George H.W. Bush: “Well, I was talking to Marlin about it, and I understand that the spirit that was in that room, a spirit of ``let's get…”

“Well, I was talking to Marlin about it, and I understand that the spirit that was in that room, a spirit of ``let's get something done,'' was reflected in the statements afterwards. And let's hope that we can move forward. Now, I don't want to take any more questions in here because we've got a lot to talk about with the U.N. Secretary-General. But let me just say before we close off those machines, in my view he came into the United Nations at a very difficult time, but also perhaps the most challenging time in its history as it begins to fulfill its mission in not just the social and economic side that Maurice Strong's been so active in but in the political side. I'm talking about peacekeeping, peacemaking. And he is off to a fantastic start, and I want to work with him to see where the United States can be as cooperative as possible with the United Nations. They're doing a lot of things that benefit mankind in both the economic and social council, all those agenda items, and now in this very important peacekeeping, beginning to fulfill the dream of the founders, and that's very, very important.”