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11. So do you believe that UN votes actually work to the contrary of their intended purpose? n/t

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 03:50 PM

Dec 2012

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UN condemns Syria, Iran, and North Korea for rights abuses [View all] R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 OP

a vote of 86-32 with 65 abstentions. King_David Dec 2012 #2

I would like to know sabbat hunter Dec 2012 #3

If you count them up, King_David Dec 2012 #4

WOW, indeed. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #5

Syrian government should disband and surrender to democracy, King_David Dec 2012 #6

few UN resolutions get a resounding response azurnoir Dec 2012 #7

Agreed nt King_David Dec 2012 #10

If anything the vote emboldened the government King_David Dec 2012 #9

With this resolution? King_David Dec 2012 #12

So a resolution condemning Syria is actualy supporting Syria? Violet_Crumble Dec 2012 #14

Do you believe that all or most UN votes embolden bad behavior? R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #16

This is not IP btw, King_David Dec 2012 #13

Nothing written by you in that post is true oberliner Dec 2012 #17

"This one is trying and failing to score some cheap points in a silly game." R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #18

The article does not counter that claim in any respect oberliner Dec 2012 #19