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Challenges to the World and the Role of Japan in a New United Nations.

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(From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI))

Byline: Akashi Yasushi

There is a lively debate in the world about the role the United Nations (UN) should play for peace and stability in the light of the growing number of conflicts, particularly those in developing countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and in some Caribbean and Latin American states. The great majority of these conflicts are internal rather than international. This is a big difference from the situation which prevailed in the decades after 1945, when the UN came into being. A cursory reading of the UN Charter makes it clear that the Organization was mainly created ...

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