Un2 Chronological notes on the U.N. I’ll never get to
categories
1 hist – free thus dem, cap, secular. Also pri?
2 issues: econ, for aid, law, media, mil, rights, hist – Armenian, comfort women,
2b
2c reform
3 dem forces
4 thus? Grps that need to be tapped
5 orgs for change
6 relevant orgs ?
Sum – pri
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1 hist – free thus dem, cap, secular. Also pri?
2 issues: econ, for aid, law, media, mil, rights, hist – Armenian, comfort women,
3 dem
4 reform
5 dem forces
6 thus? Grps that need to be tapped
7 orgs for change
8 other orgs
9 sum
/but what is the practical side – no one even talks about it. in what small ways are countries moving in this direction.
/countries can’t see beyond their flags.
dem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations
collective resp dup? blame,
resentment,
take the heat off am.
hundreds of chess games with all the countries.
bal of power
no mono, limited, checks & bal, secret ballot, multi party, church/st
it worked in jap
/those who understand dem, have to believe in a [dem] un
due now that the cold war is over.
regional kashmir, lebanon, tibet, yugo, mideast, no ire?, 2 g’s, tibet
econ
/ gatt,
favored nation, pri, pri prop., no mono. oil, strategic minerals. tarrifs, sanctions
conversion of econs to soc or cap
selling off facs in poland.
cap = less protectionism
sensible cap – not: un considers cuba to have one of the most equitable distribu tions of capital 86.
compliments dem? sig
deficits of ea country
globalization
foreign aid
for. aid: On a per capita basis, Poles and Hungarians are projected … to recive l0 times the aid that africans do.
trade not aid
meet em l/2 way
issues bal.-myopia
kuwait, jap, ussr, e. eur, mid east
/dem: no mono, limited, checks & bal, secret ballot, multi party, church/st
it worked in jap, e. eur, ussr. bal needed with israel
rights
press, religion [of & from] [250 denom..] econ, pol parties, vote, human, torture, disent. women, due process, appeal, intitiative, ref, recall, trial by jury, kids, animals, LL vs tenant, quartering of troops, don’t have to testify against self, limited gov, patents, copyright, no mono, assembly, ex post facto, habeas corpus, libel, picket, illegal search and seizure, censorship kiddy porn, women, youth, caste
ethnic and religious groups
formula how’s it done in us, eur, eng,
basques, siks, armenians, jews, arabs, tribes of so africa, ussr, yugo, kurds, gypsies,
sunnies, shiites
myth of arab unity,
siks, gypsies?, e. eur?
Kashmir,
law
war crimes – assassinations, mining harbors, espionage
boundaries, shipping, mono, labor, rights?
everyone tears up their treaties when it suits them. violations.
balance – media?, for aid, mil, us, israel,
l mil have fled mozambique [but we’d never know it], 20k kids in prostitu tion in phillipines, jews, so africa, jb,
mil with teeth, no lebanon
thus biggest savings ever
nato, seato, oas,
chemical, bio, and nuclear weapons
for. legion. nat guards, gurkas,
formula – men, money, bases, or hi tech
– Give refugees from Iraq and Kuwait and other countries a chance to serve in the multi- national force in Saudi Arabia.
/un could draft? local troops, like nat guard units. instead of flying em all over
/jap dominating elec… – mil
/save lot of $
orgs
/oecd = Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development www.oecd.org 34 countries, global concern. Any pol power? don’t confuse it with
/nato l2/0l – http://www.brook.edu/comm/policybriefs/pb90.htm before nato, an agreement among l5 countries would take l05 bilateral meetings.
pol
/let all off the hook:
ussr – thus realignment of blocks, and alliances.
would take the burden [blame and resentment] off the us
end
/wouldn’t come out the way anyone wanted in short, but best in long.
/it’s in the self-interests of members
other
disasters natural: quakes, major floods, famine
man made –
covered: health, disease, pov, tech. refugees – nothing more pol
amerasians. communications, envir. drugs, crime, terrorism.
ims, – quotas or comp. space program
kiddie porn, kids in prostitution, white slavery, drugs, terror
/selfish nationalism,
grenada, panama, lebanon, kuwait,
media – myopia, vw
/where are my ideas for ethnic dem……
contribute to balance in media coverage
the kurds, basques, armenians, serb, croations, could combine forces.
human rights,
/cops should wear numbers.
could harness japan.
/each incident is just another good reason to do so
would force dem and cap which are best in all ways and inevitable.
/so would have had more interest in warning of invasion? falklands too
If the U.N. were democratic and had teeth, it might well have before the lst gulf war:
– Prevented Saddam from acquiring so many weapons.
– Insisted on sharing the satellite info showing he was about to invade Kuwait.
– Sternly warned him.
– Immediately put down a force to slow him down,
– Implemented more effective sanctions.
– Required its members to share the burden of refugees.
– Brought greater pressure to release hostages.
In so doing it might have prevented the entire war.
If war had been invevitable, and an effective U.N. had fought and handled it, there would have been:
– More pressure for better treatment of pow’s.
– Far less politicing over oil, alliances, ethnic groups.
– A fairer sharing of the fiancial and manpower burdens.
– Far less arab resentment of the west.
– More pressure for democratic reforms in that area.
*/saddam. millions in 3rd world saw him as a hero, fighting the west.
israel,
-sep of church and state, war crimes, international law. immigrants,
These would handle local problems. war crimes, frozen assets,
moslems, n g and j. sooner the better
unn =====================================
/long hist of expansionism of some countries.
/trace whatever trends there are for this – holy roman empire, etc. what good and bad held regimes together and what made them fall greece, rome, ottomans, gengis, incas, egypt, british empire. monet.
/refugees in some for countries are forbidden to work. prisoners too.
/freedom hse
/are the black peacekeepers worse re sex….
/$ and time the un is already saving?
/we ought to help the ussr toward stronger un, etc
/insert – why is writing wd so hard?
/no. ireland has segregated schs
/surprising the us, knowing dem, doesn’t push a dem un more.
/bicameral, parliamentary
/it will mean a big org, bur, but make it like brit csc
/they say un finally decided to act. bull. the end of the cold war and the mutual interests of all those on sec counc changed the case of iraq.
/pay for results of space exploration
/gengrich said 90% of am support un. but far right and a wash elite, and part? of the eastern establishement led by israel, don’t. l0/90
/jap and g should be accepted in un as major powers. w post
/diff ments: asian, arab, western, black, indian?
it was him against the un, it would have been less of a hero.
/after gulf war, all the politicking to see which group, personality, ideology o will dominate which part of whatever seems avail.
taxes, ed, sabbath,
/search which international orgs promote dem…
`/https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=which+international+organizations+promote+democratic
/this involves too much foresight.
/force outsiders in
/dem members to get more of a vote
/does a dem united states bring more atten to the smaller states than if they were separate? strange question.
/pol sanctions = ?
/after gulf war: iraq’s civil war – deputize us & pow’s. media
shiites, kurds, chemical, bal of power, relief, stability, recovery,
/fairer eval of our turkey shoot in iraq.
/un won’t grow but slowly only when it ideally suits the interests of major powers. they and others are paranoid and short sighted bout their sovereignty
/pathetic aftermath: shiites fleeing so. kurd fleeing north
/am worry over jap dominating elec…
/un: as us thinks it has all the answers.
/the return? of iraq’s planes by iran?
/yugo, the rest will follow.
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/international perspective for: Palestinian problem etc.
/meet em l/2 way if they join un.
*/saddam. millions in 3rd world saw him as a hero, fighting the west. baltics, kurds
/geneva convention
/Such a U.N. could have probably avoided the Falklands war, the persian gulf war,
/perfect time for ir force as all impressed with smart bombs etc in gulf war
/ussr + need int’l law for pri prop, etc.
/un should have been revamped during cold war.
nixon: we stumbled into world leadership. we didn’t want it. libs say we’re not worthy, skip it, but no one else is capable – jap, germ, chinese, russians.
/un dp – development program is politicized.
/l75 in un 2/92
/export dem by making un dem.
/UNPO sig unrepresented nations and peoples org. tibetans, kurds, & elected leaders of burma are not included in ir discussons of their fates. 26 members of nations and peoples. [like a minority council] what is a nation. what constitutes a people. a feeling of solidarity and commonality, common lang, hist, or ethnic background. degree of pol org, legal status, and hist of having been a separately governed entity. members can’t advocate terror or violence. staff of 5. 4 in the hague and one in san francisco. la 4/23/92. Also brussels?
/un should have gitmo, subic bay, etc.
/offer more power to un if and as it becomes more dem. Sig
/put all a bombs on an island or antartica
/thurow: we handle the mil. rest of world says fine, we’ll stress econ. [confirms my views] 6/92
/expanding un would save $ re defense, ….
/eur’s worst refugee crisis in 50 yrs. bosnia, etc. 8/92/un as then us can’t use grps [kurds, etc] as pawns and then abandon them.
/tobacco cos are leaping into eastern eur [and 3rd world] 92
/we spend to defend japan. they spend to buy us.
/un peacekeeping force started in ‘48 in kasmir and palestine.
/un got tougher in congo – with katanka’s succession. controversial. so they cut back the next 25 yrs. wow. un used troops from neutral countries to make it more non-pol. cyprus status quo same since 64?
/un not known for taking risks. tv 92
/if you made UN dem, then it’d have to take care of bosnia. sig
/unn as quicker and the more others gain EXP in dem the better. sig.
