Is the United nations dead?
Plainly put - No, but it sure smells that way sometimes.
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Is the United nations dead?
Plainly put - No, but it sure smells that way sometimes.
Good clarification Korp. In addition to having to ask for troops from member nations some member nations, notably the US and Australia rightly refuse to let their troops serve under a foreign commander.
On a side note Golipaly(I am sure the spell on that one is wrong any help?) with mel Gibson is a great movie about the battle that led to the Aussies refusing to ever fallow a foreign commander again.
If we make the bringing together with the business world, we can say that the United Nations employ soldiers of different country like a company requires labour. During the duration of the work, the employees are compared to workmen of the company thus we can compare that and say that the United Nations have an army. Do you see what I mean ?
Yes and no. IfI am employed by a company, even in a contracting form, I sitll have to fallow orders from higher ups in that company, and I can not be pulled out for no reason but have to fallow the contract.
In the UN if a country dosn't like how its troops are used it can pull them, and a number of countries refuse to have a forgin commander, so its more like a company outsourceing a project, with out an iron clad contract with the outsourceing company.
Hahahahaha, thats really funny Korp.Quote:
The U.N. will never have a standing army, never. It's already a street cop on valium
Bballad, why do you say that the U.S. is a joke? For the most part it does an okay job keeping ITS OWN citizens from poor treatment.Quote:
China and the US have been on the human rights board for a hell of a long time (its basically a joke and always has been).
Also Vescovono, [gasp] I agree with Bballad [/gasp] that moving the HQ would do any good.
The US has been sited for numerous human rights violations (admitadly mos where minor..some where not) a lot of hese where during our verious wars commited agenst forgin nationals, but we have more then our share of political prisoners.
do I jump in on this, old topic? The UN will function exactly as the more powerful nations wish it to, which, often is not at all. It follows that with diverse polarities on certain issues no agreement can be reached. This is not always a bad thing, but it can be tedious at times.
I'll answer that... based on the Human Rights Watch report from 1999.Quote:
Originally posted by schoolsucks
Bballad, why do you say that the U.S. is a joke? For the most part it does an okay job keeping ITS OWN citizens from poor treatment.
The US score poorly when it comes to:
- Police abuse
- Conditions in custody
- Asylum seekers and immigrants
- Death penalty
- General discrimination
- International human rights scrutiny
I love statistics. They are so honest. :thumbsup:
now who was who said "there are lies, damned lies and statistics".
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