Unasur receives United Nations Observer Status
The Union of South American Nations (Unasur) received the observer status in the UN General Assembly after the committee of judicial affairs of the organization unanimously approved its request.
Unasur “transcended the continental area to turn into a global institution,” Venezuela’s Mission affirmed before the UN, one of the twelve countries that are members of the South American bloc, also formed by Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Guyana, Peru, Surinam and Uruguay.
The Venezuelan Ambassador before the UN, Jorge Valero, affirmed that the members are working to overcome the social and economic inequality, achieve the social inclusion, “the citizen’s participation and maintain the sovereignty and independence of the States.”
In related news Pakistan, Morocco, Togo and Guatemala were elected to the 15-nation UN Security Council for 2012 and 2013.
In the most competitive council elections for years, only Guatemala ran unopposed within its region. Pakistan scraped through in the first round of voting, defeating Kyrgyzstan with the minimum required 129 votes for an Asian seat.
Morocco received 151 votes to secure an easy first-round victory, while the small West African state of Togo secured 131 votes in the third round, more than double Mauritania's 61.
Pakistan's UN ambassador, Abdullah Hussain Haroon, welcomed his country's election to the United Nations' most powerful body and said he expected to work well with the ambassador of Pakistan's archrival India, Hardeep Singh Puri, next year.
“You have seen that the usual tendencies have not erupted between us and that is a good factor,” Haroon said. “Perhaps both of us have been beneficial in starting dialogue between both the countries.”
India joined the council this year and will stay through 2012. India and Pakistan have fought three wars, mainly over Kashmir, since gaining independence from Britain in 1947.
There are five veto-holding, nuclear-armed permanent members of the Security Council -- the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China -- and 10 temporary elected members without vetoes. With India and Pakistan on the council next year, seven of the 15 members will be nuclear powers.
Western diplomats said it is likely that Pakistan will take over from Brazil by joining Russia and China, India and South Africa in resisting renewed US and European pressure to sanction nations like Syria and Iran.
Lebanon, Nigeria, Gabon, Bosnia and Brazil come off the council in January. The four temporary members that will remain through 2012 besides India are Colombia, Germany, Portugal and South Africa.
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Should not the organisation of non-aligned states . . . .
Should not FIFA . . . .
Please tell me if I am wrong, but surely the title United NATIONS refers to a membership of things called NATIONS.
And
should not Parlasur be the South American UN entity, rather than Unasur? Otherwise, what's the point of Parlasur?
Hahaha, that was a good one. :)
The whole UN entity should be abolished. Has anyone else here read the history who, when and why they created this monster?
should not Parlasur be the South American UN entity, rather than Unasur?
No, non should be an UN entity. Unasur is just suppose to be a group of nations cooperating with each other under one name, but if I were a citizen of one of the member nations, I would be worry and critical of that idea of becoming a member of that UN thing and copy the whole EU model what is becoming faster a dictatorial entity than what it was years ago. Unasur part of the UN is more tax money wasted and I believe, I'm not sure because i do not know, it's unconstituional in the nations of the unasur club.
Otherwise, what's the point of Parlasur?
Is there a Parlasur? did people in those nations who are a member of the unasur club, voted for that direct, indirect or not all voted for it?
UN permanent security council membership...!
The Mercosur Parliament , Parlasur, was established at the 27th Mercosur Heads of States and Governments Summit in December 2004. The institution was inaugurated in December 2006 in Brasilia and the first formal session was held in May 2007 in Montevideo. The Mercosur Parliament initially consisted of eighteen congressional representatives from each of the five countries. In the second phase, from 2010, the representatives are directly elected by secret ballot.
The Parliament's Aim is to contribute to the consolidation of South American integration and the fostering of regional cooperation.
Part of its role will be to establish mechanisms to facilitate the incorporation of Mercosur norms into the laws of the five member states. At present, the Parliament has no direct power other than an advisory committee for the foreign ministers of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
In the long term, the Parliament is intended to help unify legislation in the member nations and foster greater cooperation.
My guess is that with the collapse of Mercosur, Parlasur has been quietly allowed to disintegrate, especially the Venezuelan membership!
As the UN represents 'all humanity' the technology exists for ALL of us to have Observer Status.
It doesn't need CIA stealth planes, just a bog-standard TV camera and monitor.
This would enable ALL people to see what our lords & masters/ representatives of the people are saying on our behalf.
Now, wouldn't that be fun!
Haha, nice. Perhaps the organization behind Eurovision should be a UN member as well.
Or would we have to be PC and have the OC for Mr Universe also?
No, I guess not - the rest of the universe is beyond the remit of the UN.
Some people should Google what it means to have “Observer Status” at the UN before making fools of themselves.................
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