 11/22 18; w59 492, 579; w58 649-650; w54 200; g54 7/8 9-12; g52 7/22 17-22; g51 2/8 7-8; g49 2/8 11; g47 9/8 10-12
historian: g74 5/8 29
law professor: g74 10/22 29
politicians: w85 10/1 3; fm 348-349; g68 12/22 7; g65 5/8 12; g65 9/22 16-17; g64 6/8 29; g62 10/8 4, 6, 12, 15, 30; g60 2/22 7; g60 3/22 27; w59 612; gs 3; w58 650; g55 2/22 23; w54 485; g54 6/22 5; g54 7/8 11-12; w53 563; g52 7/22 17-21; w50 517; g49 2/8 10-11; pg 11-13; w46 313; g46 10/22 19
popes: w85 10/1 16; g85 12/22 7-8; w82 9/15 18-19; kc 169; w80 1/1 3-4, 7; w79 2/1 23; g79 2/22 15
press: g85 6/8 29; w58 649; w53 326; g47 6/8 4
comments on inabilities: w85 10/1 4-5; w85 10/15 6; g85 10/22 6-8; w76 199; g74 1/22 29; g74 6/22 8; g73 10/8 30; g72 3/8 5-7; g70 7/22 29; g69 10/8 6; g69 12/8 29; g69 12/22 29; g67 2/8 4; g67 6/8 30; g65 3/22 30; g65 5/8 13-16; g65 7/8 29; g65 9/8 29; g65 9/22 16-17; g65 11/22 11; yb64 263-264; g64 6/8 29; g63 2/22 6; w62 253; g62 10/8 13-15, 30; w61 276, 360; g61 10/22 29; g60 2/22 5-8; g60 10/22 29; g60 12/8 26; g54 6/22 5; nh 279; g53 11/8 15; g51 2/8 5-8
Committee on Crime Prevention and Control: g79 10/22 4
Conference on Indochinese Refugees: g80 2/8 16
Congo: g85 10/22 5; g63 7/22 30; g61 1/8 29
corruption: g73 3/8 20; g66 12/22 30
crime control: g73 1/8 30-31
debate regarding declaring 1992 the “Year of the Fifth Centennial of the Discovery of America”: g83 6/8 29-30
destruction of—
Christendom: w85 10/1 11-12; w82 11/15 5-7; w79 12/1 23
religion: w85 10/1 16; w82 11/15 5-7; w80 5/15 24-25; w80 7/1 17; w79 2/1 26; w76 48-49, 52-53, 55; gh 147; g76 10/22 8-10; g75 7/22 8; w74 719
dictatorships among member nations: w78 10/15 24
disarmament: w64 624; g62 10/8 5-6, 12; w60 233-235
Saudi Arabian ambassador’s suggestion on: g78 12/8 11
Special Session on Disarmament (1978): g78 12/22 6, 8
discussion: w85 10/1 3-18; g85 10/22 3-11; g79 2/22 9-11; w76 643-644; w76 709-711; g76 10/22 3-10; w74 547-552; g72 3/8 5-7
disunity: g85 10/22 4-7; g65 5/8 13-16; g62 10/8 31; g62 12/8 29; w61 613; nu 4-5; g60 12/8 24-26; g54 6/22 6; w53 326; g52 7/22 18-19; rm 11; g49 2/8 9-11; g47 6/8 4-5
about including “God” in charter: g85 10/22 4
employees:
number in Geneva, Switzerland: g76 12/22 29
wages: g76 12/22 29
end foretold: w85 10/1 15-17; w84 9/15 15; g62 10/8 22-23; w61 360, 528, 631; w60 89; w59 43; yw 282-283; g54 7/8 10-11
environment conference: g72 9/22 29
establishment: g85 10/22 4-5; sl 251; w74 547-548; w71 723, 725; w70 689; w69 616; fm 51; w67 122; w66 499; g65 5/8 12; w63 696; bf 585; w60 88-89; g60 2/22 5; yw 282; g54 6/8 5; g54 6/22 6; g54 7/8 11; w53 563; nh 278; w46 313
failure: w85 10/1 4-7, 16; w85 12/15 30; g85 8/8 29; w84 1/1 31; g84 11/22 29; w83 12/15 14; g83 1/8 13; g83 1/22 29; w82 12/1 11; g82 3/8 29; g80 9/8 21; g79 2/22 11; w78 10/15 24; w74 611-612; hu 4-5, 10-11; g74 6/22 8-9; g74 12/8 9; w72 613-614, 617-618; dn 4; w71 561; g68 12/22 6-7; g65 2/22 29; g65 3/22 30; g65 5/8 12-16; g65 7/8 29; g65 9/22 17; g64 6/8 29; g62 10/8 11-15, 30-31; w61 259; g61 10/22 29; g60 10/22 29; sr55 270-271; g54 6/22 5; g51 2/8 5-8; g49 2/8 10-11
reasons for: w85 10/15 4-7
