The United States commends the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire and French forces for the actions that they have taken to protect civilians.

WHITEHOUSE: Statement by the President on Cote d'Ivoire

During WWII, the Allies begot the United Nations, thinking they'd figured out how to deal with the League's fatal shortcomings.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

"I don't believe that there was any kind of surrender because we are not ready and we will never be ready to surrender Kosovo as an integral part and spiritual cradle of the Yugoslavian nation, " Vladislav Jovanovic, Yugoslavia's charge d'affaires at the United Nations, told Associated Press Television News.

CNN: Kosovo