Talk:United Nations/Archive 2

message: This page and the country page seems to confuse coutry with sovereign state? There are lots of recognised countries like Wales or Scotland which have their own "national football teams" and are universally referred to as "countries" for example in sport (and I reluctantly acknowledge that football is pretty well the only really global soprt) but which are not in the UN in their own right as they are not sovereign states. --BozMo|talk 09:31, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Countries or sovereign states

message: Somebody should make it...
:There aren't many that are undisputedly states. Taiwan, the Holy See..I cannot think of any others. --64.12.116.67 17:17, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of countries that are not members of the UN?

message: >>In the United States, the term is frequently used to mean "make changes that will reduce the UN's power to hamper the United States", while outside the United States the term is usually a code for "make changes that will increase the UN's power over countries, including the United States".<<
I removed this paragraph because I think it's inaccurate, biased, or perhaps both.  There's a large constituency in the US for shrinking or eliminating the UN, but I think there's also a large constituency for a stronger UN, and a reasonable minority supporting an actual world government.  A safe distinction to make is reduction/enlargement, which is what the remaining text does. -- Beland 20:03, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: UN reform

message: To the failures, I think the allegations concerning corruption in the "Oil for Food" program for Saddam's Iraq should be listed.
Sources:
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/sanction/iraq1/oilforfood/2004/0323unprobe.htm
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/rosett200403101819.asp
Whyerd 16:25, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure, go ahead and add it.  Notice there is already a page for it at Oil for Food. Brettz9 (talk) 16:36, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  internal institutional failures 

message: Wikipedians who support at least some aspects of the UN may like to add their names to Wikipedia:Wikipedians/World Citizen. Best wishes to all! Robin Patterson 22:56, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citizens of the World 

message: Something needs to be done about the growing similiarities between the Criticism and Reform sections.  I like that the one section states the issues succinctly and the other more elaborately, but something should be done to avoid the duplication of materials (or at least the sound of things being duplicated).  The Commission on Human Rights' admission of certain nations is one example of this.  Brettz9 (talk) 04:17, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reconciling Criticism and Reform suggestions 

message: I added the Battle of Mogadishu to the UN failure to succsessfully deliver food to Somalia (under criticisms of the UN).  Its important to point that out because as a direct result of that battle the United States has been wary of assisting UN peacekeeping forces. TomStar81 02:37, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Somalia 

message: Can someone tell me the meaning of this sentence: " The peacekeeping scale is designed to be revised every six months and is projected to be near 27% in 2003."?  27% of what? It means the budget in 2000 is 100% and that in 2003 is 73%? (or 27%!?) Thank you in advance.--Corruptresearcher 13:35, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peace-keeping 

message: I have re-added the UN table removed by User:Ed g2s on the argument it was "completely useless" and that "it doesn't provide enough information." I disagree. If it doesn't provide enough information, then add information to the table yourself. And I don't think it is useless. I believe every organization with a flag or seal should have a table. Maybe we should make this into a policy? —02:33, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)
Have made "UN resolutions" an internal link and written a short intro on this subject (perhaps one of you international lawyers out there could expand this further?) Ian 12:09, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: UN Table

message: I hope noöne objects to the way I have re-added the mention that Taiwan/Republic of China and the Holy See/Vatican City are the only CIA-recognized first-order sovereign entities which are not members of the UN.  The reasons for their non-membership are quite obviously very different, but I think that such a mention deserves note at the very outset of the article.  TShilo12 03:48, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  re-added Taiwan and Vatican city mention 

message: Is it appropriate to have a paragraph here on Model United Nations?  Is there any organizational connection between the real U.N. and the school programs?  If not, I would suggest just a "See also" link, not a full section in an already long article. Isomorphic 20:15, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed the Model UN material and put in a "see also."  Nothing there gave any indication of why the Model UN would be important in the context of the real UN. Isomorphic 05:06, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Model U.N.

message: There is a new image copyright tag for UN images: . It can be used on copyrighted images released by the UN, provided a reasonable claim for fair use can be made. TreveXtalk 03:13, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  New image copyright tag 

message: The NPOV-section template was added on 22nd July 2005 by 62.180.32.97. That is the only edit made to date by that IP address, and there is no discussion or rationale presented on this talk page. Accordingly, I've removed the template. Hv 11:16, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  removing NPOV-section from /* Criticism of the UN */ 

message: Anyone who writes about the alleged attack as well-sourced should check his sources first - partisan websites are no good sources.
The BBC shows a different picture: 
--216.139.155.144 21:38, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism of the UN - Alleged Attack in Haiti