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Old 11-Oct-2003, 20:54
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Question about the UN

I need some options I'm working on a Mod for a game and I would like to know in your option how do people feel about the United Nation in your country? I'm not trying to offend anyone just try to find out a little more information for the game.

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Well at the moment UK kisses the US's behind on whatever they decide although they generally agree with what Europe thinks too.

Go figure.

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What do people feel about the United Nations in Malaysia?

What do people feel about the United Nations in Malaysia? That's hard to say but I would assume it's still looked up to favourably despite it's recent shortcomings.

At the recent UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY on September 25, 2003, this is what our Prime Minister had to say, representing the government and people of Malaysia (excerpts):

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...This Assembly has been conceived as a forum for the nations of the world, big and small, to air their views and grievances freely as the stakeholders in the governance of the international community. It is unfortunately subservient to the United Nations Security Council, which in turn is subservient to any single one of the five victors of a war fought more than half a century ago. It is hardly a democratic forum but it is all that the great civilisation of the late 20th and early 21st centuries has; a civilisation that is supposed to uphold freedom...

...And this august institution, the United Nations in which we had pinned so much hope, despite the safeguards supposed to be provided by the Permanent Five, this Organisation is today collapsing on its clay feet, helpless to protect the weak and the poor. This United Nations can just be ignored, pushed aside, gesticulating feebly as it struggles to be relevant.

Its organs have been cut out, dissected and reshaped so they may perform the way the puppet masters want. The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organisation have now been turned into instruments of hegemony, to impoverish the poor, to enrich the rich. It is not surprising that today the disparities between rich and poor are far greater.

With an impotent United Nations and its agencies turned into national organs of the powerful, the small nations are now naked and hapless. Even if we are totally innocent, there is nothing to prevent trumped up charges to be made against us....

more...

The transcript of his speech is not long so I can suggest anyone to follow that link (to read the speech entirely) if they have the time and if they are interested.

I, and I suspect a lot of Malaysians, agree with was said - I doubt very much that Malaysians in general would believe or agree with what was said by our Prime Minister just because he is the Prime Minister. We agree when it makes perfect sense... and his speech that time, did...!

Sorry I took a while to reply, but it took some searching to see if I could find a decent link to the transcript of his speech.
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No problem thanks for replying. Have any of you guys ever played a role playing game?
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Ever? Maybe and I probably didn't even know it was a role playing game...

You know PCX, everytime you jump topics like this in one thread, I get this feeling you have something up your sleeve! C'mon... out with it!
 
 
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