While other hope Liberals win here his what you get.

[kcmh]

While others threads are Bush bashing I will step up to the plate and UN bash

Top 10 Slogans from the UN




10. If an impotent, bloated bureaucracy can't solve it, then its best left festering

9. You can't spell 'unethical' without the UN

8. Genocidal dictators, beware of our non-binding resolutions

7. Bringing peace to our world (actual results may vary)

6. Tomorrow's corruption today

5. Raising pointless squabbling to an artform

4. We take bribes so you don't have to

3. Try our world famous cheesy fries

2. If troubles abound, we'll be nearby doing nothing

1. If this is an emergency, please hang up and dial America

[MaDbOy]

This hs to be said:

[screaming_emu]

while a lot of them are true I'm struggling to find the humor.

[kcmh]

This hs to be said:

everyone already knows about our history madboy...................... But its all true. When the job needs done call America.

[screaming_emu]

everyone already knows about our history madboy...................... But its all true. When the job needs done call America.

yup, cause Iraq is one hell of a success right now....wait...no

[Leftseat86]

everyone already knows about our history madboy...................... But its all true. When the job needs done call America.

That was true untill 1960.

Now its...when a country needs a butchering...call the whitehouse.

And your list of UN monickers is full of ****.

[Greg]

The U.N. approved a treaty making it a crime for terrorists to possess or threaten to use nuclear weapons or radioactive material. How the hell is that suppose to do anything? Was it legal before to use radioactive material in a terrorist attack? Seriously. kcmh is dead on. The U.N. is a bloated bureaucracy that doesn't accomplish much of anything.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050413/ap_on_re_us/un_nuclear_terrorism_9

[Leftseat86]

The U.N. approved a treaty making it a crime for terrorists to possess or threaten to use nuclear weapons or radioactive material. How the hell is that suppose to do anything? Was it legal before to use radioactive material in a terrorist attack? Seriously. kcmh is dead on. The U.N. is a bloated bureaucracy that doesn't accomplish much of anything.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ar_terrorism_9

Maybe it would be taken a little more seriously if we didnt always kick it in the face.

