TALLINN (BNS) - The United Nations is in need of radical reform if it wants to keep pace with a changing international climate, says Estonian Foreign Minister Toomas Ilves.Speaking at a meeting of Nordic and Baltic foreign ministers in Iceland, Ilves lamented what he perceives as the steadily declining role of the United Nations since the end of the Cold War. Ilves said the United Nations should adhere to an austerity plan that would cut back on bureaucracy, an Estonian Foreign Ministry spokesman said.Ilves said the United Nations has been very successful in giving humanitarian aid and adde...
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