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 Harvard professor hails UN resolution on Africa
By Hakeem Babalola

The United Nations resolutions were very important and helpful in tearing down the apartheid in South Africa. 

This was disclosed by Prof. Joseph Nye after his lecture titled, "The Future of Power in the 21st Century” at the Central European University Rector’s Lecture which was co-hosted by the School of Public Policy and International Affairs. 

The Harvard Kennedy School Service professor reasoned that if the UN resolutions were maintained, the consequences (of attacks by superpower nations) would not be widespread.

The distinguished professor was actually responding to a question posed to him by African News Hungary managing editor about the possible consequences of attacks by the so-called superpower nations over countries like Libya.

Nye explained that Libya was not attacked until the resolution by the Arab League and then resolution by the United Nations about the responsibility to protect (Libyan citizens).

The author of several books including "Understanding International Conflict", Nye asserted that president Obama made it clear that America was not going to put troops in Libya. Therefore "the role of America was essentially to enforce UN resolutions,” he said.

The former Dean of the Kennedy School met Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi two times during the past four years and helped the colonel’s son with his doctoral thesis, according to the Harvard Crimson.