LIVE Thread: UN General Assembly: 11th Emergency Special Session

United Nations ^ | 2/28/2022 | self

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General Assembly: Eleventh Emergency Special Session (Ukraine) - 1st plenary meeting.

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Supposedly every member of the UN will have a few minutes to chime in about Ukraine.

[brownsfan]

The UN is a reminder of just how corrupt and useless a one world government would be.

[nuconvert]

Still waiting for them to suspend Russia’s membership.

[butlerweave]

About Global Warming ?

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Under the resolution 377A(V), "Uniting for peace", adopted by the General Assembly on 3 November 1950, an "emergency special session" can be convened within 24 hours:

"Resolves that if the Security Council, because of lack of unanimity of the permanent members, fails to exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security in any case where there appears to be a threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression, the General Assembly shall consider the matter immediately with a view to making appropriate recommendations to Members for collective measures, including in the case of a breach of the peace or act of aggression the use of armed force when necessary, to maintain or restore international peace and security. If not in session at the time, the General Assembly may meet in emergency special session within twenty-four hours of the request therefor. Such emergency special session shall be called if requested by the Security Council on the vote of any seven members, or by a majority of the Members of the United Nations".

From: https://www.un.org/en/ga/sessions/emergency.shtml

[Tell It Right]

"Supposedly every member of the UN will have a few minutes to chime in about Ukraine."

That means half of them will say it's Israel's fault, or the Big Satan's fault.

[ryderann]

“A day late, a dollar short” comes to mind.

[bert]

Russia:

Veto

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No, that was earlier. I should have put Ukraine in the title.

Admin: would it be possible to add (Ukraine) in the title for clarity?

[butlerweave]

If you are part of the aggression you shouldn’t be allowed to Veto

[Textide]

They can’t veto this session. Not sure what can come out of this assembly aside from a record of what each country thinks.

This session was called because Russia vetoed a motion yesterday.

[CatHerd]

The GA holds no real power. That is reserved to the Security Council. They can talk and make statements, but that’s pretty much it.

[Buttons12]

U what?

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

“It’s incredible how you can get liberals to devote their entire lives to a cause they hadn’t even previously spent a single second thinking about as long as you convince them this is the newest and best way to signal that they are on The Good People team.”

Shant Mesrobian

[cmj328]

That’s globalism, Patrick.

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Ukraine ambassador speaking now:

“Everyone in this hall and everyone in the world knows that Russia started this war aided by Belarus”

“It’s being run by someone who right now is sitting in a bunker. We all know what happened to the guy who was in the bunker in 1945”.

Switched to speaking Russian....

[McGavin999]

Security council will be deadlocked.

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Already were yesterday. That’s why this special session of the assembly is happening now.

[HombreSecreto]

The UN is a reminder of just how corrupt and useless a one world government would be.
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True - but I would like to hear the wisdom of Jar Jar Binks.

"Meesa say Russia bad for invading Ukraine."

[wny]

...because when it comes to great power conflict it really matters what Equatorial Guinea and Belize think...