“President Obama has decided to have the United Nations review the law of Arizona. You have got to be kidding! We're now going to have countries like Cuba, Libya and Uganda sitting in judgment on Arizona's laws? Enough is enough!” CountryEnoughLawNationsPresidentUnitedJudgmentSittingDecidedReviewsPresident ObamaUnited NationsCubaArizonaLibyaUgandaEnough Is Enough Author:Russell Pearce
“The United Nations should come in and take over Liberia, not temporarily, but for life. To make Liberians believe in democracy, to make us believe in human rights, they need to go in and just seize control of the country. That is the only way Liberia will ever become the kind of country it was supposed to be.” WayNeedsShouldBelieveHumansKindCountryNationsUnitedDemocracyRightsHuman RightsSupposed To BeUnited Nations Author:George Weah
“Recall that the United Nations commissioned Arab scholars and analysts to publish the Arab Human Development Report. What causes the backwardness, the scholars wondered, of 22 Arab states, covering nearly 300 million people? Their conclusion? Of all world regions, the Arab countries scored the lowest in freedom, media independence, civil liberties, political process and political rights.” PeopleWorldHumansCountryStatesPoliticalNationsCausesProcessUnitedLibertyMillionsRightsMediaDevelopmentIndependenceConclusionReportsRegionsScholarRecallsLowestUnited NationsPublishCoveringCivil LibertiesHuman DevelopmentAnalystsPolitical Rights Author:Larry Elder
“Whenever I speak at the United Nations, UNICEF or elsewhere to raise awareness of the continual and rampant recruitment of children in wars around the world, I come to realize that I still do not fully understand how I could have possibly survived the civil war in my country, Sierra Leone.” WorldChildrenStillsWarCountrySpeakNationsRealizingUnitedAwarenessRaisesAround The WorldCivil WarElsewhereSurvivedUnited NationsSierraRecruitmentUnicefSierra Leone Author:Ishmael Beah
“We have been involved in more wars, on a bilateral basis, since the United Nations was formed than any other country by far.” Has BeensWarCountryNationsUnitedInvolvedBasesOther CountriesUnited Nations Author:Jimmy Carter
“For most countries, serving the UN's objectives has never seemed worth even the smallest of risks. Member nations do not want a large, reputable, strong and independent United Nations, no matter their hypocritical pronouncements otherwise. What they want is a weak, beholden, indebted scapegoat of an organization, which they can blame for their failures or steal victories from.” WantCountryMatterStrongNationsUnitedRiskVictoryMembersWeakOrganizationIndependentBlameStealingObjectivesServingSmallestUnited NationsHypocriticalScapegoatIndebted Author:Roméo Dallaire
“The United Nations is useless...and also harmful. It is a land that flowers demagoguery with a bunch of newborn countries, devoid of any tradition.” CountryNationsUnitedLandFlowerTraditionBunchUselessUnited NationsNewbornDemagoguery Author:Antonio de Oliveira Salazar