Editor’s note – Kick the US out of the UN to save the UN?? Fritz Pointer (see article below) makes the case for this drastic move.
Most people probably worry that without the US the UN would close down. Certainly the UN would miss the money the US provides. But the UN’s annual operating budget is surprisingly small — $3.5 billion. By comparison the New York City Fire Dept.’s annual budget is $2.6 billion, while NYC’s overall budget is roughly $116 billion.
China, Russia, India and a few other nations (eg, BRICS) along with the Assembly of States Parties (ICC) could easily fund the UN’s basic budget in the absence of US funding considering the fact that the US, under strongman Trump, has already cut off funding to numerous UN agencies.
Pointer’s argument to kick the US out of the UN could act as a wake-up call for the US. The majority of Americans support the UN.
The grand goal of ending war itself cannot be reached unless all nations are part of the “new UN” being developed by the Earth Constitution/Earth Federation Movement starting with its Provisional World Parliament. The plan is for global decision-making to be transferred from the undemocratic UN Security Council P-5 veto powers to a democratically elected World Parliament of all 193 nations and the world community.
— R. Kotila, PhD DWF NEWS
Invoke Article 6 of the UN Charter: Expel the US to Rescue the UN
Fritz Pointer
Article 6 of the UN Charter states:
A member of the United Nations which has persistently violated the Principles contained in the present Charter may be expelled from the Organization by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.
The invoking of Article 6 to expel the United States from the United Nations is a concrete action that should be taken by the 192 member states of the UN General Assembly as well as NGOs and political activists and groups globally. This action involves the removal of the single most malignant, cancerous force in that organization.