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization):
percent of military spending needed to end world hunger: g84 9/22 29
report on poverty: g79 6/8 29-30
report on world hunger: g85 1/8 12; w80 10/15 10; g79 6/8 29-30; g78 3/8 29
finances: g72 1/8 29; g72 3/8 7; g72 12/22 29; g65 5/8 12-14; g64 6/8 29; g63 5/22 31; g63 12/8 30; g62 1/22 29; g62 10/8 31
operating costs: g84 3/22 29
General Assembly: g85 4/22 29
Habitat Conference: g76 11/22 13-15
International Conference on Population (Mexico City, Mexico): g84 11/8 29
International Narcotics Control Board:
report on illegal drugs: w83 5/15 15
International Women’s Conference: g75 8/22 29
International Year of Peace (1986): w85 7/1 24; w85 10/1 3, 5-6, 18
king of the north’s influence: g64 6/8 29; ns 348-350; w54 445; w53 563-564; nh 278-279
Korean War: g68 2/22 11-15; g65 5/8 16; g62 10/8 7-8, 11
members at war with each other: w78 10/15 24
membership: w85 10/1 4; g82 2/8 29; w81 2/1 19; w80 10/1 24; g80 3/8 29; w79 1/15 3; w79 9/1 24; w79 11/1 19; w79 11/15 21; g79 2/22 4; w78 3/1 17; go 175; g77 1/8 20; w76 49; w76 232; w75 612; w75 690; sl 9-10, 237, 339; og 4; g75 5/8 10; g75 7/22 6; w74 548-549; w74 611; hu 4; g73 11/8 30; w72 626, 741; pm 243, 326; dn 21; kj 351; w70 689; w69 616; fm 51; g68 12/22 30; w66 345, 499; g66 11/8 31; g65 1/22 31; g65 5/8 15; g65 9/22 16; g65 10/8 13; g64 2/8 29; g64 6/8 29; g64 6/22 29; w63 685; bf 509, 586; g63 6/22 29; g63 10/8 30-31; g62 1/22 19; g62 2/8 30; g62 10/8 7; g62 11/8 29; g62 11/22 30; g62 12/8 29; g62 12/22 29; w61 613; nu 4; w60 748; g60 12/8 23; w59 43
1945-1985 (chart): g85 10/22 11
number of underdeveloped nations: g77 1/8 20
Switzerland’s attitude toward: g79 6/8 29
military spending:
secretary-general’s comment on: g83 9/22 29
multiplicity of UN documents: g83 4/22 29
organizational structure: g85 10/22 7; g62 1/22 17-19; g62 10/8 7-9, 14; w61 528; g54 6/8 5-8; g54 6/22 7-8
Economic and Social Council: g62 10/8 9
General Assembly: w74 548-549; g65 5/8 13-15; g62 10/8 8
International Court of Justice: g80 3/8 29; g79 2/22 11; g62 10/8 8-9
Secretariat: g62 10/8 8
Secretary-General: g85 10/22 5; g63 1/22 29
Security Council: g85 10/22 6-7; w74 548; g62 10/8 7-8
specialized agencies: w74 547; g62 10/8 9, 12, 22-23
Trusteeship Council: g62 10/8 9
“peace and security”: w85 10/1 3-18; w76 710-711; g75 2/8 9
peace efforts: w85 10/1 3-7; w64 624, 626; pw 10, 14; g64 6/22 23; g64 7/22 30; g62 10/8 5-6, 10, 15, 30; g60 3/22 27; w59 579; w58 649; w55 638; g55 2/22 23; w54 485; g54 6/22 6; pn 3-4, 14-18, 25
International Year of Peace (1986): w85 7/1 24; w85 10/1 3, 5-6, 18
period of decline: w74 547-549
power: g85 10/22 6-7
problems facing: w85 10/1 5; g85 10/22 8; g79 2/22 10-11; w74 550-551
chart: g85 10/22 11
pronouncements regarding religion: g76 10/22 3-6
purpose: w85 10/1 3-4; g79 2/22 9-10; g66 9/22 5; g65 5/8 12; g62 10/8 5
rejection of God’s Kingdom: w63 685; mg63 29; g62 10/8 20-23; g60 2/22 8; cy 28; g54 7/8 12; nh 280, 286; g53 12/22 4; pn 15-18, 53
