World News Tonight (ABC) - 1995-10-23
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[0:00] America's
[0:02] closest allies condemn the US for not
[0:05] paying its debts. President Clinton and
[0:08] the Russian leader Boris Yelson try to
[0:10] reach agreement on what to do next in
[0:11] Bosnia. And the Russian president has
[0:14] sharp words for those who predicted the
[0:16] meeting would be a disaster.
[0:19] >> Well, now for the first time I can tell
[0:20] you that you're a disaster. [laughter]
[0:24] And in Texas, the woman accused of
[0:27] shooting the Tahhano singer Selena is
[0:29] found guilty of murder.
[0:34] >> From ABC, this is World News Tonight
[0:37] with Peter Jennings.
[0:38] >> Good evening. We begin here in New York
[0:40] tonight where practically every nation
[0:41] in the world is debating what's wrong
[0:43] with the world and whether the United
[0:45] Nations is an effective institution for
[0:47] dealing with a world beset by troubles.
[0:51] On this 50th anniversary of the UN,
[0:53] virtually everyone agrees the world body
[0:55] is in desperate need of reform. But
[0:57] today, the sharpest criticism was for
[0:59] the United States, which owes the UN
[1:01] more than a billion dollars. First, the
[1:03] British Prime Minister John Major, he
[1:05] turned the famous phrase from the
[1:07] American Revolution upside down.
[1:10] >> It is not sustainable for member states
[1:12] to enjoy representation without
[1:15] taxation. And with the UN facing the
[1:17] worst financial crisis in its history,
[1:19] another historic ally of the US, France
[1:23] spoke out as well.
[1:27] >> It is not acceptable that numerous
[1:29] countries and in particular the first
[1:31] among them by allowing its arars to pile
[1:33] up lead to the failure of an
[1:35] organization. With so many leaders here
[1:38] and some crises more