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“As long as states insist that they are the supreme arbiters of their destinies — that as sovereign entities their decisions are subject to no higher authority — international organizations will never be able to guarantee the maintenance of peace.” (Former Secretary-General of the UN Kurt Waldheim, The United Nations: The Tarnished Image, Foreign Affairs, p. 93. 1984.)

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