Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 May 2009
Words spoken and actions taken at the United Nations echo around the world, and have very great impact on the hundreds of millions of individuals whose opinions, collectively, make up world opinion. World opinion, in its turn, has a distinct and traceable impact on diplomacy and international relations. Many consider it the only real weapon the UN possesses.
1 Report on Newspaper Survey of United Nations “Press” Coverage, conducted by Women United for the United Nations, April 1–15, 1955, in 72 Cities of the United States, New York, 1956Google Scholar.