/un should tie their mil aid to econ revival. latter must pay part of former.
/we can’t afford NOT to have un take over mil burden, as we’re falling behind so fast.
/league of nations disolved in ’46
/ir perspective better for sanctions.
/unn newly freed countries need all of it.
/un has a no casualty policy as made up or units from various countries, who want no casualties [for pol reasons]. so have un develop its own foreign legion. [casualties more acceptable]. for somalias etc. this would save u.s. tons. new republic 93
/UN shouldn’t go in without selfish goals. as it costs
/un and pri for going after mafias.
/unn should get mono on nukes. bosnia, cambodia, somalia. if us wants to be good leader then promote un.
/need un as asia growing so fast. we’re losing so many jobs.
/best thing we and other countries could do would be to establish a dem and cap un
/empower the u.n.
/tech devel in mil – all the more reason for un
/unn bal of power. harnass emerging forces: china, jap, – sooner the better.
/unn stop bosnia if only for refugees.
/biggest donor country, us, doesn’t stand up to the nonsense of the UN.
/world wars fot to secure peace. the way to secure it is a un. long slow process.
/if we spent more time on un, we could spend less on ussr.
/nato, seato, opec,
/unn for common vals to avoid crisies.
/unn for myopia.
/un is quickest, fairest path to peace.
/other countries probably resist expanding UN as then THEY would have more resp. easier to put it all on the us.
/The cold war has stopped. The purpose of NATO is unclear. NATO seeks eastern Europe as members as a buffer against any reemergence of Russian power. This bothers Russia. All this jockeying. It would be more sensible for all NATO and all the militaries of all the countries to be part of a United Nations force. Then they could take care of Bosnia, Somalia, Haiti – all of em.
/the poor would be dying to join a mil – like the gurkas
/all this jockeying around on NATO is a joke. l/94
/no un just brings major and minor conflicts closer.
/too much of OUR $ and brains go into mil
/un for currency.
/un etc. should go into somalia, bosnia, etc with a price: dem, [free price] cap. kuwait, greneda, panama.
/un’s agenda for taking over: the bill, sep of ch & st., free press, women vote, options: disarm, relief, csc, crts. un to make $ there to help pay for it.
/go into Burundi: sterilize?-sooner you shape up, the sooner we’re gone
/all these states opening up to ea other, cutting relations, etc.
/ea country to supply un with the most economical commodity: men, $, tech. nationalize their nat guards.
/when un would enter somalia, it would be a like a town going into receivership.
/same as 48 states: if texas was am and nevada was somalia.
/un so am can be less adolescent, self right, etc.
/only with a truly dem un will blk africa gets its due.
/same with arabs, moslems, indians
/the us 7th fleet keeps china, k and jap from arming as rapidly against one another as they otherwise would. fallows. 94
/persian gulf war – perfect op to impose dem in kuwait.
ORIGINS ——— @b
The UN has its roots in the LEAGUE OF NATIONS, the first attempt at a world peacekeeping organization. Because the League, created in the aftermath of World War I, had failed to prevent a second world conflict, its methods were discredited and seen as ineffectual. 00000 Early in World War II the British and U.S. governments began to lay the groundwork for a new world organization, and the name United Nations was adopted by 26 nations pledging their cooperation in the war against the Axis powers. When delegates from the United States, Great Britain, the USSR, and China met at DUMBARTON OAKS in 1944 to draw up plans for a new world body, they saw it mainly as a continuation of their wartime alliance. They, along with France, would lead a peacekeeping, or “security,” council; other nations would play a secondary role. @b
Although largely successful in constructing a charter for the new world body, the Dumbarton Oaks Conference foundered over two key issues: the principle of unanimity among the permanent council members and separate membership in the organization for the 16 Soviet republics. These matters were settled at the YALTA CONFERENCE, both by compromise. The principle of unanimity, or the great power “veto,” was maintained, except on questions that did not require enforcement action; and separate membership was provided for the Ukraine and Belorussia. The United Nations Charter was formally adopted by 50 nations at the San Francisco Conference in 1945. At the behest of the smaller nations, the Dumbarton Oaks plan was broadened to give the assembly of all member nations a greater voice in peacekeeping and to expand the new organization’s role in trusteeship and socioeconomic development. The charter came into force in 1945 after a majority of the signatory nations ratified it on October 24, a date since commemorated as United Nations Day. @b
As the UN was being born in 1945, cracks were already forming in the foundation of great-power agreement that had given it life. The United States dominated the new organization, but its developing COLD WAR with the Soviet bloc prevented the UN from functioning effectively. With the great powers divided the unanimity principle impeded peacekeeping activity, a result that could not have been predicted in 1945.
/sovereignty vs resp
/countries wouldn’t have to worry if there was a strong un to protect em. same with self-sufficiency.
/unn cost !
/would stop our cia nonsense with mobutu, the shaw, marcos, batista.
/us had become the sole guarantor of human rights thru out the world. no other indust.. country is subjected to comparable scrutiny of its for policy. human rights watch world report 94. the sec on japan ignores discrim against those of korean ancestry and the mistreatment of the aboriginal ainu [and the baku] 6/26/94 la./sovereignty = resp.
/un to PREVENT rwandas
/biggest donor country, us, doesn’t stand up to the nonsense of teh UN.
(This would take a great deal of resentment off the U.S.)
/need it to cut down on un arm sales.
/mainly asian grp at un against – free speech and – equality for women. asian trad of consensus, not competition. (those in power decide the consensus). say malaysia, indonesia, singapore, china, syria. they claim cul relativism. la 6/93.
/we spend $50 bil/yr to defend so k. 94 jj
/with un force, all these countries wouldn’t need a mil. sig? and ea country they were end would have to pay part of it.
/the stealth is another reason for the un.
/we could make sharing our mil tech conditional to the un’s becoming dem.
/unn more on preventing conflicts.
/l83 mem of un 94.
/lot of mid east borders decided by eur. should be able to reform via formula
./voa
/abandoned the gold standard in 7l. thus end of dollar hegemony. la 3/95. same princ applies to un, I say
./best way to keep peace
/HOW to get in and out of somalia, haiti, kuwait, jap
./the world is too sig to leave to the us. ag
/why not have mercenaries fight the next one.
/crap over recog.. china and not taiwan.
/greatest contribution to peace, the future etc. would be to create a sensible world org./un: bumbling bur. obsolete, faudulent programs, rampant patronage. us news 95
/sig: foreign aid
/if i were running for pres. my un stance would be
/create comp twix un and others.
/ams have most to gain and lose?
/kurds,
/a good un would help ethnics help each other more. sig
/un to set up ways it’ll never happen again.
Export democracy and capitalism.
/biz men for un. ted turner in it.
/world leaders are merciless in their shortsightedness in not creating an effective world org.
/league of n … was only way to justify the carnage of wwi. tv
/could have prevented vietnam?
/un is only hope to contain obsess
/should take some stand on rel
/l85 nations in un 97
/un to make sense of nato, seato, oas
/hackworth believe in stronger un
/nuclear proliferation – best argument for un
/globilization – no one’s in charge. sig?
/un ought to rec hist books re jap, jews, western civ
/victors of wwii should dom the un for a while.
/so many wounds left over from all the wars
/common lang, dip. language, vs individ customs, vals.
/more coop on econ sanctions
/if world leader in nato wouldn’t go to bosnia, and won’t to kosovo, then they sure won’t conceive of a strong active un. so lot of misery is on THEIR heads.
/un should have conf on rel.
/un as many don’t care bout arabs, blk africa
/un to counter cia
/if un took burden , then others would be less the object of terrorists.
/u.s. mil in l44 countries. 6/99
/kosovo should set a precedent 6/99
/if we’d stood up to hitler early we would have prevented wwii, and THUS the oppression of e eur for 45 yrs by the usssr. sig. us news 6/l4/99
/i say kosovo is a great precedent. peace 2 days ago. 6/ll/99 Instead of countries having to play a lot of chess games with each other each time an issue came up, they would work through the U.N., saving great amounts of time and expense.
/PREVENTATIVE action. could have stopped kosovo, and thus cost far less said guy on tv
/un vs desert storm. the sig of preventative measures – could have prevented desert storm.
UN campaign for un reform – na. Ngo’s vs viz sec.
Biz coun: hoover, I
Oecd = 0. one in the papers long ago?
/so many put all on u.s., hate u.s.
/more nec now with net?
/incredible savings with ir force. Prin
/elian gonzales
/appeasement mentality connect with blindness re need for un? Isolation, denial, idealism,
/watching lot bout ike, wwii, him as pres, etc. and keep saying, it’s so simple
/a world democracy a world democratic gov.
/if I were pres, I’d meet with other countries make up agenda for world, with their help, and say to u.n. either reform x amoung or we’ll start another dem org with that amount for our agenda. Great. No time to lose.
/would like to say how incredibly stupid of the countries not to create a sensible world gov to do their work for them.
/the hoaxters. Flic. Said what we should have done in manchuria in 3l, ethiopia in 35, the ruhr in 36, we finally did in k in 50. sig
/ag some soldiers must fight better in some climates.
/tie in women’s voting with added power for un
/world gov might have sped up things with so africa, e. timor, milosovich, ..
/unn – 4? Part series on the navy. Giant power vac in which to create. Losing val time.
/same stupidity as when not beating germ enuff in wwi
/us needs to be around the world? Take the 50 states: would tex need to be all over?
/is this all or is there more on aw
/they get only as much rep as they are dem. Sig. Thus the free countries do better.