Year	Resolution Vetoed by the USA	If Multiple Resolutions	Voting Figures For-Against
1972	Condemns Israel for killing hundreds of people in Syria and Lebanon in air raids.
1973	Afirms the rights of the Palestinians and calls on Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories.
1976	Condemns Israel for attacking Lebanese civilians.
	Condemns Israel for building settlements in the occupied territories.
	Calls for self determination for the Palestinians.
	Afirms the rights of the Palestinians.
1976	Condemns South Africa's attempts to impose apartheid on Namibia.	2
1976	For the admission of Vietnam to the United Nations.	5 (from 1975)
1977	Condemns the apartheid situation in South Africa.	3
1978	Urges the permanent members (USA, USSR, UK, France, China) to insure United Nations decisions on the maintenance of international peace and security.		119-2
	Criticises the living conditions of the Palestinians.		110-2
	Condemns the Israeli human rights record in occupied territories.		97-3
1978	Calls for developed countries to increase the quantity and quality of development assistance to underdeveloped countries.		119-1
1979	Calls for an end to all military and nuclear collaboration with the apartheid South Africa.		114-3
	Strengthens the arms embargo against South Africa.		132-3
	Offers assistance to all the oppressed people of South Africa and their liberation movement.		134-3
	Concerns negotiations on disarmament and cessation of the nuclear arms race.		120-3
	Calls for the return of all inhabitants expelled by Israel.		121-3
	Demands that Israel desist from human rights violations.		111-2
	Requests a report on the living conditions of Palestinians in occupied Arab countries.		120-2
	Offers assistance to the Palestinian people.		112-3
	Discusses sovereignty over national resources in occupied Arab territories.		118-2
	Calls for protection of developing counties' exports.		111-2
	Calls for alternative approaches within the United Nations system for improving the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.		136-1
	Opposes support for intervention in the internal or external affairs of states.		104-2
	For a United Nations Conference on Women.		121-2
	To include Palestinian women in the United Nations Conference on Women.		122-2
	Safeguards rights of developing countries in multinational trade negotiations.		112-1
1980	Requests Israel to return displaced persons.		96-3
	Condemns Israeli policy regarding the living conditions of the Palestinian people.		118-2
	Condemns Israeli human rights practices in occupied territories.	3	118-2 119-2 117-2
	Afirms the right of self determination for the Palestinians.		120-3
1980	Offers assistance to the oppressed people of South Africa and their national liberation movement.		137-3
1980	Attempts to establish a New International Economic Order to promote the growth of underdeveloped countries and international economic co-operation.		134-1
	Endorses the Program of Action for Second Half of United Nations Decade for Women.		132-3
	Declaration of non-use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states.		110-2
	Emphasises that the development of nations and individuals is a human right.		120-1
	Calls for the cessation of all nuclear test explosions.
	Calls for the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.
1981	Promotes co-operative movements in developing countries.		123-1
	Affirms the right of every state to choose its economic and social system in accord with the will of its people, without outside interference in whatever form it takes.		126-1
1981	Condemns activities of foreign economic interests in colonial territories.		133-3
	Calls for the ending of all test explosions of nuclear weapons.		118-2
	Calls for action in support of measures to prevent nuclear war, curb the arms race and promote disarmament.		78-3
	Urges negotiations on prohibition of chemical and biological weapons.		109-1
	Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development, etc are human rights.		135-1
	Concerns changes to the United Nations accounting methods.		127-1
1981	Condemns South Africa for attacks on neighbouring states, condemns apartheid and attempts to strengthen sanctions.	7	145-1 124-1 136-1 129-2 126-2 139-1 138-1
1981	Condemns an attempted coup by South Africa on the Seychelles.
1981	Demands that Israel cease excavations in areas of East Jerusalem considered by the United Nations to be part of the occupied territories.		114-2
	Condemns Israel for bombing Iraqi nuclear installations.		108-2
	Condemns Israeli policy regarding living conditions of the Palestinian people.	2	109-2 111-2
	To establish a nuclear weapon free zone in the Middle East.		107-2
	To establish rights for the Palestinian people.	2	121-2 119-3
	To clarify the status of Jerusalem.		139-2
	Discusses Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip.		141-2
	Concering the rights of displaced Palestinians to return to their homes.		121-3
	Concerning revenues from Palestinian refugees' properties.		117-2
	Establishment of the University of Jerusalem for Palestinian refugees.		119-2
	Concerning Israeli human rights violations in occupied territories.		111-2
	Condemns Israel closing of universities in occupied territories.		114-2
	Opposes Israel's decision to build a canal linking the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
	Discusses sovereignty over national resources in occupied Palestine and other Arab territories.		115-2
	Affirms the non-applicability of Israeli law over the Golan Heights.		121-2
1982	Condemns the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.	6 (1982-1983)
1982	Condemns the shooting of 11 Muslims at a shrine in Jerusalem by an Israeli soldier.
	Calls on Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights occupied in 1967.
1982	For the ratification of the convention on the suppression and punishment of apartheid.		124-1
	To promote international action against apartheid.		141-1
	Condemns apartheid in sports.		138-1
	Calls for the cessation of further foreign investments and loans for South Africa.		134-1
1982	Calls for the setting up of a World Charter for the protection of the ecology.		111-1
	Sets up a United Nations conference on succession of states in respect to state property, archives and debts.		136-1
	Nuclear test bans and negotiations and nuclear free outer space.	3	111-1 114-1 138-1
	Supports a new world information and communications order.		131-1
	Prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons.		95-1
	Development of international law.		113-1
