You done it!! You are now a full member of UNESCO http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/10/2011103172551498181.html
A US funding cut? The vote will almost certainly trigger a US law, passed in 1990, which bars the US from funding any United Nations agency "which accords the Palestine Liberation Organisation the same standing as member states." The US provides about $80 million per year, or 22 per cent of the agency's total budget.
That is absolutely brilliant ! You know, there aren't many occasions when one's faith in human nature gets a lift but this is one such, as was the Egyptians' rejection of Mubarak. Those countries which approved Palestine as a full member can be proud of their contribution to world peace. Any that opposed it have a loooooooooong way to go before they even deserve to be UNESCO members themselves. What a despicable pack of retrograde ********s.
America, Canada, Germany, Australia and Japan, give your heads a shake. The 107 countries that voted "yes", give yourselves a pat on the back good job!! 107-5 vote wow.
Most Ozzies don't have a clue what goes on overseas in their name. ' Representative ' democracy has failed Australians.
Good to see Palestinians get some sort of recognition. Bad to see the US cut their firm commitment to uphold and promote human rights, tolerance and learning worldwide.. As if Jersey Shore wasn't bad enough.
And how do I feel having that clown Harper "representing me" in this vote? So ashamed of him he's such a puppet....
call for his ouster and downfall Facebook and Twitter everyone to meet in an Alberta Square next Friday Oust all the puppets and their masters the dictator 1%
I suppose Cindy...but when youre looking for handouts ,I guess not all opinions are necessarily equal. Id enjoy seeing the UN defunded altogether. Theyve long since had any significant ROI for the US or even the world at large come to think of it.
One more step toward international recognition, and one more poke in the eye for an increasingly ridiculously small number of detractors-including the pompous United States. Well done indeed!
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/31/world/meast/unesco-palestinian-membership/?hpt=wo_c2 "Earlier, as the vote was under way, applause broke out after some countries voted in favor of the bid. There was laughter in the room after Israel voted no." What are these people thinking, using laughter as a means of terror? Simply outrageous
This news makes me happy. This crap is almost over. I believe real soon that the plague of islam will get bold enough to attack Israel and they will face the true wrath and power of Israel. I say send them all to their virgins ASAP!! They are a plague.
The USA has a dismal record of funding terrorists and genocidists-Contras, Pol Pot to name but two from a long and shameful list.
Pakistan? You mean the foreign aid to the legitimate,sovereign, internationally recognized nation state of Israel? I get it...lol.
America's "handouts " have never been without strings and serving America's interest anywhere in the world . On thing is certain if america disappeared off the face of the earth , the sun will still rise in the east + set in the west , the civilized world will continue as it did before Colombus's accidental landing. Mr.Relevant, dont kid yrself - you are AN IRRELEVANCE. ...
Of course the sun will rise and set if the US were to "disappear"...but many folks,millions and millions and millions across the globe will be far worse off than they were before the US was gone,as the sun passes them overhead. The only one trying to fool anyone is you by claiming the good the US does, and its significant,doesnt outweigh the bad...and there most certainly has been bad,but it is minimal. I dont beleive there is another nation more generous than the US when it comes to foreign aid and private philanthropy.
"Internationally - with some notable exceptions . and Hardly - "sovereign " ----- Israel is NOT a sovereign state! It's a bogus, client, state of the US. It CANNOT possibly survive even for a single extra summer if MASSIVE AND DIRECT US aid were withdrawn from it! What kind of "sovereignty" is that? That said, I don't advocate the destruction of Israel - nor do I believe, despite the rhetoric of some, that ANYONE wants the physical destruction of Israel. But I do believe there are MANY around the world, and I confess to being one of them, who would like to see the dismantlement of a Zionist-dominated Israel - in the same way that Nazi-dominated Germany and Apartheid-dominated South Africa were dismantled. I think that is a goal that MUST be achieved! Also for the sake of Israelis themselves - as well as the region at large! cheers. .
Minimal - Hmmm. that's a matter of opinion. Let's not ignore the fact that much of America's wealth came from its international corporations profits earned from other other nations , a large part trading as Merchants of Death - its armaments industries spreading death and destruction worldwide. .....