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...former President of the United Nations General Assembly outlined last Thursday his "rich and most rewarding experience" in the UN. Charles Malik, Professor of Philosophy at the American University of Beirut, recounted his years in the Assembly to a full house Burr B audience...
...Although Malik called work at the organization "rewarding," he also deemed it "frustrating." Representatives are hemmed between home governments and responsibility toward the UN itself, with the vagaries of national policy adding difficulties Frustration comes also when delegates "idolize" the UN or expect too much from...
...Malik suggested the UN should be regarded in a different light. "The UN is constituted by problems; it is nothing without them." And by joining the work of the organization, men gain an "active connection with what is going on in the world...
...conclusion, Malik cited the benefits brought by participation in the UN. In addition to testing character, work there "enlarges the mind" and "tests the spirit." These three benefits. Malik implied, make participation in international organization worthwhile...
Without imposing intellectual imperialism, the United States should sponsor, through the medium of the English language, the development of national cultures. Technicians are not enough, Malik claimed; liberal thinking provides the only answer to Communism...