ABSTRACT
Historic changes are transforming the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Central and South America and South Africa. A reunited Germany, an ex-enemy, might well emerge as the dominant nation in Europe. In an article entitled The United Nations and Its Discontents’, Sir Brian Urquhart, the UN historian, wrote: That the organization needs to be reformed, strengthened, and modernized should by be obvious. After the tumultuous changes of the past forty-five years, the world of 1990 bears little resemblance to that of 1945. In 1945, the main common objective of nations was to avoid a third world war, to establish a collective system of peace and security, and to achieve an agreement on general disarmament. As President of the United States, Jimmy Carter made human rights the cornerstone of his foreign policy. He was also the architect of the Camp David Agreement, which led to peace between Egypt and Israel.