	To prevent the exclusion of certain United Nations employees.		129-1
	Protects against products harmful to health and the environment.		146-1
	Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development are human rights.		131-1
	Implementation of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States.		141-1
	Concerning the adequacy of facilities of the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.		132-1
	Development of the energy resources of developing countries.		146-1
	Restructuring international economic relations towards establishing a new international economic order.		124-1
1983	Afirms the right of every state to choose its economic and social system in accord with the will of its people, without outside interference in whatever form it takes.		131-1
	Resolutions against apartheid South Africa.	4	110-1 149-1 140-1 145-1
	Prevention of an arms race in outer space.		147-1
	Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development are human rights.		132-1
	Concerning international law.		110-1
	Concerning the Transport and Communications Decade in Africa.		137-1
	Prohibition of manufacture of new weapons of mass destruction.		116-1
	Reversing the arms race.		133-1
	Prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons.		98-1
	Requests a study on the naval arms race.		113-1
	Concerning disarmament and security.		132-1
	Strengthening the United Nations to respond to natural and other disasters.		126-1
1984	Condemns support of South Africa in its Namibian and other policies.		121-2
	International action to eliminate apartheid.		146-2
1984	Condemns Israel for occupying and attacking southern Lebanon.
1984	Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States.		134-2
	Condemns Israeli attack against Iraqi nuclear installation.		106-2
	On the elimination of racial discrimination.		145-1
	Affirms the rights of the Palestinian people.		127-2
	For the convening of a Middle East peace conference.		121-3
	Prohibition of new types of weapons of mass destruction.		125-1
	Prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons.		84-1
	Concerning the law of the sea.		138-2
	Concerning Israeli human rights violations in occupied territories.		120-2
	Condemns assassination attempts against Palestinian mayors.		143-2
	Condemns Israel for failing to place its nuclear facilities under international safeguards.		94-2
	Concerning a nuclear test ban.		123-1
	To study military research and development.		141-1
	Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.		143-1
	Proposing economic assistance to the Palestinian people.		146-1
	Support for the United Nations Industrial Development Organsiation.		118-2
	Concerning the Industrial Development Decade for Africa.		120-1
	Questions regarding the Economic Commission for Western Asia.		123-2
1985	Condemns Israel for occupying and attacking southern Lebanon.
	Condemns Israel for using excessive force in the occupied territories.
1985	Resolutions about cooperation, human rights, trade and development.	3	134-1 130-1 133-1
	Measures to be taken against Nazi, Fascist and neo-Fascist activities.		121-2
1986	Calls on all governments (including the USA) to observe international law.
1986	Condemns Israel for its actions against Lebanese civilians.
	Calls on Israel to respect Muslim holy places.
	Condemns Israel for sky-jacking a Libyan airliner.
1986	To set up a zone of peace and cooperation in the South Atlantic.		124-1
	To eliminate existing imbalances in the information and communications fields.		148-1
	To Strengthen of international security.		126-1
	Dialogue to improve the international situation.		117-1
	For the establishment of a comprehensive system of international peace and security.		102-2
	Declaration on the right to development.		146-1
	Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers.		148-1
	Protection against products harmful to health and the environment.		146-1
1987	Calls on Israel to abide by the Geneva Conventions in its treatment of the Palestinians.
	Calls on Israel to stop deporting Palestinians.		145-2
1987	Condemns Israel for its actions in Lebanon.	2
	Calls on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon.
1987	Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States.		153-2
	Calls for compliance in the International Court of Justice concerning military and paramilitary activities against Nicaragua and a call to end the trade embargo against Nicaragua.	2	94-2 94-2
	Measures to prevent international terrorism, study the underlying political and economic causes of terrorism, convene a conference to define terrorism and to differentiate it from the struggle of people from national liberation.		153-2
	Resolutions concerning journalism, international debt and trade.	3	140-1 154-1 131-1
	Opposition to the build up of weapons in space.		154-1
	Opposition to the development of new weapons of mass destruction.		135-1
	Opposition to nuclear testing.	2	143-2 137-3
	Proposal to set up South Atlantic "Zone of Peace".		124-1
1988	Condemns Israeli practices against Palestinians in the occupied territories.	5 (1988-1989)
1989	Condemns USA invasion of Panama.
	Condemns USA troops for ransacking the residence of the Nicaraguan ambassador in Panama.
1989	Condemns USA for shooting down 2 Libyan aircraft.
1989	Condemns USA support for the Contra army in Nicaragua.
	Condemns illegal USA embargo of Nicaragua.
	Opposing the acquisition of territory by force.		151-3
	Calling for a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict based on earlier UN resoltions.
1990	To send three UN Security Council observers to the occupied territories.
1995	Afirms that land in East Jerusalem annexed by Israel is occupied territory.
1997	Calls on Israel to cease building settlements in East Jerusalem and other occupied territories.	2	130-2
1999	Calls on the USA to end its trade embargo on Cuba.	8	59-2 88-4 101-2 117-3 138-2 143-2 157-2 155-2
2001	To send unarmed monitors to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
	Condemns Israel for acts of terror against civilians in the occupied territories.
	To set up the International Criminal Court.
2002	To renew the peace keeping mission in Bosnia.
2002	Condemns the killing of UK worker for the United Nations by Israeli forces. Condemns the destruction of the World Food Programme warehouse.
2003	Condemns a decision by the Israeli parliament to "remove" the elected Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat.		?-1
	Condemns the building of a wall by Israel on Palestinian land.		?-?
2003	To end the USA's 40 year embargo of Cuba.		179-3

