[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 9, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 9, 1994]
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THE NEW WORLD ORDER IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: EVERYBODY PAYS THEIR FAIR 
                                 SHARE

  (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, the world is holding its breath as we 
all hope and pray that the new cease-fire in Bosnia will hold. I think 
one of the reasons we finally got the cease-fire is because the 
administration has been absolutely right in insisting that 
international organizations that we contribute so much to and that we 
pay so much to must reinvent themselves and they too must find their 
spines and stand firm against the horrors we have been seeing.
  I think for too long they have felt we would always do it and they 
could pile on and take their bows. We must find a way in this New World 
Order that everybody pays their own fair share and does their part. 
This has been incredibly painful, but I think NATO is finally coming 
together, setting a deadline on the bombings, and speaking with one 
voice rather than many, and appearing to all to be willing to back that 
up with something other than words, has brought this cease-fire to the 
front, and I think it will dissipate if NATO dissipates.
  So, let us hope we are starting to see these international 
organizations finally come to terms.

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