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To: Fred Levine who wrote (68510)	3/11/2003 6:05:28 PM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 70976

The U.N. has been a forum for grandstanding stunts through most of it's history. As the cold war progressed, the Soviet Union made a habit of issueing grand speeches to the security council and then storming out of the meeting. The U.S. noticed this pattern and quickly called for a vote on Korea after the Soviet Ambasadore had left. Since Article 28 mandates that it should function continuously, the Council decided early on that absences by any one member could not block Council action. This decision allows the Council to function despite prolonged absences by a member resulting from either a decision to protest the current debate or to extenuating internal circumstances. The Soviet Union tested this decision many times in the 1950s by walking out of debate and calling all subsequent Council decisions illegal; however, as illustrated by the Korean War, the Council continued to function in the Soviet Union’s absence with profound consequences. mamunonline.com

To: Fred Levine who wrote (68510)	3/11/2003 6:16:57 PM
From: runes	Respond to of 70976

<<On several occasions, mainly Korea, the UN has assembled a military force and actively intervened>> (Sorry - I'm a bit slow in posting - post lunch energy drain) Korea is an interesting case unto itself. The UN would never have been in the Korean "police action" were it not for the fact that the Russians got pissed off and stormed out. The other two instances of UN endorsed war - Irag 1990 where our favorite SOB managed to unite most of the world against him as he grabbed the largest oil reserves to compliment his second largest reserve. Afghanistan 2001 - again the world united against both the horror of 9-11 and the realization of the international threat posed by the Al Qaida terror conglomerate protected by the not so nice Taliban. From this is should be clear that it takes a threat of global proportions to rally the UN to war. Not a human rights abuse, a threat.