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2005-06-14 International-UN-NGOs

Ambassadors: Don't Link U.N. Dues to Reforms

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Posted by Steve 2005-06-14 10:28|| || Front Page|| [11137 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Why not?

Posted by gromgorru 2005-06-14 11:06|| 2005-06-14 11:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Accountability is a Western hegemonic concept, a tool of the oppressive ruling class.

Posted by Noam Chomsky 2005-06-14 11:15|| 2005-06-14 11:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Hell no! They wouldn't get a dime then.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-06-14 11:22|| 2005-06-14 11:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Better to set a new base contribution level. Use US population as a percentage of the world (4.5%). Same for the 25-40% US contribution to UN agencies. This will most likely start a race toward the bottom as other high contributors quit subsidizing this Mecca of despots and corruption.

Posted by ed 2005-06-14 11:35|| 2005-06-14 11:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Jeane Kirkpatrick signed? She must be getting senile then.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-06-14 11:55|| 2005-06-14 11:55|| Front Page Top

#6 ...warning that the legislation could actually strengthen opponents of reform.

Sounds good. More ammo for the "Get-us-the-hell-out-of-the-UN-as-fast-as-possible" camp.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-06-14 12:26|| 2005-06-14 12:26|| Front Page Top

#7 isolated ourselves from our allies within the U.N.

Uhh, tell me again who our allies within the U.N. are. Other than the few like Britain and Australia that would be even if the U.N. were not around.

Posted by SteveS 2005-06-14 14:07|| 2005-06-14 14:07|| Front Page Top

#8 So the people who pay my salary can't stop paying it and get rid of me just because they've found out I'm corrupt, steal millions from them and never do my actual job?

Sweet deal. Where can I get one of those?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-06-14 15:02|| 2005-06-14 15:02|| Front Page Top

#9 It must be like the Mafia. Once your in, your in. And never take sides against the family...

Posted by tu3031 2005-06-14 15:12|| 2005-06-14 15:12|| Front Page Top

#10 Yup, Jean Kirkpatrick and John Danforth are just loony liberals, who have no idea how the UN works. Right.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-06-14 15:15|| 2005-06-14 15:15|| Front Page Top

#11 LH: Maybe they have an idea of how it USED to work. Since Kofi things have seemed to have gone straight downhill.

Posted by Charles 2005-06-14 15:45|| 2005-06-14 15:45|| Front Page Top

#12 except of course Danforth was ambassodor in 2004, succeeding Negroponte. Kofi has been SG since 1997.

And i doubt it was much better under Butros Butros Galli. Or was it?

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-06-14 16:13|| 2005-06-14 16:13|| Front Page Top

#13 The reign of Butros Butros Butros Galli was indeed a golden age.

Posted by Shipman 2005-06-14 16:41|| 2005-06-14 16:41|| Front Page Top

#14 But Butros Butros Butros Butros Galli was a hired consulting firm.

Posted by Shipman 2005-06-14 16:42|| 2005-06-14 16:42|| Front Page Top

#15 Damnit, I left out a Butros.

/and yes it was the important one boss.

Posted by Shipman 2005-06-14 16:45|| 2005-06-14 16:45|| Front Page Top

#16 Pay up as long as they ship out to France or Ethiopia.

Pay up with the agreement that US dues would be reduced with Japan/Brazil/India picking up the difference.

Pay up but establish a Council of Democracies on the side, as a future replacement.

Posted by rjschwarz">rjschwarz 2005-06-14 16:46|| rjschwarz.com]">[rjschwarz.com] 2005-06-14 16:46|| Front Page Top

#17 Yep, don't cut off the funds.

Borrow the brutal Zionist Deaf Ray (aka "the Scream") instead.

Posted by Desert Blondie 2005-06-14 17:27|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2005-06-14 17:27|| Front Page Top

#18 Deaf Ray? LOL!

Posted by Shipman 2005-06-14 20:11|| 2005-06-14 20:11|| Front Page Top

#19 Madeleine Albright did such a fine job managing North Korean nuclear ambitions that I'm sure we all want to heed her advice on U.N. management. gag gag

Posted by Tom 2005-06-14 20:16|| 2005-06-14 20:16|| Front Page Top

#20 Use US population as a percentage of the world (4.5%). Same for the 25-40% US contribution to UN agencies.

The Indians and Chinese will just love that plan...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-06-14 20:59|| 2005-06-14 20:59|| Front Page Top

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