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Reform of the u.n. is so slow that an alternate plan might work better. This would be to step a rival organization, truly democratic, thus not hamstrung by the big powers, called
Title: World Nations. .
/swiss bank accounts,
[and, like all governments, its functions should be turned over to private agencies].
/African nations would have more voice and resp.
/globalization econ, so we need it pol…
/other countries should start a rival u.n.
AFGANISTAN – bin laden 9/0l
Un better for stock market too
/might show the superiority of the pri sector.
/spies, borders, currency?, drugs, slavery, white slavery,
/warn em, go in, reorder, send em the bill – figured out with a formula – sliding scale.
/teach only un approved material – not Islamic fundamentalism.
-/member countries of the u.n. should only be permitted to participate in the democratic parts of the u.n. [like voting] to the degree they are democratic [free]. Thus promoting freedom. Sig. Same with cap. Otherwise they export their crap – like religion, soc, and or their crap is somewhat legitimized.
In the long run create a more democratic and effective international organization than the U.N.
/tie it to biz – ins
/DEM: index of econ freedom, amnesty ir, moody’s?, freedom hse
/great body of laws grew out of Nuremberg trials
/Member countries of the U.N. should have to contribute money, etc., but only be allowed to determine policy to the degree they are democratic. sig
/many votes for u.s. less some for putting in and supporting the shah. Egypt, cuba, but adding for gulf war, k war,
/credit for good policies, penalties for bad
/animal rights? Environ, birth con…, disease,
/stable $
/less for socialism?
/world nations, world dem, world gov, ir parliament, ir congress, congress of nations = con,
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Member countries of the U.N. should have to contribute money, etc. to this campaign. But when it comes to deciding its direction, the countries which are democratic and have supported democratic reforms abroad should have more votes than others. Dictatorships like North Korea and Iraq would have fewer votes. Western democracies would have more, but not as many as one would think. The U.S. would start with a lot of votes but have some subtracted for having supported repressive regimes in Cuba, Iran, Saudi Arabia, etc. This would be well received by many Arab and Muslim countries. 10/ll.
/have wu set up in the un bldg. wow, but there are probably other places as good – nato, ecic?,
/didn’t Rockefellers give land for the u.n.?
/call it world dem – wd, as world gov turns ams off. Or dn for democratic nations.
/more need of wn now than ever
/to reduce patronage, have one staff appointed by un?
/punish those who try to solve something like Kashmir when the world is busy with af.
/ud = united dem…
/ratings – Sonoma – most ignored.
/if you can create coalitions for gulf war and af, you can great a wd
/when is it an internal matter, when is it for un
/ea am spend 3 times as much to defend eur as europeans ll/89
/un as powerful as countries want to make it.
/has 40k troops from 87 countries deployed in l5 peacekeeping ops
/precedent for nation-building is Cambodia. Took yrs and billions.
/un certainly has more prestige than any other ir org, but
/[If the U.N. is not democratic enough, it should be reformed, and if that would take too long, another organization should be found or created.]
/nato is looking for a purpose. The fact that Russia might become more a part of it means, it’s original purpose is becoming a distant memory and we need a global ????
/am needs the un to learn to work with others, to listen, to not get its way
/troops of single men only. Thus no benefits or only minimal if killed in combat.
/un not strong thus fly all over. Would be as if the 50 united states were not united and all flying everywhere with the bigger states dominating.
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l2/l/0l join the club. Ny times bill keller = 0
next year, unless President Bush has a drastic change of heart, the United States will enlarge the American-led military alliance in Europe by as many as seven countries and extend its boundary to within an hour’s tank drive of St. Petersburg. This may seem like an awfully ungrateful way to treat our new friend Russia, so quick to our side after Sept. 11, but the terror attacks have actually made this enlargement of the NATO family more right than ever.
In fact, if he is not too distracted by fighting a war abroad and shredding civil liberties at home, Mr. Bush has a chance to accomplish three grand purposes in a single feat of political choreography: consolidating the gains of free-market democracy, drawing Russia closer to Europe, and rejuvenating our most important alliance.
The illustrious skeptics of further NATO expansion have ranged across the foreign-policy mainstream, and include opinion writers for this newspaper. They have argued that shoving our mutual defense pact up against Russia’s border will inflame resentment in Russia and undermine reformers who want to work with the West. There is also a unilateralist camp that sees a bigger NATO as bringing a new burden of obligations and constraints. We’ll get to why they’re all wrong in a second.
But first, for readers who just can’t find time to keep up with those pesky think-tank issue papers, here’s the story so far. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was
/hatched in the ruins of World War II, to prevent anything like that from happening again. The tired but honest joke is that
/NATO was created to keep America in, Russia out, and Germany down. When the cold war ended, a lot of countries that had been Soviet captives began clamoring to join NATO, seeking both the protection of America’s might and the validation of their own status as civilized countries. Two years ago President Clinton persuaded the clubhouse to admit Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. Assured that these newcomers would not play host to American bases or nuclear weapons, Russia took it with a grumble.
Whether the new Bush administration would continue the enlargement of NATO was, at first, not clear. Mr. Bush had shown no passion for alliances. The next round of candidates includes no countries that excite as many American voters as Poland does, no celebrities of the stature of Vaclav Havel. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, the three former Soviet republics along the Baltic Sea, are admirably scrappy little democracies, but did America really want to commit its arsenal to defending the Duchy of Grand Fenwick? Our military was not enthusiastic.
To the surprise of many, Mr. Bush answered the doubters in a stirring Europhile speech that could have come from Madeleine Albright. Visiting Poland in June he emphatically endorsed NATO membership for all of Europe’s new democracies, “from the Baltic to the Black Sea.” Now the word in Washington is that by spring the administration will tell Congress it wants NATO invitations for all three Baltics, for Slovenia and probably Slovakia. Bulgaria and Romania are closer calls.
It is fair to ask whether Kmart parents, as Colin Powell calls the families that provide most of our military enlistees, will like committing their sons and daughters to defend Estonia. One could ask the same about Luxembourg or Iceland or other states that enjoy NATO protection because they were there at the beginning. Membership has never been about acreage, population or the size of your army (Iceland has none) but about your commitment to democracy, human rights, open borders and free markets. Those things flourish best in societies that feel secure. The military obligations of NATO are serious, but they are mainly deterrent — the promise of protection lessens temptation. The heart of the founding treaty is Article 5, which obliges all members to rally to the defense when any member is attacked. Care to guess how many times it has been invoked in the half-century of NATO? Once, on Sept. 12 of this year.
/The war against terror has enhanced the cause for expansion in several ways.
1 First, it has given President Vladimir Putin of Russia a common cause with the West, and he is not inclined to rock the bandwagon by making aggressive noises about the Baltic republics. Mr. Putin says somewhat elliptically (and his ambassadors tell Western leaders more directly) that Russia can live with it.
Yes, Mr. Putin does have a problem with his military. The only land route to the Baltic Fleet headquarters in Kaliningrad runs through Lithuania, and while that fleet is now a sorry collection of rust buckets, it has symbolic weight. But appeasing the Russian military is Mr. Putin’s job, not ours, and he seems to think he has it in hand. Henry Kissinger, who in his most recent book said allowing the Baltics into NATO was “too inflammatory,” tells me that after listening to Mr. Putin he has changed his mind. One down.
Last week NATO’s secretary general, Lord Robertson, was in Moscow negotiating exactly what Russia should get out of this deal. It is an important question, and one that should not be answered impetuously.
Ignore the talk of Russia becoming a member of NATO. Russia has no real interest in joining an alliance whose supreme military commander is an American. And among the current members, even those countries that are inclined to trust Russia don’t want to be obliged to defend it from, say, China. But orienting Russia more toward NATO is clearly good for everyone.
President Clinton’s people spent considerable effort concocting a structure that would have Russia cooperating more closely with NATO on things like peacekeeping, terrorism and nuclear proliferation, [ah ha – ir issues …….] but the Russians walked out in a spat over Kosovo. They will come back if Mr. Putin gets something he can present to skeptical countrymen as new and worthy of Russia’s stature.
/Russia should have a real voice when it decides to partner with NATO, but not a veto that stops the alliance from operating without Russia.
BLOWS IT FROM HERE ON. AMAZING.
Even more important is to create not just a new bureaucracy but genuine, on-the-ground, military-to- military activities. @#$$%&*(&*
There is nothing that builds trust over time like Russian and Western troops working side by side as they did in Bosnia. Finally, if the president wants any partnership with Russia to outlast Mr. Putin, he should get over his sophomoric disdain for treaties. @@@@@@@@@
Mr. Putin will not concede the point, but including the Baltics in NATO is good for Russia. @@@@
The Balts do not trust their Russian neighbors. Ten years ago last January, I watched Lithuanians being crushed to death under Soviet tanks that were sent to suppress their demand for independence — and this was under the benign Mikhail Gorbachev. After independence, the republics sometimes treated their Russian residents vengefully. But with NATO membership requiring decent standards of civil rights, the republics have lowered barriers to citizenship for ethnic Russians. Once these states feel fully protected they can be friendlier, becoming a useful commercial bridge to the West for the western parts of Russia.
The civilizing effects of alliance are not just for Estonians and Russians, by the way. The counsel of European allies since Sept. 11 has helped temper our impulse to lash out at Iraq or Syria and prodded us back into the Middle East peace process. Spain has applied familial pressure to drop the idea of military tribunals, by refusing to extradite suspects. And Europe is wisely imploring us not to scrap the 1972 ABM treaty. Thank you, Europe.
