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Re: Re: Guerre en Iraq
Doug EVERINGHAM
Thursday, 22 May 2003 01:11:42 +0200
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Frank HOUCK FkHouck@aol.com wrote on 23 Apr 2003 ... ... My family survived world war one and world war two. I have now only two brothers. I know the meaning of war.
Shame on the UN, ... My response: Dear Frank and all, My father survived World War 1 where Australians were used as shock troops. Their recruited volunteers were as high a proportion of our population as in any country, and as promptly embroiled. Australian delegates Evatt and Forde led the smaller powers' push for a more representative UNO and persuaded the UN to set up a marginally more respected International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague. But the Big 5 ('P5' - permanent members of the Security Council which decides issues of peace and sanctions - incidentally also the first 5 atomic weapons powers) resisted wider democracy. They demanded a veto. By far the most frequent user of the veto in recent decades and the most gravely defaulting payer of UN dues under the agreed formula has been the US, which has also spurned the ICJ ruling which found USA guilty of war on Nicaragua. Whatever shame the UN earns must be sheeted home to those who defy, ignore, denigrate and undermine its principles and resolutions and resist UN reform moves. To Australia's shame we were gratuitously embroiled with the illegal US invasions of Viet Nam and the 'coalition of the willing' in Iraq War 2 defying the Blix reports. Our New Zealand neighbour is saner and has suffered less targeting by suicidal terrorists in Bali. The remedies (some discussed in my IIPE "World Democracy" paper) are not in the hands of UN officials but in the hands of UN member governments and their voters. Some of these voters (e.g. in ISPO and the Global People's Assembly Movement) are uniting for multilateral reform of global order, away from the Wall-Street-Washington axis of free market dominance and vetoes, and in favor of the democratic principles developed by USA, Switzerland, Australia and other federations. -- Doug Everingham, former office holder in government, UN and NGO peace and justice committees
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