UN REFORM – ANOTHER GRAND ILLUSION? THIS SEPTEMBER, the United Nation’s 2005 World Summit will debate “an achievable set of proposals,” submitted by Secretary General Kofi Annan, to reform the U.N.’s core functions in the areas of economic development, security, and the protection of human rights. The characterization of the reforms as “achievable” is ominous, given that most member states are not particularly interested in fundamental change at Turtle Bay. Worse, the proposed reforms–which include the expansion of the Security Council–may weaken the organization’s ability to condemn aggression, or to intercede with peacekeeping forces to prevent another Rwanda or Sudan.

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