religious influence: w85 10/1 15-16; g85 10/22 3-4; w82 9/15 18-19; w81 1/15 14; kc 169; w80 1/1 3-4; g76 10/22 3-6; w74 135; w69 616; w66 345-346; g65 8/22 30; g65 9/22 18; g65 11/22 11-14; g64 4/22 18; w63 726; g63 12/8 30; g62 1/22 19; g62 10/8 16-19; w61 613, 630-631; nu 5; g60 2/22 5-7; g54 7/8 9-12; w53 563; nh 279-280; rm 328-329; g51 2/8 7-8; w49 250; pg 12-13; g47 9/8 9-12; w46 293; g46 10/22 19
reports on—
amount of money spent on food by country: g81 3/8 30
illegal drugs: g83 6/8 30
nuclear weapons: w81 6/1 26
people who have disappeared: g82 6/22 29
report to the UN Human Rights Commission:
regarding executions without due process of law: g83 7/22 29
rising prestige: w74 550-551
secretary-general:
comments by Dag Hammarskjöld: w85 10/1 4, 7; w85 10/15 6; g85 10/22 3-4
comments by Javier Pérez de Cuéllar: w85 1/1 3; w85 2/1 9; w85 10/1 4-5
comments by Kurt Waldheim: g85 10/22 6, 8
comments by Trygve Lie on responsibilities: g85 10/22 5
comments by U Thant: w71 67-68; g71 4/22 4; w70 238; g70 10/8 30; g70 11/8 29
problems faced by each: g85 10/22 6
responsibilities and influence: g85 10/22 5
surveys regarding—
crime worldwide: g80 12/22 30
how viewed: g61 11/22 30
“swords into plowshares” inscriptions: g85 10/22 10; g82 5/8 29; g76 2/8 29
symbolic representations:
“disgusting thing” (Da 11:31; 12:11; Mt 24:15; Mr 13:14): w85 10/1 8-13; w84 9/15 15; w82 5/15 16; w82 11/15 5-7; w79 2/1 26; w79 10/15 14-15; w78 10/1 16; w77 44; go 152; w75 743-744; w74 718; ka 311-313, 316; w71 723-724; w70 689, 721-722; w63 54-55; w62 390; g62 10/8 22-23; w61 630-631; w60 88-89; w59 43; yw 282-283; w54 444-445; g54 7/8 9-12; w53 326, 561-564; nh 277-278; g53 10/8 26; g47 9/8 12; dr 24-29; tf 338-339
“eighth” world power (Re 17:11): w83 10/1 15; w80 5/15 24-25; w80 11/15 30-31; w78 6/15 14; g76 10/22 9; sl 237, 247, 271; g75 2/8 8-9; w74 718; ka 310-313, 317, 394; w71 723-724; kj 351; w70 722-724; w67 156-158; w66 499; w63 695-697, 725-726; bf 594; w62 732; w61 360; w60 88; w59 508; yw 185, 281; sr55 18-19, 127; w53 563-564, 582; ms53 339; nh 276; g47 8/22 16
“image of the wild beast” (Re 13:15): w85 10/1 13-18; g85 10/22 8-9; go 117; w76 709-711; w75 743-744; w73 676; kj 258, 363-364; w70 689; fm 344; w67 156-158; w66 345, 499; w63 695-696; bf 509, 531, 533, 561-562, 585-594; w62 733; g62 10/8 21; w61 360, 525-526, 530; w60 88-89; w59 573, 598; yw 205-206, 281-283; w55 638; sr55 341; w53 582; nh 287, 297; tf 338-340
“scarlet-colored wild beast” (Re 17:3): w85 10/1 13-18; w83 10/1 15; w81 1/15 14; w81 3/15 20; kc 165-167; w79 7/1 7; w79 10/15 14-15; w75 743-744; sl 247; w74 551-552; w74 718; w73 676; w67 122, 182; w63 695-697; g62 10/8 21-22; rm 328-329
two agencies in conflict over tobacco cultivation in Third World nations: g83 9/8 29
UN City in Vienna:
discussion: g79 8/22 24-25
stealing at: g80 9/22 30
underdeveloped nations: g74 12/8 8-9
UNEP (United Nations Environmental Program):
report on deterioration of world conditions: g82 8/22 29
warning on pollution: g85 7/22 5
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization):
preamble to charter: w85 10/15 7
report on illiteracy: g84 6/22 29; g81 11/8 30
withholds prizes for combating illiteracy: g77 11/22 29
UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund):
