I think it is all right for one ambassador to come and push, but an ambassador always has to remember that there are 190 others who will have to be convinced, or a vast majority of them, for action to take place,
We have not yet achieved the sweeping and fundamental reform that I and many others believe is required.
This technology is far less capital-intensive than old industrial technology, and therefore may enable poor countries to leapfrog some of the long and painful stages of development that others had to go through,
If the U.S. and others were to go outside the council and take military action, it would not be in conformity with the charter.
But while some countries produce more than they need to feed their people, others do not, and many of these cannot afford to import enough to make up the gap.