“Today's announcement projects a picture of profound weakness in U.S. diplomacy. It should not have been a heavy lift for our diplomats in New York and in foreign capitals to recruit the necessary 96 affirmative votes to seat the United States in the new council.” ShouldHas BeensStatesTodayUnitedUnited StatesNew YorkProjectsWeaknessVoteProfoundHeavyLiftsSeatsDiplomacyCouncilDiplomatsAffirmativeAnnouncementsRecruit Author:Tom Lantos
“The Arts Council of England, in a 1998 report on 11 countries, found that Germany spent $85 per capita on the arts. The United States spent a shocking $6. And Canada, in its stubborn balance, spent $46... It's the Canadian way to be halfway between the Old and New worlds.” WorldWayArtCountryStatesFoundUnitedUnited StatesBalanceEnglandGermanyReportsCanadaMuseumsNew WorldStubbornShockingCouncilHalfwayOld And New Author:Michael Audain
“If Saddam Hussein is unwilling to bend to the international community's already existing order, then he will have invited enforcement, even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act.” IfsStatesHandsOrderCommunityUnitedUnited StatesFailingSecurityInternationalEnforcementSaddamInvitedCouncilHusseinUnwillingInternational CommunitySecurity Council Author:John F. Kerry
“Here are the folks that are involved in this New World Order: The United Nations [....] the World Council of Churches [.....] the Council of Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, the Bilderbergers [.....] the International Monetary Fund [.....] the Club of Rome, the communists, the socialists, the National Education Association [.....] the NOW organisation, the ACLU, the Masonic Lodge.” WorldOrderNationsChurchUnitedInvolvedRelationInternationalFolksClubsFundCommunistRomeNew WorldAssociationUnited NationsCouncilOrganisationMonetaryNew World OrderWorld OrderMasonicLodgesForeign Relations Author:Kent Hovind
“If I were doing the Security Council today, I'd have one permanent member, the United States, because that's the real reflection of the distribution of power in the world. All international laws are invalid, meaningless attempts to constrict American power.” IfsWorldRealStatesTodayLawUnitedUnited StatesSecurityMembersReflectionInternationalPermanentMeaninglessDistributionCouncilInternational LawSecurity CouncilAmerican PowerDistribution Of Power Author:John Bolton
“The abuse of the veto power has become so predictable that frequently resolutions are not even tabled because of the certainty of a veto against their adoption. Necessary discussion is thereby suppressed. Concerted action by the Security Council, the General Assembly and other United Nations agencies is necessary to prevent major human rights violations, stop ongoing breaches and provide remedies to victims.” HumansActionNationsUnitedRightsSecurityMajorsAbuseVictimHuman RightsCertaintyDiscussionAgencyResolutionRemedyAdoptionUnited NationsCouncilOngoingViolationPredictableAssemblyBreachVetoSecurity CouncilGeneral Assembly Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“Were it possible so to accelerate the intercourse between every part of the globe that all its inhabitants could be united under the superintending authority of an ecumenical Council, how great a portion of human evils would be avoided.” HumansWould BeEvilPeaceUnitedAuthorityPortionsGlobesDiplomacyCouncilAvoidedIntercourseAccelerate Book:Selected Writings of James Madison Source: Selected Writings of James Madison
“During my term in AU, I will initiate an organised compensation claim for Africa and I will fight for a greater voice for Africa in the United Nations Security Council. If they (Western nations) do not want to live with us fairly, it is our planet and they can go to other planet.” IfsWantFightingNationsVoiceTermUnitedGreaterSecurityPlanetsClaimsUnited NationsCouncilOur PlanetCompensationInitiateOrganisedSecurity Council Author:Muammar al-Gaddafi
“The [EU] Council of Ministers will have far more power over the budgets of member states than the federal government in the United States has over the budget of Texas.” StatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesMembersBudgetsMinistersTexasFederal GovernmentCouncil Author:Jean-Claude Trichet