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Ghost Dog

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2. It would be useful, I suggest, were a unanimous or qualified majority vote in the General Assembly

Reply to bananas (Original post)

Sun Jan 19, 2014, 05:26 AM

Jan 2014

to be allowed to over-rule the Security Council and its vetoes...

At least on non-bellicose topics... But please don't let me nudge this thread too far off-topic.

I do note the wording "transparency, as appropriate" in the OP.

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UN: Online Privacy Now Considered a Human Right [View all] bananas Jan 2014 OP

United Nations Names Online Privacy That You Probably Don’t Have As A Universal Human Right bananas Jan 2014 #1

Primarily to be used as a cudgel against others. Igel Jan 2014 #8

Let the UN have teeth. Let it tax and spend, Ghost Dog Jan 2014 #9

It would be useful, I suggest, were a unanimous or qualified majority vote in the General Assembly Ghost Dog Jan 2014 #2

So, tht brings the total of UN Resolutions we ignore dixiegrrrrl Jan 2014 #3

For those who are interested in finding out how the US really fares in terms of privacy protections JDPriestly Jan 2014 #4

Thanks for the link nt cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #6

K&R. JDPriestly Jan 2014 #5

Well, in the very unlikely event that we all should be given online privacy (:-O) djean111 Jan 2014 #7

Recommend, thanks bananas. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2014 #10

Syria, Somalia, Russia, China, Cuba, etc. Progressive dog Jan 2014 #11

Recommend jsr Jan 2014 #12