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WORLD, Page 41World NotesUNITED NATIONSYeltsin: A -- Li Peng: C-
The formal result of the meeting was a bland resolution
urging expansion of United Nations peacekeeping efforts. But the
mere fact that the first ever summit meeting of the Security
Council convened testified to the U.N.'s growing clout. Of the 15
members, 13 sent heads of government; two grabbed the spotlight.
Russian President Boris Yeltsin was trying to shed his image as
a hard-drinking oaf. Chinese Prime Minister Li Peng was trying
to shed his pariah status as the Butcher of Beijing.
Yeltsin came across as a serious statesman, repeating
sweeping disarmament proposals and adding an intriguing
suggestion: a global missile-defense system that would blend
Russian defense technology into the U.S. Star Wars program.
Having just decreed the release of the last 10, he boasted that
"there are no more prisoners of conscience in free Russia." But
if Yeltsin earned high marks, Li barely passed. Despite support
in the final summit declaration of "respect for human rights,"
Li denounced such concerns as "an excuse" for interference in
a country's internal affairs.