But our NATO allies have done nothing to slow America’s purpose at war. Thus has Sept. 11 demolished the unilateralist argument by demonstrating that when America perceives its interests at stake, it does not have to call for NATO.
Once you’ve assembled the neo- NATO, what do you do with it?
Mr. Putin — echoing Mr. Gorbachev — says that NATO should evolve from a military alliance into something more purely political. That would be a mistake, for two reasons. First, the promise of military security is the main reason anyone joins. And second, in a fledgling free society the one constituency you most want integrated into a democracy support group is the military.
A better use for NATO is to project its values — and, sometimes, its force — into regions where its interests are less immediate: fighting terror, keeping the peace, or coaching armies in the fine points of civilian rule. Sept. 11 drove home the truth that threats can come from far afield, which is why so many Europeans have been willing to offer not just moral cover but soldiers and weapons for the fight in Afghanistan.
The United States has treated these offers dismissively, thereby missing an opportunity. Expanding NATO is a good step. Now Mr. Bush has to show he’s interested in leading it.
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The Monster in the Dock By BILL KELLER The main reason you have not heard the Bush administration crowing about Milosevic is that his trial represents the high-water mark of a rising world enthusiasm for international criminal courts. Sig http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/09/opinion/09KELL.html?todaysheadlines
The Peril of Too Much Power By TIMOTHY GARTON ASH The fundamental problem is that America today has too much power for anyone’s good, including its own. Sig? http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/opinion/09GART.html?todaysheadlines #
U.S. Seeking Pacts in a Bid to Shield Its Peacekeepers The Bush administration, still wary of the new International Criminal Court, is trying to line up nations one by one to pledge not to extradite Americans for trial. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/07/international/07COUR.html?todaysheadlines
/some org which contracted out just the parts it needed to oas, nato, eu, seato, etc.
/9-ll = big argument for un.
/show with ea example where un should have acted and where us would have been right and wrong: Rwanda, bosnia, viet, Haiti, Somalia, Grenada, af, is…,
/bill to saddam for torching wells, oil spill, ….
/unn vs imb, world bank …
/is… must oppose the un as wouldn’t get it’s way. sig
/un white papers could put everything in perspective: is…, ter, islam, cap, hist, dem,
There Is Hope By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN There is nothing more beautiful than watching people get to vote in a free election for the first time. That’s what happened in Bahrain Thursday. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/27/opinion/27FRIE.html?todaysheadlines
/it’s a golden age for our military. Golden op, and we’re blowing it.
-/finally ! 2/l8/03 – ny times – All They Can Be, Except American By PETER SCHWEIZER
To confront strains on our military and make the war on terrorism a truly global one, it’s time we consider making our military a truly global force.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/18/opinion/18SCHW.html?th
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NATO Chief Says Alliance Needs Role in Afghanistan By MICHAEL R. GORDON NATO’s involvement in Afghanistan would extend the alliance’s reach far beyond its European domain and significantly broaden its mission. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/21/international/asia/21NATO.html?th
/if rival un set up, it’s structure could insure speed.
/monarchies.
/one vote for ea eth grp
/practice dem via nato, oas, eu, … which should lead to dem un
/un troops should be in k, not us.
/sub-sahara Africa.
/to gain priorities, perspective
/un probably has less power than city hall
-/THE WORLD FEDERATION OF UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATIONS – blather
http://www.wfuna.org their reform bit was blah. So dropped it from will.
/un has lot of prestige in gen. ag
/skip: THE COMMission ON GLOBAL GOVERNANCE – blah.
/would probably have dominos of success !!!
/even if the un bungled things for a long time; it wouldn’t be US bungling them and the ir comm. would be getting val exp.
/HOLBROOKE: In the last decade or so, roughly speaking, the UN has had three successes in this area: Cambodia, East Timor, and Kosovo. They have had three spectacular failures: Somalia, Rwanda, and Bosnia. The jury is still out on Sierra Leone, Burundi, and of course, the most daunting of all, the Congo. Given this mixed track record, what are we to conclude? First, that the UN gets the toughest problems, the ones that cannot be solved at the regional level.
Second, that they have the capacity to succeed, but only if they have great leadership (Bernard Kouchner in Kosovo, Sergio Viera de Mello in East Timor), adequate resources, the backing of the major powers, and a proper security force. (A footnote: Bosnia only succeeded, I should note, after the UN was in effect removed, and the United States took over the process that led to the Dayton peace agreement exactly six years ago next week, and a NATO peacekeeping force, which is still there, although in much reduced numbers.)
So, I conclude that the way to deal with the UN is to address its shortcomings and reduce them, to strengthen the organization and its Nobel Peace Prize-winning secretary general, but remember always that it has inherent limits because of its very nature.
/sofi? Aman is very wise, gracious man.
/fun to think: reform un or make rival, them to get nato as fast as they reform & fast as they make their force ir
/small successes would be vital
/how should they handle the eu, oas, seato,
/see iraq4 for the one salim lone wrote ‘who’s in charge?’ w post 9/6-/04
/make jap textbooks tell truth.
/show that china is causing the decline in tigers in India
/l2/04 – In Congo War, Even Peacekeepers Add to Horror By MARC LACEY Local women in Congo have accused U.N. soldiers of sexually assaulting them, using money and treats as lures.
/sure am glad the eu is growing.
/growth of eu is another argument showing how we’re blowing it by not expanding the un
Before the Flood By SUJATHA BYRAVAN and SUDHIR CHELLA RAJAN
A painless, humanitarian way for rich countries to deal with the imminent wave of “climate exiles” who will be flooded out of their homes.
/the name ‘un’ formally adopted in ’42 [I guess in response to the war]
The Turkish Identity The charges of denigrating the national identity brought against a Turkish novelist are a reminder that one of Turkey’s biggest obstacles in dealing with the West is the way it chooses to patrol its own history. [same w japan]
A Million Little Pieces By NADER MOUSAVIZADEH The best way to save the United Nations is to break it up.
/federalism as in local, county, st, fed, ir
/sure is good to see the eu growing. Now 32 nations. It has great requirements for admitting turkey, which could take l0 yrs.
/l6k un peacekeepers in the congo.
/we won several wars. And we brot computers and net, so should be formula by which others support the un. Same with un peacekeepers – they shouldn’t be free
/search effective ir orgs
/The Killing Fields The U.N.-Cambodian tribunal given the task of bringing those responsible for the “killing fields” of Cambodia to trial should be supported by serious efforts to ensure that such atrocities do not happen again. 7/6/06 nyt
Peacekeepers Are Not Peacemakers By NANCY SODERBERG History should serve as a warning to deploying a robust international peacekeeping force to Lebanon.
Bad Company Review by JAMES TRAUB 8/06 The historian Paul Kennedy looks at the United Nations and its ill-behaved member states.
-/Reforming the United Nations – na THE UNITED Nations has recently come in for a beating: It has been attacked over the oil-for-food scandal and treated with occasional contempt by the Bush administration. And yet the world’s tendency to turn to the United Nations has if anything grown stronger. Between 2000 and 2005 the number of…
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/if a dem un, then they couldn’t ignore black Africa as much?
/if parts of the world are not ready for dem, why would they back a dem u.n.? world just isn’t ready for it. fix
Peacekeeping Grows, Strains U.N. – na Group’s Troop Numbers Across Globe to Hit New High
(By Colum Lynch, The Washington Post)
/i was glad to see hugo chavez and the pres of iran give the u.s. some gas the un and get applause
/lot of un peacekeepers don’t respect women and kids. Wow
/What I’ve Learned – na (By Kofi A. Annan, The Washington Post)
-/l/27/07 – sig: One NATO Is Not Enough By JOSEPH NÚÑEZ What we need are more permanent regional security and defense organizations, supported by major powers. sig
/Bureaucracy Over Blood Roger Cohen on the success of the European Union.
/New United Nations Chief Tackles the Agency’s Tradition of Patronage Jobs By WARREN HOGE Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is installing tough new requirements for hundreds of jobs will have more incentive to hustle.
/compare its budget, staff, bldg to ours and other govs. It’s more of an idea
/iraq is spreading. 7/07 all the more reason for the u.n.
/john monnet ? of eur.
/House Panel Raises Furor on Armenian Genocide By STEVEN LEE MYERS and CARL HULSE Turkish officials warned that if the resolution was approved by the full House, they would reconsider supporting the American war effort in Iraq.
/opec could cause less trouble
/ U.S. Measure Against Rape Fails at U.N. By WARREN HOGE The United States has failed to obtain a resolution focused on rape used by governments and armed groups.
/if no u.s. and tex was the biggie. What’s tex going to do about problem in r.i, or in no. Dakota, or Wyoming just like texas shouldn’t dominate, the u.s. shouldn’t
/is the general assembly dem….
-/fascinating – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations#Demise_and_legacy
/ Global Center for the Responsibility
/The End of Intervention By MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT Is the international system a collection of legal nuts and bolts cobbled together by governments to protect governments, or is it a framework intended to make the world a more humane place?
/community of democracies – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_Democracies thus http://www.community-democracies.org/ = not much
/could hire 60 af’s for what it costs to hire one am soldier. Vs 43 said liberman
/So Popular and So Spineless By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN There was something filthy about Russia’s and China’s vetoes of the American-led U.N. Security Council effort to impose sanctions on Robert Mugabe’s ruling clique in Zimbabwe.
