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Four Nations Drop Demand for U.N. Veto |
2005-06-09 |
Brazil, Germany, India and Japan dropped their demand Wednesday for veto power for new permanent members in an expanded U.N. Security Council. The so-called Group of Four, who have been campaigning vigorously to become members of the U.N.'s most powerful body, were forced to back down because of opposition from a number of countries. The group has circulated a resolution that would increase the Security Council from 15 to 25 members, including six new permanent seats with four hopefully going to them and the other two to African nations. But Wednesday's revised draft would delay consideration of a veto for the new permanent members for 15 years. |
Posted by:Fred |
#9 Sorry, the picture was mucking up the borders & alignments on the page... UPDATE: actually the Bob the Builder one was wreaking havoc too. If you include pics by IMG SRC tag do two things, please: first, include 'height=150 width=150' in the tag and second, include a delimiter tag of 'slash' 'img' |
Posted by: BigEd 2005-06-09 19:21 |
#8 Thanks USN. 'Twas bugging me. :) |
Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2005-06-09 15:55 |
#7 #4: Yes, Captain John Smith. |
Posted by: USN, ret. 2005-06-09 15:45 |
#6 They should just set up hidden cameras in every meeting room and edit it together for a weekly reality show. General Disassembly. I'd watch. The UN could be good for something then. Entertainment. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-06-09 10:18 |
#5 Give all countries veto power and a seat, and withdraw the US from the UN. BRUHAHAHAHAHA!! |
Posted by: mmurray821 2005-06-09 09:48 |
#4 I've seen that picture before. Isn't that the captain of the Titanic just before sailing? |
Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2005-06-09 09:15 |
#3 BAH! I say set them all sit on the UNSC and give them all veto power. |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-06-09 08:59 |
#2 Bravo Fred, That picture says it all. |
Posted by: JerseyMike 2005-06-09 08:06 |
#1 But what about the pony?... |
Posted by: mojo 2005-06-09 00:39 |