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Heavy-Handed Politics

"€œGod willing, with the force of God behind it, we shall soon experience a world
without the United States and Zionism."€ -- Iran President Ahmadi-Nejad

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Accountability at the United Nations

Mexia Daily News
 By Kay Bailey Hutchison-Capitol Comment

"Over 60 years ago, the United Nations was chartered to advance human rights, promote justice, rule of law, and freedom, and save future generations from suffering the scourge of war. It requires all member nations to share the costs. The U.N. has grown from its original 51 members to 192 today, and it remains a central forum for international cooperation and communication. The U.N. can also play a valuable role in peacekeeping missions.

But in recent years the U.N. has become inefficient and disorganized and has been widely lampooned as an emblem of incompetence. Its missions have......." Continue.

posted by HeavyHanded at 9:23 PM

7 Comments:

  • It's a noble cause, but it's also time for a structural redesign. The UN needs to embrace the concept of democracy, specifically...

    www.UnitedDemocraticNations.org

    gary

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:30 AM  

  • I agree with your sentiments. Looking at the UDN website, I also agree with their statement that reform at the UN is destined to fail.

    At times, because of frustration, I feel we should just get the h... out of the UN. Then I realize withdrawal and isolation is most likely not in our best overall interests.

    That being the case, but yet because of anti-Americanism that is so prevalent at this body, seemingly ruled by thugs, and because we fund a significant portion of its budget, I wonder why we should want then UN building here in the U.S.

    Maybe it's time to send a message and have the building somewhere else.

    In consideration of all I have said up to this point, I do find the UDN idea intriquing.

    By Blogger HeavyHanded, at 1:54 PM  

  • HeavyHanded, with regards to to location of the UN (or UDN), I conver this on my faq page...

    Q. Where will the UDN be located?

    A. It's important that the UDN not grow as large (and ineffective) as the United Nations. It is also important that the UDN not appear to be "owned" by any one country. Consequently a rotating headquarters would be established. The first five years might find the UDN based in India, the next five in France, and so forth.

    So the message is that all nations share in the problem solving process. What do you think? Good message?

    gary
    www.UnitedDemocraticNations.org

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:31 PM  

  • I like the idea in princple, that is of the rotating of the headquarters, and to do away with the appearance of ownership.

    From a practical matter, I wonder if it is feasible.

    How many countries would be in the rotation? How large a building/facility would they need? Would it be feasible to have/find a building for a 5 year span that would suit their needs? What happens to said building after 5 years? How about staffing it? Do these same staff/people get shuffled around from building to building and country to country every 5 years?

    By Blogger HeavyHanded, at 7:28 PM  

  • Feasible? I can't see why not. We build grand structures for the Olympics...building (or finding) a modest office complex capable of handling, say a thousand people shouldn't be that difficult. Don't forget...one of the problems of the current UN is that the bureaucracy has grown far too large...if we lose people due to moving every five years, it may not be a bad thing.

    If you think the most challenging aspect of this proposal is office space, we're probably in good shape!

    gary
    www.UnitedDemocraticNations.org

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:18 PM  

  • I didn't say that it was the only problem or obstacle, nor that it was it's greatest challenge, I was merely responding to:

    ....It is also important that the UDN not appear to be "owned" by any one country. Consequently a rotating headquarters would be established. The first five years might find the UDN based in India, the next five in France, and so forth.

    and you said:

    "So the message is that all nations share in the problem solving process."

    and then asked:

    "What do you think? Good message?"

    There will no shortage of challenges to get this program off the ground. If you are the one spearheading this operation, I wish you well. It's a fine idea in my opinion, but you have got a ton of work ahead of you.

    My hat's off to you and good luck in this endeavor.

    By Blogger HeavyHanded, at 10:02 AM  

  • Yep, it's just me. Still have my day job. Clearly it will never happen unless others pickup the cause, post links on their websites, etc. Thanks for allowing me to opportunity to post to your blog. Nice biceps btw.

    gary

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:25 PM  

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