Gayles
12-04-2004, 00:58
Having just spent countless time reviewing previous UN resolutions and seeing the many proposed resolutions waiting to get enough Yes votes or No votes, I am amazed at the layers and layers of bureaucracy that exist in the UN, but am further amazed that there appears to be no funding mechanism for these bureaucratic agencies.
I therefore would be interested in your opinion: Should all resolutions that will cost the UN monitary funds be required to contain in them some method of funding?
I am not talking about those "feel good" resolutions that do not cost the UN any funds, but those that do such as the UN Blood Bank being proposed as well as the UN Education department that was just created.
I can only assume that those resolutions that are unfunded are paid through the annual dues that each UN member nation pays. Since there has been no increase in UN dues to cover this massive bureaucracy that member nations have created, I can only assume that either they exist on paper only, or are horribly understaffed or underfunded.
It makes me wonder if in making ourselves feel good about these nice touchy-feely resolutions, we aren't bankrupting the UN at the same time.
Prime Minister Torvan
Commonwealth of Gayles.
I therefore would be interested in your opinion: Should all resolutions that will cost the UN monitary funds be required to contain in them some method of funding?
I am not talking about those "feel good" resolutions that do not cost the UN any funds, but those that do such as the UN Blood Bank being proposed as well as the UN Education department that was just created.
I can only assume that those resolutions that are unfunded are paid through the annual dues that each UN member nation pays. Since there has been no increase in UN dues to cover this massive bureaucracy that member nations have created, I can only assume that either they exist on paper only, or are horribly understaffed or underfunded.
It makes me wonder if in making ourselves feel good about these nice touchy-feely resolutions, we aren't bankrupting the UN at the same time.
Prime Minister Torvan
Commonwealth of Gayles.