At 11:49 PM 10/30/2002 +1100 Ray Ludenia wrote:
>You don't perchance find it amusing that the US appears to be relying on the
>support of this banana republic to over-ride the reservations that the other
>members of the SC have about the morality of intervention?
Democracies on the UNSC:
Yes:
US, UK, Norway, Bulgaria, Colombia, Mauritius
No:
None
Abstaining:
France, Russia (however, negotiations continue with France, and we may
still get a yes-vote from them. If France votes yes, Russia may well follow.)
Maybe Yes, Maybe Abstain:
Ireland, Mexico
Thus, even if one concedes the one-country, one-vote principle, I have no
apologies whatsoever for the fact that the US has a solid majority of the
UNSC democracies in favor of the resolution, and no democracy expected to
vote against the resolution. As a result, there is no reason to apologize
for the fact that the UNSC rules essentialy necessitate the vote of one or
two non-democracies in order to pass a resolution, let alone a resolution
endorsed by Hans Blix, the chief of inspection.
JDG
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