A strong relationship between the United Nations and the U.S. is in the best interest of both, but the world body needs reform to improve effectiveness, according to this Bloomberg editorial. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has already moved to strengthen financial accounting and should do more to reinforce principles contained in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-30/u-s-should-show-its-support-for-un-by-trying-to-fix-what-s-wrong-view.html