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Gregory Meeks: The best thing they could do, frankly, would be to ask the Security Council to take responsibility for the problem and…

On the recordMay 3, 2021
The best thing they could do, frankly, would be to ask the Security Council to take responsibility for the problem and hand it over to them instead of being an obstacle and a fig leaf that allows for Security Council inaction, in my opinion.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Meeks criticizes ASEAN's handling of political issues, suggesting they defer to the Security Council.

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