1. How many countries of the world are members of the U.N.?  Which countries are not members?  How many of these countries are represented by their leaders at the U.N. 60th anniversary summit this week?

2. What does President Bush want the outcome of a convention on terrorism to be? (para. 3)  What is preventing this from happening? (para. 4 & 12)

3. What is the purpose of the U.N. Security Council?  Click here for the website.
Which two countries often determine the agenda for the Security Council?
Define resolution.  What resolution was passed by the Security Council yesterday?  (For specifics click here and chose Res. 1625 - NOTE: it is in PDF; give it a minute to open.)

4. What did Iran's president demand regarding the Security Council? (para. 12-14) 
Consider the role of the Security Council - should Iran's request be met? Explain your answer.  (For a list of Security Council members, click here.)

5. What type of relationship did President Bush apppear to have with other world leaders? Why did President Bush make the joke he did about Ambassador Bolton? (para. 8)

6. President Bush says that the U.S. supports the Millennium Development goals.  List the 3 goals President Bush mentioned. (para. 9)

7. How will the U.N.'s Millennium Goals be funded? How does Secretary General Annan's adviser (Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs) feel about President Bush? (para. 10-11) Should Sachs be involved in designing a plan that would force the U.S. and other countries to pay an amount determined by him?  Explain your answer.

8. The Millennium Goals are worthwhile and important.  Then why is it considered wrong by many Americans for the U.N. to force the U.S. or any other country to give a mandatory percentage of our GNP?  Think about the term 'sovereign nation.'