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Shaun King's avatar

Would love your thoughts here. Did you all know any of this?

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Ted Chyzy's avatar

Yes I think that the US is no longer a reliable place to have the UN headquarters,lets have a rally to try to find another country, the veto powers are a joke and should be banned

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M. Ocampo McIvor's avatar

Move it to Canada!!! 🇨🇦🍁

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Genocide is Evil's avatar

Not Canada because that is also a Zionist controlled country. There’s plenty of examples of its pro Zionist and anti Palestine policies.

A new UN HQ needs to be in an independent country able to defend itself from US aggression which doesn’t leave many places unless the U.N. becomes completely virtual and everyone stays home to meet and vote.

And yes the permanent veto idea is a massive failure.

I think the U.N. should leave the US and the US and Israel be kicked out.

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Catherine Martinez's avatar

I have said before that the UN needs to be restructured for the world of today because it was created to replace the outdated League of Nations, but was structured along the lines of power after WWII. I agree that the Security Council must be rethought. What should its guiding principles be? Is it even necessary in a world desperate for global unity and to have an opportunity to replace war with a fully equal international forum of all nations. Any UN hierarchy should be for procedural matters only so no nation can lay its heavy hand on any other. Regardless of location, clearly all members must have freedom to speak without fear of reprisal, so long as they speak on UN property. The act of delegates walking out on Netanyahu was far more powerful and to the point than the petty cheap shot of Trump against the President of Colombia.

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Mniew23593@aol.com's avatar

Go online

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Catherine Martinez's avatar

Please explain?

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Terry's avatar

There’s no need for permanent members of the Security Council at all. It’s an anachronism that only exists because otherwise after WW2 the victorious allies never would have supported a UN organization They weren’t about to give up ultimate control over the UN.

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Javier Campos's avatar

The UN Headquarters should be moved to Panama or Switzerland, but it can't stay in the US, it's clearly a belligerent state.

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Jon Olsen's avatar

Best would be in Hawai'i once it REGAINS its national status which has been in suspended animation since being occupied by the US since1893! Learn this sordid story in LIBERATE HAWAI'I!

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Harper Thorpe's avatar

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Steev Beeson's avatar

And the single veto rule MUST go!

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PW's avatar

I have already said this in several places incl letter to 10 Downing St. IMO the veto and any permanent members of Security Council should be done away with - SC should be all members on rotation for a longer period than 2 yrs, with a system that ensures decent balance of size, economy and geographical spread. Major decisions should require 3/4 of members to agree. And OF COURSE it should move out of US, probably to Geneva where it always has a base. Excluding member states or their leaders makes a mockery of the whole system. UN has been blessed with several excellent Secretaries General - Guterres is a star - but their hands are tied if a rogue US president can treat it in this appalling fashion.

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Robert's avatar

I agree,these changes must be implemented to give the UN any legitimatcy.

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Elli Medeiros's avatar

Move the UN to Madrid or Brussels , get rid of the veto , just the majority wins .. and the USA either joins and follows the rules or stays out .. of course the USA would come up with economic sanctions like they have been doing but they are not stronger than the rest of the world together .. empires end sooner or late

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Jon Olsen's avatar

Of course! But I will go a bit further, having thought about this for years. Either abolish the "Security Council" entirely as an imperial anachronism along with its veto and come up with a rational plan for apportioning weight to the 194 countries by population, OR create an entirely new organization (outside the US) using the original principles but without these structural defects. Rogue states can either conform and be part of it or be ostracized (ostrich-sized).

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Nam's avatar

A bunch of pussy and i dont think they will

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Brioche's avatar

Move the UN to Tokyo Japan 👍👍👍👍😍😍😍😍😍😍

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Al Ciuffo's avatar

I agree

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Tijl Rood's avatar

We could of course go for the obvious solution, Geneva. But Switzerland is ridiculously expensive. Paris, London and Berlin are nice, but they have problems to be generous with each other.

Brussels is out of the question, already too many of these ugly glass and steel buildings since it hosts the EU bureaucracy. One could think of Canada, but that would mean a smack in the face of the American administration.

So that leaves Vienna or Amsterdam. But since Phill Collins had a number one hit about Vienna and nobody ever took the trouble of singing a number one hit about Amsterdam, I guess it’s going to be Amsterdam. All diplomats are encouraged to take biking lessons. We don’t wear helmets so best if you started already.

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