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It’s time Canada considers leaving the UN, Tory MP says
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Maybe we need to work on your strategy in getting the message out.
Ever thought of just starting a new thread every few hours to really get the job done?
If UN resolutions don't matter to Canada, then yes, Im all for Canada withdrawing its membership to the UN. After all, any Canadian who cares would always be free to join a local UN association (privately funded of course).
Then I would also say though that Canada ought to withdraw its membership to NATO, NORAD, etc. too.
The UN can't adapt to changed circumstances in the world. As a result it will become progressively less relevant. In this sense it doesn't matter whether Canada remains a member of the UN.
i'm surprised it's even a topic of discussion. what good is the u.n.? it's a collection of human rights violators pointing the finger at everyone else.
where were they when yugoslavia was doing their "ethnic cleansing"?
how about their inaction in rwanda? unless you want to mention the sexual exploitation they engaged in, only adressing it long after the fact.
where was the u.n. during the invasion of afghanistan after 9/11?
how about saddam hussein violating 17 human rights violations? where was the u.n?
what about iran and syria funding hamas? where is the u.n?
where was the u.n. during the entire career of moammar gadhafi?
how about this? here is a partial list of the un council on human rights, as listed on their website. i've listed only the most ridiculous members:
Angola
China
Congo
Cuba
Libya
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Uganda
how long has it been since they did ANYTHING significantly useful?
where were they when yugoslavia was doing their "ethnic cleansing"?
how about their inaction in rwanda? unless you want to mention the sexual exploitation they engaged in, only adressing it long after the fact.
where was the u.n. during the invasion of afghanistan after 9/11?
how about saddam hussein violating 17 human rights violations? where was the u.n?
what about iran and syria funding hamas? where is the u.n?
where was the u.n. during the entire career of moammar gadhafi?
how about this? here is a partial list of the un council on human rights, as listed on their website. i've listed only the most ridiculous members:
Angola
China
Congo
Cuba
Libya
Qatar
Uganda
how long has it been since they did ANYTHING significantly useful?
The United Nations has been invaluable and highly successful for sixty years now. Here is one link to some general works of the organisation.
60 Ways the United Nations Makes a Difference
Where and when it fails is entirely the fault of certain powerful members.
Ruanda was not a failure of the UN. It was a deliberate undermining of the operation by a couple of major powers. Read 'Shake Hands with the Devil' for the inside story of that.
Then, there is israel. Last time I looked, the USA had vetoed more than fifty resolutions about that problem.
There are countries like the US, China and Russia that prevent the UN from doing all that it could. Canada has now joined that group and, because of that, suffered the recent humiliation of beng refused the seat on the Security Council that should have been a slam dunk.
Any member of the Canadian Parliament who makes the statements this twerp has done should be drummed out of our legislature. It is incompetence and ignorance though it suits Harper's purpose.
60 Ways the United Nations Makes a Difference
Where and when it fails is entirely the fault of certain powerful members.
Ruanda was not a failure of the UN. It was a deliberate undermining of the operation by a couple of major powers. Read 'Shake Hands with the Devil' for the inside story of that.
Then, there is israel. Last time I looked, the USA had vetoed more than fifty resolutions about that problem.
There are countries like the US, China and Russia that prevent the UN from doing all that it could. Canada has now joined that group and, because of that, suffered the recent humiliation of beng refused the seat on the Security Council that should have been a slam dunk.
Any member of the Canadian Parliament who makes the statements this twerp has done should be drummed out of our legislature. It is incompetence and ignorance though it suits Harper's purpose.
I didn't know that bombing trucks tanks and troops was included in those no-fly things.
Yeah; but all those munitions approaching their expiry date were just sitting around..........going to waste.........!
Time is now to take a stand and either, as a senior founding member still with some modicum of respect, demand a review of the U.N.'s charter and mandate with a view to getting rid of the contradictions within or get out of the failed fiasco it's become.
Staying in involves playing the politics game which is a sure way to become just another shameless contributor to the problem of the U.N. being one more org. diluting morality and integrity to embrace chicanery while countries in need flounder down the path of starvation and war.
