un politics

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8453305.stm Also at the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/12/iraq-war-illegal-dutch-tribunal

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2009/11/19/11814291-ap.html I wonder how that'd end up, in these muslim countries, for people of other religions. I suspect there would be a different set of rules applied.

Apparently the US has been the sole objector to this UN resolution since at least 2005. I didn't look any further back than that. UN General Assembly GA/SHC/3941 24 November 2008 UN General Assembly GA/SHC/3910 21 November 2007 From an article in 2006 by a public health group: Human...

First off, is it just me or does this same type of theme pop up every couple months or so in the conspiracy theorist circle? Anyways, on to business. I was checking out PrisonPlanet and Infowars today as I often do, looking for in-accurate and interesting articles. I come across this one titled...

The planet is in trouble and so are we as a species. Every few months there is another report highlighting the effects of over population and declining resources. Al Gore received the Nobel Prize for his documentary examining just one of the pieces of the puzzle. Now the UN has released the...

King George II of the United States of Conservatives appointed Bolton as the new UN Ambassador. CNN I don't understand why he appointed a burnt out ballad singer. Charlie (they call it democracy) Monoxide

And, as Mr. Newgent pointed out in his poorly-named thread ... In spring 2004, Bolton, then undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, wrote "The United States believes that Cuba has at least a limited offensive biological warfare research and development effort,"...

It's being reported by United Press International that former president Bill Clinton is interested in becoming Secretary General of the UN in 2006, when Annan's term expires...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=615&ncid=703&e=11&u=/nm/20030420/pl_nm/rights_un_dc Emphasis mine And this is the consequence http://www.hrw.org/press/2003/04/unchr041603.htm http://www.hrw.org/press/2003/04/un040303.htm

http://www.newsmax.com/showinside.shtml?a=2003/4/2/222034 I couldn't agree more.

I know a lot of Americans depise the United Nations, though I happen not to be one. Over the years the UN has been manipulated in many ways and failed to prevent some horrible military wars, but it has done some good humanitarian work. In light recent develops, the UN was ineffective at...

From the Washington Post. Less than an hour ago.

Much talk has been made lately about how the US is or is not following UN policy by engaging in war with Iraq. This topic is not about that per se...but rather in My own percieved flaw in the UN as a body. The UN, as an organization, makes no distinctions between the style of government of...

So, if the US and whatever allies invade Iraq without a UN resolution, what will this do to the future of the UN?

Kofi Annan said today that enforcing a UN resolution without UN approval to enforce the resolution would not be legitimate. I bet there are some people in Iraq missing hands, eyes, fingers, and even family members from torture who would disagree with Mr. Annan about the legitimacy of removing...

Whatever it is I doubt it will make the slightest difference in the real world. (For those with no sense of humor, the poll is tongue-in-cheek... so have fun with it.)

No surprise here. http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/2/21/141459

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/09/opinion/09FRIE.html An interesting opinion piece by Thomas Friedman from Sunday's NYTimes...some useful insights into the role that France is trying to play in today's crisis and how well it is doing it... From the piece: Sometimes I wish that the five...

Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld tells the UN and NATO to quit being cowards and disarm Iraq or the US is going in with both barrels blazing. The sooner the bombs start dropping on Iraq, the safer the United States will be. When our AirForce takes them sorry fascists out, it will be another 20...

Is the UN relevant? Yes – it supports the idea that a deliberate discussion of differences will promote peace. Yet – No – It’s a useful forum for mediocre countries to have a feeling that they are important to the destiny of the world. What can the UN really, really do? Is the future of the...