3. The United Nations is one place where high-level representatives from member nations have an opportunity to hear unfiltered U.S. views and meet with conservative lobbyists who represent their viewpoints; it gives likeminded delegates and representatives hope and strengthens their resolve.

Conservatives at these international conferences reveal a side of America that the mainstream media never communicates to the rest of the world. Delegates and NGO representatives to the U.N. from other nations will never know and understand America unless they meet conservative counterparts.

I will never forget an African delegate coming up to me after I gave a speech at a side event at the U.N. two years ago. She was very emotional and had a hard time getting the words out –– basically, she couldn’t believe that there were Americans who held conservative views, and she was deeply moved to find a kindred spirit like me at the United Nations.

At an international event in Mexico, a man came up to me after my speech to over 4,000 Mexican government leaders and community social workers to express deep appreciation for the conservative speech I had just given. He said that as a former U.N. delegate, he had never in his wildest dreams thought that he would ever hear an American express the values and hold the views that I expressed in my speech. Two women who were with him stood with tears in their eyes as they shook their heads in agreement with his remarks.

In Kuala Lumpur and in Geneva, I’ve heard similar responses.

The United Nations is worth fixing because there are thousands of people around the world who need to know that they are not alone. At a minimum, the U.N. provides a platform where their views can be affirmed and reinforced.

I know that many of you are saying, “Those efforts are a drop in the bucket compared to the whole impact of the U.N.” Others are saying that those results are a mighty poor return on investment when put up against the total budget of the U.N. Others are pointing out that I’ve talked about a few good things happening at the U.N. and are wondering if those things make the U.N. worth saving,

I am fully confident that had a person like John Bolton been named Secretary-General of the United Nations reform would succeed. Leadership is key. If the U.N. had leaders with John Bolton’s values and courage, it could be cleaned up and become a forum where the types of experiences I have recounted could be replicated in the U.N.’s General Assembly, the Security Council and in the U.N.’s missions and agencies around the world.