/if we’d been in the league of n…., there might have been less chance of wwii. Said truman
/ Missing Dean Acheson By DAVID BROOKS (NYT) In a de-centered world, all it takes is a few well-placed parochial interests to bring a global process tumbling down.
/jan ’42 – lst official use of the term u.n.
/un instead of all these coalitions
/am’s savior complex
/deniers of h, Armenian gen.., Japanese resp in wwii
/A Measure of Hope By PAUL COLLIER The United Nations is falling short on helping the poorest countries converge with the rest of mankind.
/problem with Russia and Georgia solved to some degree by the e.u. !
/ A Court for a New America By ROGER COHEN Only by realigning America with international law can the damage inflicted on America’s image and appeal by the Bush administration be undone.
/the military organizer of the 1994 slaughter in Rwanda, was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison by a U.N. court.
/In a First, Gay Rights Are Pressed at the U.N. By NEIL MACFARQUHAR (NYT) A declaration seeking to decriminalize homosexuality won the support of 66 countries. Opponents criticized it as an attempt to legitimize “deplorable acts.”
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/later: to be fully un, countries should have to pay war debts, have true texts, be dem, vs forgiveness
/should make an accounting of which counties have done the most to promote freedom, cap …. by fighting. Debts
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/more complexity got same – http://cac.sagepub.com/content/45/2/186.short
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/http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=democratic+international+organizations&start=10&sa=N thus some above.
/is the eu only econ? It’s vs that csce
/wd should be in an eng speaking county: oz, pi, nz, eng?, Canada, pr, Jamaica
/the hse made up of pop and those blocs in the senate + what
/Alliance for Change By NICOLAS SARKOZY and LUIZ INÁCIO LULA DA SILVA (NYT) The present mechanisms for global governance are unsuited to the myriad challenges which we face in the 21st century. More Articles On This Topic »
/terrible: always us: Honduran Rivals See U.S. Intervention as Crucial in Resolving Political Crisis By GINGER THOMPSON Leaders on all sides in Honduras see the United States as the key to getting what they want, even as the Obama administration distances itself from the crisis.
/ir mil would help them become ir citizens? Or residents with some privileges. !
/armenian genocide, jap… texts, overdone on h,
/On Oct. 25, 1971, the United Nations General Assembly voted to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan.
/blowing one op after another – to use our tech. fix
/our 700 bases should eventually be un bases. Bases of other countries should be too
/debts of sorts of the countries we saved. K. pridhams note
/g is never allowed to forget. What about jap…
/if un, isis couldn’t get its way with us as much
/lst loyalty then to un, 2nd to one’s country.
/war debts etc, fp, and other reasons for un
/show where ir orgs do work well – and get ignored?
/could a un have prevented wwi? Well the league didn’t prevent wwii.
/if the bases in japan etc were u.n., am wouldn’t have to take so much flac over having bases there.
/if un were dem etc, there could be far fewer g7, g8, g20, summits on envir, nukes, etc SIG [what more obvious sign that we need it]
/start of un in 42? Expanded later.
/so you don’t have neutral countries sitting out wars
/search bad decisions by the u.n.
/all the war stuff on tv means we need world dem
/the idea started in 42, but formalized after wwii. Wouldn’t let spain in.
/china is the only one that could rival us as a superpower. Said ft 7/l0. That’s not the pt. the pt is un
/they should hire ex outcomes.
/then no compromise on human rights between 2 countries.
/could there be a way where members like china see a un could benefit them in the long run – saving $ on mil.
/if un had been dem, Taiwan couldn’t have been dumped?
/search the league. And it’s lessons, precedents
/a dem un could create more breakaway republics?
/euro zone having trouble l2/l0. So how could my idea of a un work?
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/The United Nations is not a democracy; all efforts should be made to make it one. One effort could be competition. Create a democratic organization [call it W.D. for World Democracy] with each country having more votes for free press, human rights, economic freedom,
/search efforts to reform the un or just reform the un
- /perfect example how it should be made dem: U.N. Debates Airstrikes Against LibyaA6
Britain and France pushed to hold a U.N. Security Council vote on Thursday that would authorize airstrikes against Libya—with some officials suggesting Arab nations would play a key role—but Russia said it needed more time to decide on the resolution.
/U.S. Africa Command Seen Taking Key Role By ERIC SCHMITT A command designed largely to train and assist the armed forces of 53 African nations is now leading the initial phase of a complex shooting war with Libya.
/ allies Spar but Renew Airstrikes on LibyaA1 The U.S. and its allies worked to expand the protective shield in the skies over Libya on Monday, while political skirmishing broke out over who would take command of the continuing international operation.
/every report on Libya supports the argument for wd
/create new org for pol only, let the un do the rest. Ah ha. And or add ngo’s where needed.
Arabs —–
Historic, a great awakening, unprecedented? all watching, great chance, dominos, obvious, 50 sts, ir-dem, all the gaming, us lst, 2 other wars in muslim… al queida , petty picking at pres, no swagger, is… , could bring peace to mid east in long run, all are missing it – wd , pri army, aa
/am pretty sure free nations have more votes.
/in the best interest of all to force dem
/arab thing cries out for wd or global dem.
/good news: un somewhat involved in ivory coast, and nato in Libya,
/musical chairs with Tunisia, Libya, etc
/title: gg = global gov
/should have ir troops so we can spend more at what we are good at – tech.
-/…..said many ir orgs are not dem. Hmmm
/….said learn from council of eur…….imf, world bank
/how much time am I going to spend on this!
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/it’s all connecting the dots
/show how much we would save with an ir force
-/does un compete with any orgs in various areas?
/ U.N. Peacekeepers to Stay in Congo By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (NYT)
The United Nations Security Council voted Tuesday to extend the mandate of the 19,000-member United Nations peacekeeping force in Congo for a year.
/l93 flags flying outside. 7/ll l93 members
/U.N. Peacekeepers’ Sex Scandals Linger, On Screen and Off By NEIL MacFARQUHAR (NYT) A string of sex scandals from Bosnia to Haiti has changed the way the United Nations handles accusations of trafficking, rape and related crimes, but the issue still bedevils the institution.
/Learning From Hammarskjold By BRIAN URQUHART Dag Hammarskjold’s resolute international leadership has never been equaled.
/un far more sig for poor countries
-/global governance sig term . search it. go to site of council on for rel… to global gov… for list of orgs.
/see nato and nato4?
/ reform the u.n. or start an org that is truly dem. That will force all the countries to share the responsibilities of all the problems.
/are the wto, imf, world bank dem….? Sig
/tv discussion on how the eu needs to be more representative. Eur’s econ is as big as ours.
/syrians asking for ir help. L0/ll gov has killed 3k
/get mil equip from around world. We would have to do it all and strut around
/Russia to Join WTO Russia signed a pact with Georgia that removes the last obstacle to Moscow’s membership in the World Trade Organization, boosting the trade bloc’s clout among major world economies and sealing the Kremlin’s intentions to open up the economy after 18 years of negotiations.
/offer more power to un AS it becomes more dem. Sig. probably wouldn’t have to.
/African Union Force Makes Strides Inside Somalia By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
The efforts of its troops have put the African Union in the driver’s seat of an intensifying international effort to wipe out Somalia’s Shabab militants, once and for all. Ll/ll
/when ussr outmaneuvered itself before the k war
Hillary Clinton pressed the U.S.’s coalition allies in Afghanistan to make concrete commitments to funding Afghan security forces over the next decade. L2/ll wsj [but don’t ever ask their advice]
/Arab Leaders May Take Syrian Issue to U.N. Security Council By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (NYT) Arab ministers expressed frustration that Syria had not carried out a plan to address the crisis there and may take their initiative to the United Nations Security Council next week. great
/sales of arms to this country, that one,
/ On Jan. 10, 1946, the first General Assembly of the United Nations convened in London. [ but some mention of it acting as an established body in 42?]
-/search dem… ir orgs
/ U.S. Puts Sanctions on Japan Organized Crime Group U.S. officials, looking to cut organized crime out of the global financial system, imposed sanctions against a Japanese organized-crime group and members of an international network of crime bosses.
/one of the best things any country as done has been to establish dem. So should all the countries
/peacekeepers have probably had far more success than we hear
/tons of untapped potential
/fist fight in the u.n. long ago. I’d never seen that.
/why don’t un peacekeepers back up the local police. Then less chance for abuse
/choice of secularism !!! bring sanity to the approach. Fix
/cut the need for spying
/Obama: nato has become a hub for global sec. sig 5/l2 !!!!
/ea country hung up on pride, honor, respect, position, greatness, prestige, equality, navies, colonies in the past.
/bruce jones at brookings . also he’s the head of ….
-/hiding $ in swiss banks
/ U.N. Pursues a Global Weapons Treaty Delegates from around the world gathered in New York on Monday for the start of monthlong U.N.-hosted negotiations to hammer out the first-ever binding treaty to regulate the global weapons market, valued at more than $60 billion a year.
/un could have kept us out of vietnam, af, iraq,?
/ http://www.g-l-f.org/ global leadership found….. started by de klerk
/ Arab Spring Highlights International Court Flaws By LYDIA POLGREEN The failure to act against some autocratic leaders challenged by the Arab Spring is emboldening critics who see the court as part of a deeply undemocratic international order.
/a good un would mean fewer arms races
/ag: my un force: local units for the lite stuff to be half of it to get training for the heavier stuff. Pri, gurkas, f foreign legion, best tech from am? Outsource.
/un started in ’42 with 26. In ’45 up to 50. Sf
/ Oct. 1971, the United Nations General Assembly voted to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan.
