UNITED NATIONS: The Planetary Spirit

UNITED NATIONS The Planetary Spirit As the General Assembly of the United Nations settled down for its 26th session last week, the traditionally wide-ranging opening debate allowed almost everyone a chance to speak his mind on almost anything. Amid the logorrhea, the delegates were able to point to one U.N. achievement. From Geneva, representatives of 25 nations forwarded to the General Assembly a draft agreement to destroy germ weapons. The U.N. must approve the convention, and then the nations who sign it will have nine months to reduce their...

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