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To: Gersh Avery who wrote (392)	1/17/2000 7:19:00 PM
From: c.horn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 518

I understand you fears Gersh, but they are not based in fact.. You think of the UN as this huge thing ready to pounce on you.. But nothing could be further from the truth.. Consider this: The budget for the UN's core functions -- the Secretariat operations in New York, Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna and five Regional Commissions -- is $1.25 billion a year. This is about 4 per cent of New York City's annual budget -- and nearly a billion dollars less than the yearly cost of Tokyo's Fire Department. It is $3.7 billion less than the annual budget of New York's State University system. So how in the hell do you think this pipsqueak of a government can take over the United States? It's would be hilarious if people didn't actually believe this. The UN has no army. Governments voluntarily supply troops and other personnel to halt conflicts that threaten peace and security. The United States and other Member States on the Security Council -- not the Secretary-General -- decide when and where to deploy peacekeeping troops. The New York Headquarters of the UN requires the services of 4,500 people. The Swedish capital of Stockholm, by contrast, has 60,000 municipal employees. Some 52,100 people work in the UN system, which includes the Secretariat and 29 other organizations such as UNICEF. Three times as many people work for McDonald's, while Disney World and Disneyland employ 50,000. The total cost of all UN peacekeeping operations in 1998 was some $907 million -- the equivalent of less than .5 per cent of the US military budget, and less than 0.2 per cent of global military spending. You say that the UN is getting bigger, but UN Secretariat staff has been cut by 25 per cent to about 8,700 from a high of more than 12,000 in 1984-85, and streamlining continues. The UN is getting smaller.. Look I'll be the first one to shoot one of their blue berets right off their heads if they ever try what some fear in this country. But I am not going to worry about a "New World Order" taking over because even if it does I'll be in charge..<ggg>