Political Thread in memory of David Reid. (R.I.P.)

[The Bedlington Terrier]

What's the point of the UN? No-one listens.

"Israeli airstrikes on Syria are violations of the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity and "must stop," United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday 19.12.2024."

Yeah right.

[Balan]

28 UN member states do not recognize Israel: 15 members of the Arab League (Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen); ten non-Arab members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Indonesia,)

But it is called 'the United Nations'.

[Supersub6]

The point of the UNited Nations is to ensure that the delegates get paid ?100,000+ per annum plus Dependency allowances for eligible children and spouses: Travel and shipping expenses for moving to a new duty station: Hardship allowances for working in certain locations:
Hazard pay for stressful and hazardous locations: 18–30 days of vacation time per year.
What do they do? They pontificate and criticise and send soldiers from various nations into dangerous situations, however, the soldiers do not get any of the benefits mentioned above.
Even the student employment rates in the UN are ?35,000+ per annum.

Guess who are the largest contributors to the UN ----- the USA are top followed by the UK. Another organisation for which we get real value for money as shown by Balan in his post above