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I've noticed that the top 22 states are all avioding the UN. Why is this?

Spikor

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I've noticed that the top 22 states are all avioding the UN. Why is this?


By what standard? Top is a relative term, but if you are just looking at the three C.E.P. scores, it isn't that hard by choosing two issues per day to selectively restore your C.E.P. to a level you might like.

10kMichael

* Walks into halls of U.N.

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* Puts up a "Bless This Mess" sticker.

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* Smiles, looks proud, and makes his way down to the Strangers Bar.

:D

- Le Représentant de Komokom, Ministre Régional de Substance.
http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/komokom.jpg (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/24401/page=display_nation)
Quelle est tolérance ? C'est la conséquence de l'humanité. Nous tous sommes constitués du frailty et de l'erreur ; pardonnons réciproquement chaque folie d'other's, celle est la première loi de la nature. - Voltaire.

UN membership is a trade-off. You sacrifice a certain amount of national sovereignty for the opportunity to belong to a community of nations (which, in fairness, you can do in your region though obviously on a much cmaller scale), to discuss important international issues and even have a na effect on world policy.

Essentially, you trade local control for global influence. If your nation wishes to better the lives of all, not just its own citizens, then UN membership is a good thing.

The flip-side is that, if you oppose the UN's involvement in most affairs, then UN membership may enable you to keep a leash on the organisation.

Bless this mess.

Frank Chalmers
Speaker for International Relations

We've been in the UN for nearly eleven months, and our rankings are "strong, frightening, strong" respectively. That seems good enough for us.