/expect very slo on this. From not much to league, from league to un
/we worked with coalition forces in patrolling the northern Arabian gulf. Never heard of it. Program ‘at sea’ ll/l2 tv sig
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/this looks anti – http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/ what is their purpose
/ Treaty Rights for the Disabled If the Senate ratifies the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities, it can extend protections for the disabled beyond the United States.
/ag: we sure hurt our credibility in the un by worshipping is….
/energy independence and similar issues
/world insight on cctv: role of emerging econs in imf and world bank. L2/l6/l2 global governance.
/global currency – wsj
Fourteen years after NATO troops first entered Kosovo to end fighting between ethnic Serbs and ethnic Albanians, there is still no “Mission Accomplished” sign in sight.
/what if calif thot it was it – thot it had to take care of the other 49 states
/ U.N. Approves New Force to Pursue Congo’s Rebels By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (NYT) The United Nations Security Council authorized a new “intervention brigade” for the Democratic Republic of Congo, and gave it a mandate to carry out offensive operations.
[ag: first offensive op for un said another blurb] sig. 4/l/
/sooner the better re nuclear proliferation
/if there was a good un force, we wouldn’t have to keep 27k troops in so k. similar in Okinawa where they are resented.
/rather be a superpower for x yrs, then 0, or part of wd
/nationalism has been a curse. We need internationalism
/brits just apologized for what they did in Kenya [mau mau]. Jap… needs to. we need un body for this.
/none of our 50 states talks of going go war with another [cept civil war]. Same with other countries.
/un would solve all the special relationships
/nec to slow down the arms race. Sig sig
/all our relations all over would and everyone’s would not be nec if un
/incredible savings in no arms race if a strong un . no one’s even talking about it. blind
/china’s arms build up vs us. only us.
-/search growing int’l alism. Globalization
/how my view has changed due to the economist
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*/the more dem, the more respect it would command. And be more empowering.
*The most empowering sys structure? To be constructed. Conceived. Ever. It could catch fire.
/start one on net like moveon.org to evolve like google, wiki…
*/start a net wd sig. to show how wd could affect embargo of cuba, Guantanamo, the wars, fairness, etc.
Voting power of each would depend on how dem… it is.
Sep… org for econ. voting power higher for those which have more econ freedom. Econ measures would get atten. It could have join the wto, imf, world bank, grameen, ngo’s
*/decline in dem or rights would mean fewer votes. – like tienamen sq. like ratings of bonds, etc. thus adjustable dem. No gerry mandering
/parliamentary sys better? [all does not have to be am]
*/should be started and worked on by those who have the most to gain – women, etc.
*/what other ir orgs are dem. Effective? Which are closest to wd
/most sig idea for obama. 2 hse legislature
/Being democratic, it would be more effective. The more it was the more money the member countries would contribute to it, the wd, and the less to the u.n. The u.n. would be FORCED to reform or go out of business
/comp, thus 1 or more dem orgs. Tienamen sq should cost em votes right then, by the rest taking a vote. All this is the most exciting idea ever
[nor are some of its members democratic].
/stable currency, birthrate, envirn…
/women + given power no matter what
/the more secular the more votes, also the more pri, free market
/when women win rights, should they lose votes?
/men, oppressed women but that left out free women.
/the most censored,
/in the hse, one vote ea for senate
The ratings would be spread out over 2 yr period. Votes for each category would be adjusted after its rating. Thus . and bring massive reforms
A more democratic U.N. would reduce the differences among the blocs [the common market, the Arabs, the west, the 3rd world, NATO, SEATO, OAS, etc.]. It would harness
The countries could be rated on these periodically and their votes adjusted.
/pay what % of one’s gnp [arabs]
If the U.N. didn’t keep up, countries would pull their money out give it to the W.D.
/w.d. would force the blocs to accept their share of resp?
/blocs = staggering implications for dem. Explain.
/a temp w.d. could be set up on the net. Anything comparable? Like moveon.org
/so a hse made up of pop? And each bloc and a senate of one of each of those
/pop vs econ power? Problem here is some have advantages? And econ freedom should cover it.
/the un is an idea compared to what it could and should be.
/it’s not a dem – https://www.google.com/#q=un+is+not+a+democratic+organisation
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/there must be ir orgs like it on the net to pattern after. wow
/those with more human rights, animal rights, progress should have more votes? Long as those on top couldn’t hold down those on bottom —- end of wd sec. skip —— – – –
/more joining nato and the eu.
/eu vs common market
/ir criminal crt. The hague
/thot of some incredible ex… in the shower and forgot it. some comparison with u.s?
/Interpol model un
/the 50 u.s. states
/search competition for the u.n. – brot 0
/voting blocs of those with less have the most [reasons for] empathy
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/ https://www.google.com/#q=which+international+organisations+impose+sanctions
/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_(international_relations) – sig?
/will only respond to pressure. Thus demos, boycotts, disinvestment
/international democratic forces – 0
/does democracy now support this? Not in a big way.
/global governance, steps to or toward
/elements of democratization – mostly 0 some ‘forces’ mean mil…
/elements of international democratization –
-/ https://www.google.com/#q=elements+of+international+democratization+ thus
Notwithstanding the global financial turbulence of the past three years, democracy’s elements facilitate long-term economic growth. These elements include …
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/savior complex, ugly am,
/ $285 for http://www.amazon.com/The-Democratization-International-Institutions-Democracy/dp/1857437047
/gg for global gov. gd? Ud for united dems?
/being blown in proportion to how the league was blown
/search how many times the veto blocked action.
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It’s claimed that if the League of Nations had done its job, we might have avoided World War II, the subjugation of eastern Europe, and the start of the cold war. The League ended and the U.N. took its place. If the U.N. had done its job, we might have avoided many conflicts. These are good reasons for making the U.N. democratic, expanding it, and giving it teeth. This would force each of the countries of the world to accept their share of responsibility for resolving common problems like the arms trade, terrorism, hostages, ethnic disputes, foreign aid, border disputes, human rights, sanctions, refugees, chemical, biological, and nuclear warfare … .
A more democratic U.N. would reduce the differences among the blocs [the common market, the Arabs, the west, the 3rd world, NATO, SEATO, OAS, etc.]. It would harness the inevitable rise of Germany, Japan and China and India.
Each country could drastically reduce its military forces. Need graph, figs. These would be maintained as our states maintain national guard units. A larger U.N. force would be made up of what each country had to contribute: men, money, technology, or elite forces such as the Gurkas and legionnaires.
The countries of the world have every selfish, practical, and noble reason for democratizing and expanding the U.N. With the end of the cold war, we have a rare opportunity to do this. If the U.N. resists, a separate and truly democratic organization should be set up.
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Organizations supporting such plans are
/with good un, u.s. won’t be suckered in a war like it was in wwi. Fix
-/rest of world owes allies for saving them from wwii. + other wars, + u2, blackbird, etc
/Police man of the world. Sucker. Amazing that there has been so little coverage of this need.
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Un has 0 to say about the unrest in ukraine, arab world, bkk, turkey – all over. l/l4
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/https://www.google.com/#q=Community+of+Democracies+ thus
http://www.community-democracies.org/ – not impressive. are they inside the un?
/org and agitate for this – did de soto ?
/A More Useful Germany By THE EDITORIAL BOARD A healthy debate has been sparked by the country’s president, who suggested Germany play a bigger role in international affairs, even if that means using the army.
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The democratic countries of the world believe in democracy for their countries, but not for the U.N. [ United Nations]. Any country on the U.N. Security Council can veto a resolution before it. That’s not democracy.
If the U.N. was democratic it would reduce the differences among regional organizations – the common market, the E.U., NATO, SEATO, OAS, etc. and work with the rise of China and others. Each country could drastically reduce its military forces as the U.N. built up its force. America wouldn’t have to be ‘policeman of the world.’
A democratic U.N. could force each country accept its share of responsibility for dealing with the arms trade, terrorism, hostages, ethnic disputes, foreign aid, border disputes, human rights, sanctions, refugees, piracy, chemical, biological, and nuclear warfare … . America wouldn’t take on so many problems and get so much blame.
Who should pressure the U.N. to reform? – heads of state, politicians, the media, political organizations, regional orgs, ngo’s, the world bank, the international monetary fund, think tanks … . There are other groups who should work on this – suppressed women, gays, untouchables, ethnic groups, political prisoners, slaves, and the two-thirds of the world’s population that are locked out of the capitalist system. These have the most empathy, the most to gain, and would work hardest for reform.
Some of the organizations for reform: REFORM THE UNITED NATIONS, COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC UNITED NATION, CAMPAIGN FOR UNITED NATIONS, PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY, WORLD FEDERALIST MOVEMENT.
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Add the give them comp bit. It needs work. search comp for the un. Found 0 but
https://www.google.com/#q=united+nations+vs+european+union – sig? try it for imb, world bank,
/un global contact – connects biz with
/ Why don’t we hear more about all this?
/there is a nato-russia council – nrc
/fall of the british emp………must be another reason
/piracy
/our jewish press is not for reform of sec council. Covered more abroad?
/british empire was like a u.n. during ww2 and what else?
/if un, countries could not be neutral during war.
/cica – 24 member nations , ll observers
/remember ‘the non-aligned nations’
/ Shouldn’t Europe pay more for its own defense? By Graham Allison 6/l5/l4
/It’s like saying what’s calif going to do about all the problems in the other states.
