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>Rilg could understand the hoo-man's concern. The Council was taking a
risk in confronting the Cardassians over Golan Dulath. It was something that could clearly >be considered an internal. "Ambassador, in preparations for coming to Earth and Spacedock, I studied your planets, its people, and their history. I believe that >there was once an organization on it called the United Nations." "Yes I studied them in my younger years." >"My apologies," replied the Ferengi with a smile. "I bring it up because I see a lot of parrallels between this United Nations and the Diplomatic Council. It was set >up in the hopes of preventing large scale wars by preventing some of the causes of your first two world wars." Watson merely nodded. >"Well, sometimes this organization would get involved in efforts that were not necessarily peacekeeping or peacemaking in nature, at least along strict terms. >During the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, there was a great deal of concern about incidents of genocide or ethnic cleansing. While often along ethnic >lines, the root of the problem was often tied also to political differences. The organization stepped in and supplied people to protect those being harmed to protect >their 'inalienable human rights'. In fact, one portion of the organization was called the Human Right Commission and was devoted to protecting these rights no >matter how small the group being harmed. If I am not mistaken, there are some parallels to our current situation." "Very strong parallels." >"While I would agree that this is not something that the Council would press to the point of war, but it is our duty to file an official resolution against such treatment >whether it be against an individual or a group. That is what your own United Nations would have done." "I absolutely agree, but the United Nations would only go so far, and per our Prime Directive we will only go so far as to check on the Ambassador's status." The Ferengi nodded. "And that is as it should be. We represent
our own people first, but pointing out and criticizing errors does not interfere
with your Prime Directive. Actions do"
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