• comrade_twisty@feddit.org
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    4 months ago

    “Part of the agreement with the UN is that the host country for its headquarters allows all heads of state to address the annual gathering.

    The Palestinian Authority "stressed that this decision stands in clear contradiction to international law and the UN Headquarters Agreement”

    THIS HERE ^^

    The Trump Admin is using this to destroy the fundamentals of the UN. The UN will have to move out of the US which is exactly what they want to achieve without saying it out loud.

    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      They’re mentioning this as if the US had ever cared about any international law. Or about the UN for that matter.

    • mrdown@lemmy.world
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      UN was always spineless. They should abolish all parts except it’s humanitarian entities

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Rubio’s announcement said the PA must halt efforts “to bypass negotiations through international lawfare campaigns”, including appeals to the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice, and efforts to secure the unilateral recognition of a conjectural Palestinian state”. The Trump administration cites these two actions as having “materially contributed to Hamas’s refusal to release its hostages, and to the breakdown of the Gaza ceasefire talks.”

    Wow.

  • xenomor@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    The US is an unreliable partner in all aspects of diplomacy and economic trade. The fact that the UN has been structured in such a way that the organization cannot meaningfully check the US, is a poison pill that undermines its entire mission.

    • kreskin@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      The security council should not have a veto. At best they should be able to deny troops to any action.

  • kreskin@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Just locking anyone with an opposing opinion out worked for the Democratic party convention in the US, lets see if it works at the UN too.