*Sigh*  It seems there's no reform, no attempt at progress, that covert tyrants won't use to expand their power -- and a lot of them are members of the UN.  The UN has totally betrayed its original purpose, and has become a sandbox full of squabbling spoiled children trying to steal each others' toys.  The US should withdraw its membership from the UN -- and withdraw its lease on the building, obliging those nasty little petty politicians to move elsewhere.  I'd recommend Afghanistan, or Somalia, or Ecuador. 

--Leslie