[lit-ideas] Re: UN question
- From: wokshevs@xxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 18:01:05 -0230
Certainly Habermas would agree. Our only hope is cosmopolitanism in the Kantian
sense. But I'm straying into politics, I fear. Cheers,
Walter Okshevsky
Memorial U.
Quoting Andreas Ramos <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Human rights commission
> The peacekeeping in Cyprus.
> the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
>
> It's the creation of international standards that gives dissidents the
> standing to protest
> conditions in their countries, and pushes countries to join international
> standards.
>
> The UN, and all internationalization bodies, helps to bring people out of the
> horrible
> disaster of nationalism and ethnic centrism.
>
> yrs,
> andreas
> www.andreas.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judy Evans" <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 9:50 AM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: UN question
>
>
> > Thursday, October 20, 2005, 5:13:13 AM, Eternitytime1@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >
> > Eac> The real question is ...
> >
> > Eac>
> >
> > Eac> What do you think the UN has done for 'the world' that
> > Eac> stands out, particularly, in your mind as to incredibly helpful,
> > Eac> healthy or positive in terms of accomplishing its mission.
> > Eac> (maybe the top three for those who often, like me <g>, have a
> > Eac> hard time choosing)
> >
> > The UN's only as good as the countries who belong to it (and as they
> > allow it to be)
> >
> > also I'd need some time to think of a Top Three (I'd want to do some
> > research -- and ponder the counterfactuals)
> >
> > but I'll throw in
> >
> > UNICEF
> >
> > UNESCO
> >
> > -- who may be responsible for the "diversity thing" you mentioned (if
> > it's this 2001 one):
> >
> >
>
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=2450&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
> >
> >
>
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=13066&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
> >
> > and as you say, CRC and CEDAW
> >
> > and the ICC
> >
> > http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2002/9968.htm
> >
> > and peacekeeping operations
> >
> >
> >
> > Eac>
> >
> > Eac> It's fun talking to middle school kids about things like
> > Eac> the United Nations, especially once you see them actually
> > Eac> understand how it works in relationship to something similar to
> > Eac> their own lives.
> >
> > good to hear they know about it
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
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