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Nita Lowey: It has often been said that if the United Nations did not already exist, we would have to create it.

On the recordMarch 2, 2011
It has often been said that if the United Nations did not already exist, we would have to create it.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Lowey argues for the necessity of the U.N. in maintaining global stability.

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