William H. Luers, the current president of the United Nations Association of the United States, offered a dark assessment of the current clash. "I think that there is a morning-after effect that's resulted in polarization between the U.S. on the one hand and the Group of 77 on the other," he said. "This is a time for diplomacy, and we don't have the diplomatic capacity to do it."

This is a scary but possibly true statement

U.S. Press for Reform Prompts Talk of Showdown at the U.N.