William Hague - What the hell are you thinking?!!!

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

"The West" has no mandate to feck around in anyone else's business! The UN does and the majority of nations (excl US which is still in serious arrears) pay handsomely for its services.

[easy-lift guy]

"The West" has no mandate to feck around in anyone else's business! The UN does and the majority of nations (excl US which is still in serious arrears) pay handsomely for its services.

 

Tell you what, If the UN is willing to pack their bags and move to the Hague or some where other than the US, I would be willing to forgive all of them unpaid parking tickets that them Diplomats have built up over the years:sneaky2:

easy-lift guy

[skyhuck]

"The West" has no mandate to feck around in anyone else's business! The UN does and the majority of nations (excl US which is still in serious arrears) pay handsomely for its services.

 

The veto's make UN pointless.

[NFG]

Dont worry, Im sure the Middle East peace envoy Blair has it all under control whilst swanning around on a private yacht.

 

Make me smile if it got hit by a stray Exorcet.

 

N

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

The veto's make UN pointless.

 

You could say pointless, or another way of looking at it could be the will of the majority?

[Lee Winger]

I believe the citizens of said countries would sort their leaders pretty fast,if left to their own means.

easy-lift guy

 

Amen to that........

[Garyjp]

Dont worry, Im sure the Middle East peace envoy Blair has it all under control whilst swanning around on a private yacht.

 

Make me smile if it got hit by a stray Exorcet.

 

N

 

Oooh ur such a tease lol

 

 

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[skyhuck]

You could say pointless, or another way of looking at it could be the will of the majority?

 

How????

 

Every other member may want to act, but one member can say NO, how on earth is that be "the will of the majority"?????

[felixthelogchopper]

How????

 

Every other member may want to act, but one member can say NO, how on earth is that be "the will of the majority"?????

 

Spot on. UN Security Council action has to be unanimous or not at all, which means it only takes China or Russia to be feeling a bit arsey to stymie anything.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

How????

 

Every other member may want to act, but one member can say NO, how on earth is that be "the will of the majority"?????

 

Avoiding the history and relevant democratic status of the members of the UNSC, and accepting that this is the system we have, and accepting that each of the 5 have differing agendas, just consider the number of people represented by Russia and China in comparison to the number of people represented by UK & USA.

 

To suggest 1 member might use the veto because they're feeling arsey is whimsical.