OWASCO- VOLKSWAGEN INC. ~ iIiII1I~ AnrovieltaGRo th n serv e o BESTsince Feln1972.H Y _ Rentais in Canada, USA and Europe, overseas delivery OWAR O 1425 Dundas St. East, Whitby a: AuÃ"u 686-641041 To P OLLA FOR 35 MINUTES OWASO TO DOLAR FRý. EAST FROM RV- YOUR TRADE! .-ý- ,rONý I ~ .. Page 14, Whitby Fre Press, Wednesday, June 5, 199 Jetta Trek 5 on the floor. 21 on the roof. When you lease or buy a limited editionJetta Trek you flot only get a g reat lease rate on a 115 horsepower Volkswagen Jetta, you a Iso get a 21 speed, limited edition Trek performance mountain bike and an ail purpose roof rack. You also 9et dual* airbags, fog lights, rack and pinion *steering and rear spoiler plus * many. more standard features. Drivers wanted4"(,) __ ~ ~ ' fo1UfVYAEU- TEMU- UI; 1 el p IERLJPIZZA c'Ru PIZZA $10 OFF ADDITIONAL ýSAVINGS m PalimnBS. epr ByMAex Shepherd ]n spite of the. U.S. musings about its role as a world peacekeeper, I flnd littie practical evidence that there is any reality to this dlaim. Rteently 1 travelled to the United Nations and learned this lesson. To pive you some idea how countries'around the world view the UN, tbink of it this way. The UN'. budget ia approximately one-third that of the New York City police force. Even worse, the U.S. han flot paid their memb.rship dues. A whopping $15 billion ilosanng Melanwhile Canada is owed over $250 million for its own peacekeeping operations. 1 was surprised to learn that countries like Pakistan and Jordan, countries w, would consider third world, make up the majority of peacekeeping force The U.S. and its other Security Council colleagues only recommend grandiose aciiemes as world policemen. They fail to back their policies with commitment. When'bullets fly, it'. the third-world countries caught in the crofire. mhes. countries are not fighting forces to be reckoned with. They are poorly equipped and trained. Security, Council members are also good at recommending UN intervention in aneas like Boania and Somalia. Yet again the forces going into these areas are poorly equipped and do not have the manpower to do a proper job. In the cases of Bosnia and Somalia, there was no peace to keep at the time peacekeepers were sent. This kind of action should b. outaide the mandate of the. UN. The meetings I -att.ndd at the UN were joint meetings between 10 Canadian parliamentarians and a similar number of U.S. congressional leaders. Only three congress representativea ever show.d their face and tiiose three only stayed for .a brief p.riod. To me this shows the commitmentof tii. U.S. te the UN. Members of Parliament came from as far away as British Columbiaï:.but Congres. representatives, many of wiiom -Were from the New York City area, couldn't make it across thie Brooklyn Bridge. The UN, in some ways, is a bit of an international joke. It'is dependent on the. graciousness of its 185 members. But a'Es you can gues., wiien their members3 become preoccupied witii self-interests, commi tmnt te the international body takes second place. I have suggested an international tax on armament manufacturera to allow the. UN a degre. of independence from self-interests. But it i. just this indepedence the. U.S. ha. no interest in developing. Recent history ha. shown that now is the time te clarify the.-mandate of the UN. And to ask just wiio it i. that is going-te foot theii.blLAllowing thei. U.- t fancy-- themselves as world policemen, wile tiiey fail te put their money wiiere ther. mouth i., i. letting them get away witii postulating.-- ý e ,,1 . Viewed this way, it isn't a very large leap te understand w>iywe 45aia tion are iiaving difficulty witiithe. U.S. wiien it comes to our supplyjmïnaâaged agricêultural sectors and softwood lumber. Tii. U.S. will continue.te play bully until, soneorne tek.. tiem t-)aék. Why not Canada? Alex Shepherd is MP for Durham riding-which inclde Whitby, noih of Taunton Rtoad. To reach hia constitency offioe,,call 723-7670 (Oshawa). MUL '&lm mm MMLM-% mm MME :--MMI MM Il mMEM Mm Ir -IMM