[Legend_Airlines]

Very good Clovis. One of my favourite facts is that USA and their partners in crime, Israel, are the only two countries in favour of having embargos against Cuba.

But then again, who needs the rest of the world. They're all idiots anyways and we don't gotta take crap from nobody.

[Leftseat86]

I particularly like these ones:

Opposition to the build up of weapons in space.		154-1
Opposition to the development of new weapons of mass destruction.		135-1
Opposition to nuclear testing.	2	143-2 137-3

Condemns the apartheid situation in South Africa.

3

Offers assistance to all the oppressed people of South Africa and their liberation movement.

134-3

Calls for the ending of all test explosions of nuclear weapons.		118-2
Calls for action in support of measures to prevent nuclear war, curb the arms race and promote disarmament.		78-3
Urges negotiations on prohibition of chemical and biological weapons.		109-1
Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development, etc are human rights.		135-1

To establish a nuclear weapon free zone in the Middle East.

107-2

To promote international action against apartheid.		141-1
Condemns apartheid in sports.		138-1
Calls for the cessation of further foreign investments and loans for South Africa.		134-1

Calls for the setting up of a World Charter for the protection of the ecology.

111-1

Strengthening the United Nations to respond to natural and other disasters.

126-1

Measures to prevent international terrorism, study the underlying political and economic causes of terrorism, convene a conference to define terrorism and to differentiate it from the struggle of people from national liberation.

153-2

What possible motive could we have for vetoing these other than just being absolute *********. Someone enlighten me.

[ACman]

Is there something wrong with united nations? I mean I know some people are pissed to see that non-US "black" man in there (forget his name) and CNN likes to chew him up.

[screaming_emu]

I think the fact that a hand full of countries can single handedly prevent something from going forward is the main problem with the UN. It really defeats the point of voting if a few nations can go 'wait, no, I dont like that one'. That would be like if out of every voter in the US there were say 15,000 that once everybody had finished voting could go "nope sorry, dont like him". On all these issues that we voted to veto...it should really tell you something when you're losing out on the popular vote by numbers like 135-1.

[Leftseat86]

I On all these issues that we voted to veto...it should really tell you something when you're losing out on the popular vote by numbers like 135-1.

I'll tell you exactly what it means.

We think we're the **** and everyone can kiss our ass.

[expoITHscohen]

Hey hey hey!!! Please do NOT bring Isreal into this. The only reason why it is so loyal to the US is cause it is surrounded by Arab states that wish they could blow it up and that the US help get Isreal to become a country.

[avro_arrow_25206]

I don't understand why they vetoed condemnation of apartheid on numerous occasions. Perhaps they would like to see that happen in their own place?


Kevin, the guy you were referring to was Kofi Annan, United Nation's 7th Secretary-General