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03/27/2003 Archived Entry: "un knows it's irrelevant"

EVEN THE UN KNOWS ITS IRRELEVANT: Although he couldn't resist lecturing the U.S. and Britain, Kofi Annan had to explicitly concede the U.N.'s failure to deal with Iraq, while implicitly conceding its waning relevance.

Although predicting the world body's demise may be premature, that result has gone from being beyond the pale just a couple of years ago to a real possibility now. Will the last one out please turn off the lights?