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	NDExpert:  Kroc Institute's Lopez praises Rice U.N. appointment


    
      
        
          NDExpert:  Kroc Institute's Lopez praises Rice U.N. appointment

          
            
              
                
                Published: November 30, 2008
              

              
                Author: Michael O. Garvey
              

              







          

          
          
          

          
        
        
        
          

George A. Lopez, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor of Peace Studies in the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, applauded President-elect Barack Obama’s appointment of Susan A. Rice as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

According to Lopez, both the appointment of Rice and the manner of Obama’s appointment are promising.

“Rice brings significant experience in Africa, where the vast majority of U.N. peacekeeping missions and U.N. sanctions missions are in operation,”Lopez said.

“It is significant that she has critiqued the organization for inaction on Darfur,”he said,"but, as a former under-secretary of state, she also knows well that the U.N. can only proceed as far as the big powers will permit it.

“Of greatest importance is that, in this appointment, President-elect Obama has begun to repair the heavily damaged U.S.-U.N. relationship.Obama has stated that the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. will again hold Cabinet rank, undoing the demotion rendered by President Bush.In addition, the U.S. mission will be an active and helpful partner in restoring the multilateral tool

of U.S. policy that has been so undermined and neglected in the past eight years. As energetic an ambassador as Rice will be, she fits this task well.”

A member of the Notre Dame faculty since 1986, Lopez is a leading scholar of repression and human rights violations, ethics and the use of force, and economic sanctions. He also serves as an advisor to the U.N. Security Council, the European Union, and governments, foundations and organizations involved in human rights, international affairs and peace research.

_ Contact: Professor Lopez at 574-631-6972 or_  " Lopez.1@nd.edu ":mailto:Lopez.1@nd.edu

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