Diplomatic License

Transcript of CNN’s program Diplomatic License, which aired on May 15th, 2005, covering “Current Events at the United Nations.”

Excerpt:

GEORGE LOPEZ, NOTRE DAME UNIV.: Well, remember, we know that $4.4 billion in Oil For Food needs to be accounted for. This may be a good deal of that. What we also know is that it is nearly triple that amount worked outside the system, with the approval of individual members of the council, and the dialogue in the media up to this point has focused almost exclusively on the secretariat and not on the member states and the Security Council.