U.N. Report Proposes Organizational Reforms

NPR | By Melissa Block

Published December 2, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

A report outlining proposed reforms of the United Nations, including an expansion of the group's Security Council, is formally presented to Secretary-General Kofi Annan. NPR's Melissa Block talks about the report with Nancy Soderberg, a former alternate representative to the U.N.

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