The United Nations Foundation and The Better World Fund
Timothy E. Wirth, President
Timothy E. Wirth is a former U.S. Senator from Colorado and Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs for the Administration of President Bill Clinton. The following statement is from a June 13, 2007, hearing on UN Peacekeeping Operations before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight on UN Peacekeeping Operations. Fundamentally, the UN works where the United States wants itto. The UN has always been a key element of U.S. foreign policy, and when the UnitedStates. pays attention and pays its bills, the UN is both a bargain and anopportunity —…
