US against the world; the ultimate bully
The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly in favour of resolution calling on Israel to lift its threat to exile Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
The vote - 133 in favour, four against and 15 abstentions - follows Tuesday's Security Council debate after which the United States vetoed a similar draft. The resolution got huge support due to last-minute changes introduced by the European Union to condemn Palestinian suicide bombings as well as Israeli extrajudicial killings, says the BBC's UN correspondent Greg Barrow.
But even these concession were not enough to enlist the support of the US, which opposed the text, BBC correspondent says.
Why should US have the power to veto the will of 133 countries of the world? Any of those 5 so-called permanent UN members (even those who act outside UN and international law) have the power to eliminate a resolution even if it is acceptable to the rest of the world (even if 100% of the rest of the world). Why? Why should a bunch of idiots and perhaps criminals decide for the world?
The World should step towards elimination of this unjust privilege.
The vote - 133 in favour, four against and 15 abstentions - follows Tuesday's Security Council debate after which the United States vetoed a similar draft. The resolution got huge support due to last-minute changes introduced by the European Union to condemn Palestinian suicide bombings as well as Israeli extrajudicial killings, says the BBC's UN correspondent Greg Barrow.
But even these concession were not enough to enlist the support of the US, which opposed the text, BBC correspondent says.
Why should US have the power to veto the will of 133 countries of the world? Any of those 5 so-called permanent UN members (even those who act outside UN and international law) have the power to eliminate a resolution even if it is acceptable to the rest of the world (even if 100% of the rest of the world). Why? Why should a bunch of idiots and perhaps criminals decide for the world?
The World should step towards elimination of this unjust privilege.
posted by Faramin | 11:29 p.m.
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