/present trouble in gaza, U.N. Official Cites ‘Strong Possibility’ of War Crimes 9:29 AM 7/l4
/strong un would reduce our blunders – nam, iraq, af, somalia
/member nations of un making same mistakes as the league?
/we are paying for the destruction of anthrax production in ussr. Why isn’t the i.r. community
/un-backed war crimes trial tribunal in cambodia now. Too slow
/icrc – red cross
/ Arab Nations Strike in Libya, Surprising U.S. By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and ERIC SCHMITT
The airstrikes against Islamist-allied militias were a major escalation by the bloc of nations seeking to roll back Islamist gains since the Arab Spring.
/bbc and cctv. What else ngo’s
/look what it took to get rid of monarchies and what it took to establish dems. Thus the rd to ir dem is long.
/which orgs have POL power?
/which are dem? – imf? World bank. And pol power?
/skip: Csce – http://www.csce.gov/ -skip also known as the u.s? Helsinki commission
/fun to think up how this could work: google type approach – far outside the box. Totally em org with pol and econ power. To show it’s power, which would press the u.n. If un didn’t shape up, pull out pol, but leave it for health etc.
/if isis came out of nowhere, why can’t un reform via osce
/now venez… gets a seat at un. Other seats are rotating. Palestine wants a seat. Turkey is denied a seat.
/apec – econ – http://www.apec.org/
/isaf – 47 nations belong – ir security ……force – part of nato. Formed for af – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Security_Assistance_Force
/globalization should be pol too
/arms race
/the eu, euro zone, eur parliament – how dem are they?
/all members only want feel good blue helmets
/ Although major democracies push the spread of democracy around the world, they don’t push it for the U.N., which needs it the most.
-/a dem un could take ad of arab money
/3/l5 – arab league talking for an ir force. Great
/if we were like the u.n. texas or ny would have veto
/reform un as all hold us accountable
/ag: the un veto is suicide
/overlapping jurisdictions
/wiki must be a lot of help
/has to be understood by the common man
/how has un power increased and why
/so that the more democratic and capitalistic countries have most of the power. The more the other countries became this way, the more power they would gain; and the more they did, the less chance for war.
/un in l7 peacekeeping operations world wide. l993.
/ http://www.worldaudit.org/news/news.htm – skip
/ http://www.edemocracy-forum.com – theory
/ http://www.worldaudit.org – not pro, but potential.
/ One World Trust, – site has been compromised.
/ http://www.wfm-igp.org/site/ world fed.. movement. Dippy
international institutions and global governance
global governance indicators too theoretical
`/commission on global governance – who knows. Theory?
/examples of global governance – wiki thus later, not much
https://www.google.com/#q=global+democracy thus
global democracy promotion act
global democracy and the world social forums – 0
/global democracy the case for a world government
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http://www.unwatch.org – pro is…?
/graph – growth of peacekeeping missions – hard – https://www.google.com/search?q=growth+of+un+peacekeeping+missions&biw=1280&bih=615&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=bS49VfGmK9a4ogSA9YHYDw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg
/ graph those pressing for u.n. reform – 0
/graph pressure for un reform – – 0 those for un reform – 0 un reforms – 0 un reforms needed – too hard support for un reform – 0 un reformers – 0
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/skip for now as covered by other ……look for the above charts on the web
/graph those not in the un, those with the most to gain
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/ https://www.globalpolicy.org/un-reform.html thus
https://www.globalpolicy.org/ngos/links-and-resources-on-ngos.html – Scroll to successful ngo campaigns. Pri, not dem.
/relevant articles – un4 – probably too cumbersome?
/progress has been only selfish and reluctant
/ not much – The world history of international political organizations
/un could better use the dem traditions of the England who won more internal and external wars than anyone. fix
/they wouldn’t resent us so much
/induce and guide comp
/pittfalls: bur, j, gov,
/shouldn’t need this as sec c and un reform lst, below – / https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=think+tanks+push+u.n.+reform
/blocs: potential, untapped, latent, unorganized
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/how to keep blocs from taking over
/then ire + couldn’t sit out the next major war.
/un needs comp – like what charter schs have done to pub schs.
/search comp for u.n. – 0
`/Osce vs un – thus Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe …
en.wikipedia.org/…/Organization_for_Security_and_Co-opera…Loading…
The OSCE is concerned with early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management,
The OSCE essentially took the place of the United Nations in Bosnia and ….this from/ https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=international+military+forces not much so far
/osce – org for security and coop in eur – http://www.osce.org – No. http://www.osce.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_for_Security_and_Co-operation_in_Europe
bad site so far. 57 countries – eur and cent asia, & no. am. Sections on ter, dem, roma ….. [no mil force] has rel with un https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=osce I guess it doesn’t have a force. Too many titles
Sig
/https://www.globalpolicy.org/un-reform.html which has more links on reform, sig
/gorby
/ world gov – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_government sig for orgs and terms. Here?
/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_of_the_United_Nations sig
/ /the small countries with more dem, cap, etc. would have more power – sig
/search democratic forces in the world. I did?
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/I can’t find: truman said if we’d had a un before, wouldn’t have been wwii.
/ good record in sci, tech?, ref?, japan, Armenian gen…
/ir hist would pt out opium wars,
/blocs animal rights bloc, elderly, ims, those trafficked, the dark skinned, youth, indentured and exploited workers, displaced, ngo’s can be in one grp or more?
overlooked, oppressed ….
Hist shows the need for a dem un. Dem is …. ? thus reform needed, dem……forces, other forces for reform.
/search steps toward world gov dem. Spread of dem
/ eng and in an eng speaking country? Multiple offices? Hq in a less expensive country?
/ https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=u.n.+security+council+reform – the lst order of biz?
/ https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=u.n.+reform
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/geo soros’ open society and tons of other orgs.
/The non-aligned movement – ll8 nations met in iran 8/l2
/http://www.ccd21.org/ a part of it? – looks good
/Privatizing peace – http://www.economist.com/node/18895458 for peace but no mention of dem
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/ spread of dem?
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Eth – wow kurds, Armenians, castes?
Repressed – thru their most relevant orgs?
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/ Reform the UN – potential but jargon
/ I’m saving religious minorities
/spread growth of dem
/to prevent isolationism
/ Unlike the EU, the UN does not make democracy a prerequisite for membership
/The spread of nato and the UN peacekeepers have shown the growing need for an effective international force.
/World Bank and U.N. to Help Poor Nations Recover Stolen Assets By WARREN HOGE A new system will help developing nations recover assets stolen and sent abroad by corrupt leaders, assets that amount to an estimated $40 billion a year. 9/l8/07 nyt
/ hist – marauder
/ j, charts, eng speaking country, projections on $ and lives saved,
/the longer a country or area has been dem should give it more votes, pts. Less for discrim, expulsions
/Nato has requirements for membership. [dem?….]
/ the small countries with a longer hist of dem, cap, etc. would have more power – the longer they’ve had those, the more power.
/ REFORM THE UNITED NATIONS http://www.reformtheun.org – na a project of the world fed mov which is part of the Inst for global policy.
/search expanding the peacekeepers
They could be useful to someone on the same wavelength
/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Consensus
/it’s not whether jap … can rearm, but under the un
/ https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=united+nations+security+council+reform
/unesco memory of the world program – just established the rape of nanking as sig l0/l5
/ngo
/ unpa = u.n. parliamentary assembly
/later: Reform will be more vigorous outside the u.s. and other Israeli-influenced countries as Israel has greatly and unfairly benefited from the u.s. having a veto in un.
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Reform the u.n. – notes
1 history
/ the league of nations was not a democracy. – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations
It did not prevent wwii. After the war the un was created.
/It was said the un’s finest hour was when it voted to start the Korean war. That eventually saved south korea which became a powerhouse.
/In more recent years Richard Holbrooke said the un had three successes: Cambodia, East Timor, and Kosovo and three failures: Somalia, Rwanda, and Bosnia.
2 issues
A democratic un could force each country to accept its share of responsibility for the arms trade, terrorism, hostages, ethnic disputes, border disputes, human rights, sanctions, refugees, nuclear proliferation, capitalism, immigration, drugs, secularism ……
3 democracy
/democratic countries don’t war against each other as often as non-democratic countries.
/ No substantial famine has occurred in a country with a democratic form of government and a relatively free press. – Prof Sen, trinity college, cambridge. nobel prize – economist l0/98 –
4 reform
/ https://www.globalpolicy.org/ – section on reform
/ https://www.globalpolicy.org/un-reform.html – links on reform
/ https://www.globalpolicy.org/un-reform/links-and-resources-on-un-reform.html – a biblio on reform
/Annan Plans to Propose Sweeping Changes to U.N., Report Says By REUTERS
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan’s proposal is expected to include the expansion of the Security Council and changes to a human rights panel.
/ https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=reforming+the+U.N.
/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_of_the_United_Nations
/ https://www.google.com/#q=reform+the+united+nations
/ The U.N. Fights for Its Future
/ Reforms Needed for a More Effective United Nations: A Memo to … Jan 14, 2009 www.heritage.org/Research/internationalorganizations/sr0041.cfm – 49k – Cached – Similar pages
/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/26/AR2006082600597.html
/ Gorbachev calls for a kind of perestroika or restructuring of societies around the world, starting in particular with that of the United States, because he is of the view that the late-2000s financial crisis shows that the Washington Consensus economic model is a failure that will sooner or later have to be replaced. According to Gorbachev, countries that have rejected the Washington Consensus and the International Monetary Fund approach to economic development, such as Brazil and China, have done far better economically on the whole and achieved far fairer results for the average citizen than countries that have accepted it.[58]
/ Reform at the IMF And a lesson for the United Nations (The Washington Post)
/Each country and bloc should have more votes for how long they have had free press, human rights, economic freedom, secularism, rule of law, elections, etc. and fewer votes for having had less. They should be rated and adjusted periodically, causing the un to evolve slowly.