report, The State of the World’s Children 1984: g84 4/22 29
report on malnutrition among children: g83 8/22 29; g82 4/8 30; g80 4/8 29
“Uniting for Peace” resolution: g62 10/8 8
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: g79 9/8 4, 8-12; g60 2/22 6; g49 1/22 29
U.S. role: w85 10/1 3; w74 548-549
Vatican: w76 711; g68 1/8 30
veto: g72 3/8 5; g64 6/8 29; g62 10/8 7, 10
visits by—
Kosygin: g67 8/8 29
popes: w80 1/1 3-7; w67 90, 124; w66 345-346; g65 8/22 30; g65 10/22 29; g65 11/22 9-15
weaknesses: w85 10/1 4-6; w85 12/15 30; g85 10/22 8; w74 547-549
WHO (World Health Organization): g60 10/22 5, 7; g54 6/22 7-8
comment on smoking in developing countries: g80 6/22 29
end of need for smallpox vaccination: g80 7/22 29
report on cure rate for mental illness: g80 11/22 29
report on traffic accidents: g80 3/22 29
view of marijuana: g80 8/8 6
view of smoking: g80 7/22 29; g79 9/22 29; g78 5/22 29
Witnesses’ attitude toward: g85 10/22 9-11
Witnesses foretell rise: w85 10/1 15; g85 10/22 4; w79 7/1 7; w60 89; yw 282; tf 338-339
World Food Council: g80 8/22 5; g79 11/22 29; g78 2/8 4-7
Quotations
around for another 40 years—provided the world is: g85 6/8 29
bitterly disappointed by the uselessness of this pro-peace organization: g80 9/8 21
called upon to keep peace when there has been no peace in the hearts of men: g79 2/22 11
chief temporal hope for world peace: w76 643; w76 711
churches and UN have aim in common: g85 10/22 3
General Assembly is becoming the Theater of the Absurd: w84 3/1 16
greatest hope is that we may be permitted to save the old earth: w85 10/1 4, 7; w85 10/15 6
greatest of all international organizations (Pope Paul VI): w79 2/1 23
in an immoral world it too grew up immoral: w85 10/1 5
last best hope: g85 12/22 7
last hope of concord and peace (Pope Paul VI): g85 12/22 7-8; w82 9/15 18; kc 169; w79 2/1 23
none of the member nations is ready to sacrifice its own interests for the collective good: w85 10/15 6
organization has failed in its central purpose: w85 10/1 4
partial paralysis of the United Nations as the guardian of international peace and security: w84 1/1 31
powerless to generate the support to insure that decisions are respected: g83 1/22 29
reflection of the loving and transcendent design of God (Pope Paul VI): w85 10/1 16
sole hope for lasting peace: kc 169
special bond of cooperation links the apostolic See with the UN (Pope John Paul II): w81 1/15 14; kc 169
supreme forum of peace and justice, the authentic seat of freedom (Pope John Paul II): w82 9/15 19; kc 169; w80 1/1 3
totalitarians a working majority in: g79 4/22 30
ultimate hope for harmony and peace (Pope Paul VI): g79 2/22 15
UN and churches stand side by side to establish peace on earth: g85 10/22 3
UN has been unable to play as effective a role as the Charter envisaged for it: w82 12/1 11
United Nations has fallen upon hard days: g84 11/22 29
we have strayed far from the U.N. Charter: w84 3/15 6
with its emphasis on sovereignty, pride of nation, expression of grievance, the U.N. has become a log-rolling conclave: w83 12/15 14
world turned out to be a more complex, far less orderly place than had been hoped: w85 10/1 5