5 democratizing forces
/ https://www.google.com/#q=international+democratizing+forces
/ The EU as a Democratizing Force: The Example of Croatia’s EU … … Cached
/ https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=international+democratizing+forces
/ https://www.google.com/#q=global+democratizing+forces
/ Globalizing Good Government By RICHARD W. FISHER AND W. MICHAEL COX
Nations can no longer sit within their borders and pursue policies incompatible with an increasingly integrated world economy.
/ The UN Role in Promoting Democracy: Between Ideals and Reality Almost a third of the UN’s members have requested its assistance in conducting elections. The UN is supporting a new wave of democracy, although not without … www.unu.edu/unupress/new/ab-UNrole.html – 14k – Cached – Similar pages
/ Foreign Affairs – Globalization’s Democratic Deficit: How to Make …
Not all member states of international organizations are themselves democratic. Long lines of delegation from multiple governments, combined with a lack of …
/ www.foreignaffairs.org/…/joseph-s-nye…/globalization-s-democratic-deficit-how-to-make-international-institutions-more-accountable.html – Similar pages by JS Nye Jr – 2001 – Cited by 68 – Related articles – All 6 versions
/ https://www.google.com/#q=democratization+and+international+organizations
`/ mutual funds – one of the greatest contributions to financial democracy. pbs 3/99
/ Are the imf, world bank, globalization, wto democratizing forces? Which others?
6 other forces for reform.
Give the United Nations a Little Competition By RUTH WEDGWOOD If the United Nations can’t reform on its own, America needs to support other multilateral venues.
Underrepresented groups [great potential]
Tap those left out – political prisoners, pow’s, slaves, those trafficked, refugees, untouchables, the two-thirds of the world that are locked out of the capitalist system – [like those helped by grameen], lgbt, ethnic groups and other minorities, the suppressed … They have the most empathy, the most to gain, and would work hardest for reform. They should made able to lead it.
/are competing multinationals democratic? Are trading blocks?
7 organizations
REFORM THE UNITED NATIONS
COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC UNITED NATIONS
CAMPAIGN FOR UNITED NATIONS PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY
WORLD FEDERALIST MOVEMENT
/ au, seato, asean …
/ eu – a country has to be a democracy to join.
/ osce http://www.osce.org
/ imf – you vote according to your economic power. Thus the u.s. has l7% of the vote; japan has l2%.
/ Committee for a Democratic UN,
/
http://en.unpacampaign.org/index.php
/ http://www.wfm-igp.org/site/wfm-home
/ Democratic World Federalists,
/ http://www.ned.org – nat endow for dem – pri grp with gov funding
/ world gov – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_government
/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Movement_for_Democracy – thus
African Democracy Forum (ADF), the Latin America and Caribbean Network for Democracy (LAC Network), and the World Forum for Democratization in Asia (WFDA), as well as functional global networks, including the Global Network on Local Governance (GNLG), the International Women’s Democracy Network (IWDN), the Network of Democracy Research Institutes (NDRI), and the World Youth Movement for Democracy (WYMD).
/ https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=+organizations+push+u.n.+reform thus
Misc
/The un should be staffed and run entirely by the private sector. All the work it outsources should be to the private agencies or agencies that will be privatized according to timelines.
/un approved texts should be required in all schools. This would bring perspective to the Armenian genocide, Japan’s glossing over its part in wwii, etc.
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/that Frenchman monet
/0 bout
/if people satisfied, they won’t try to grab land
/you need a good un to promote cap. Sig !!!
/llk peacekeepers in car to help monitor the election. L2/l5
/search us vs un
/un in 70 and 73 passed res for nato to go into lybia
/it’s not what we don’t get out of it; it’s the most sig investment
/the $ saved on arms races would be staggering
Oz is looking for bids to buy subs
http://www.innercitypress.com/ thus
Matthew.Lee@innercitypress.com
/talk about oas ‘interferring’ with Venezuela. Finally 6/l6
/pri and regional orgs should be a chek on un. Sig
/finally: morning joe said where are the world orgs re Syria. Perfect. He went on about how kids are starving etc. l0/5/l6 biblical proportions. Russia in for lst time since early 70s and starving kids. Will be a terrible obama’s legacy . apparently we’re waiting for elections?
/less nationalism and more int’l-ism sig. compare it to the u.s.
/it could be more dem than any country. Sig
/great untapped power of those who’ve been kept out. Hope
/small free countries would have more points proportionally than big repressive ones. And less for less freedom. It’d always be changing. as countries become freer, they’d get more points. Sig like exponents in Willard.
/unn – like the articles of confederation
/k teen debate on a universal? Text re china, japan, k. misses the whole pt.
/if 2 states here have a problem, they go to dc. Fix
On Oct. 25, 1971, the United Nations General Assembly voted to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan.
/ us ceding leadership to china ll/l7 – https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C2PQHB_enUS688US688&source=hp&ei=87sFWuG8Ds7wjwPUwqnIBA&q=u.s.+cedes+leadership+to+china&oq=u.s.+cedes+leadership+to+china&gs_l=psy-ab.3…1764.11526.0.12064.32.31.1.0.0.0.119.2548.27j4.31.0….0…1.1.64.psy-ab..0.21.1780…0j46j0i131k1j0i46k1j0i22i30k1j33i160k1j33i21k1j33i22i29i30k1.0.PlJW119260Y
/ea country has troops sitting around
/nato acted against Serbia
/ag: $ saved by mil cutbacks has to go to
/unn force would 1 mean fewer wars 2 great savings on mil
.see unn4 for league of dem’s idea from john mccain
/how many un backed or sponsored govs,
/how many un peacekeeping missions
/why don’t THEY level the sanctions
/the un should be like the u.s. – with countries as states
/which ir pol orgs are the most dem….
/how much $ could global gov save in mil, econ, preventative
/those that have caused the most trouble, jap and g, can due most of the fighting in the next war
/the French in the Sahel, others abroad? Pri armies = ?
/anyone believing in dem should support dem world gov
/moves toward global governance
/ World government – Wikipedia thus World government – Wikipedia below that a list of regional orgs
/ the free people of all the countries would be a block. Sub cat……via freedom house. As would women, lbgt, biz? … the less dominating like china would get less
/search int’l schemes, plans
TOPHER CALDWELL
Europe Doesn’t Want to Fight America’s Battles Anymoreu
/un’s first goal should be dem for itself and all.
/pts via transparency index, imf, wto, freedom hse, dem index? Tanks. Their influence varies according to …. Carter center, LAW
/ international democratization – Bing
/ international democratizing forces – Bing
/most peaceful countries. Most warlike
/ The list was compiled by rating 161 nations on 15 different factors: property rights, innovation, taxes, technology, corruption, freedom (personal, trade and monetary), red tape and investor protection. Other metrics included were workforce, infrastructure, market size, quality of life and risk. Each category was equally weighted.
The data is based on published reports from Freedom House, Heritage Foundation, Property Rights Alliance, United Nations, Transparency International, World Bank Group, Marsh & McLennan and World Economic Forum’s. ———————
/ 6/22 – Roberta Metsola was speaking at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit, on a day devoted to a discussion on how to “defend Ukraine, counter authoritarian powers, and build an alliance of democracies.”
/ What really caused the war in Ukraine? Global anarchy — and there’s a way to fix it (msn.com) 6/22
/if league of nations had done it’s job. It’s members failed it. same with the u.n.
/g, j, i should push for it to prevent what THEY did
/9/l7/22 – finally – With Russia in crosshairs, US suddenly talks up UN reform (msn.com)
/ world government – Search (bing.com)
/ The world’s most, and least, democratic countries in 2022 | The Economist
/an online un !!! sig
/ organizations that promote global government – Bing images
/ ”. Many fear a repeat of the genocide in the 2000s that killed an estimated 300,000 people before a large force of UN and African Union peacekeepers arrived in 2007. 7/23
/russia stopped grain again. those countries should be required to help with the war
/international political organizations that require shared responsibility –
international political organizations that require shared responsibility – Search (bing.com)
/bring in the religions !!
/ we protect 94 nations
/ which are the most effective ir orgs? Of those, which are the most dem…?
/ NATO Considers Seizing Chinese Assets Amidst Growing Tensions (msn.com)
/ Biden Weighs Letting Ukraine Strike With U.S. Weapons in Russia – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
/ To counter China, NATO and its Asian partners are moving closer under US leadership (msn.com) sig
/ the un’s blue helmets are targets – Search (bing.com)
/ A UN vote on Palestine underlines America’s weakening clout (economist.com)
/ The United Nations’ biggest scandals (msn.com)
/ The Gaza Crisis and the End of Human Rights: The Failure of International Law (msn.com)
/ Dutch state sued over alleged failure to stop Israel’s violations of international law (msn.com)
/ sig Israel steps up its battles with the United Nations (msn.com)
Israel’s long animosity toward U.N. playing out in Lebanon – Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
/ same? Israeli forces again target UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon (msn.com)
/ UN double standards leave a bad taste
/ trump says we should stay out of Syria after its downfall in dec 024
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