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[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 188 points 1 month ago (3 children)

US breaks one of the most important the pillars of the United Nations.

THE RIGHT OF ALL LEADERS TO ATTEND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, this is written in the UN charter and the US agreed to let everyone travel to UN meetings in New York when the UN was founded.

This is an attempt to start the destruction of the UN.

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 77 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Even during the Cold War they never pulled a stunt like this. The American regime is failing hard

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No its not, it is doing what America has wanted to do and now what its owners have wanted to do for ever.

Its failing at being decent, it is succeeding at its task to ruin it all.

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 69 points 1 month ago

There is already a UN building in Geneva. Make that the primary one .

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Office_at_Geneva

[–] rhvg@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago

UN should get the f out of us&a

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Paris? Really? Give it to Ireland, they're neutral, right? (Idk anything about Ireland, I just don't think France woukd be a good idea). Have it move depending on the year.

[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Like the Olympics, they have to build a new building complex each time it moves.

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure, change the headquarters every half decade, make them nice, but not too fancy. Then the city is left with a nice building after the country's term is up. Or they could use existing buildings. Only countries that enforce the UN list of human rights can host. Other ideas include a manmade island in the middle of an ocean, Antarctica, and the Moon.

[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Keep it in Antarctica.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland?

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Republic of Ireland, don't be silly.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Next we need to pick which Korea will host a global summit....

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works -5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've only seen pictures but it would look much cooler in Paris. Rather than what, Dublin? What if Belfast got it? Then the br*tish would control it. I'd rather have the French, I think.

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Aesthetics are your main concern? Cmon. Let's compromise, Italy.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago

Use Epstein island, that would irritate Trump so hard.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 month ago

Ugh, only if the Germans run it.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago

It's nobody's fault, but I think we all know, that I won't make it to Montreallll.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Move the UN to Switzerland.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah because the Swiss are so virtuous and have never ever aligned with nazis.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Your comment seems to imply that the placement of the UN HQ and GA is somehow ...a reward for a country's virtue? What kind of silliness is that?

The choice of placement of the UN HQ&GA should be guided by a simple principle: what place in the world is stable enough, neutral enough and independent from external pressure enough to be the place where representatives of all the countries in the globe, regardless of whether they are good or bad or «good» or «bad» can reliably meet without hindrance under a flag of truce.

It's a fucking practical question not a moral one.

[–] tim 5 points 1 month ago

Ya as much as I hate the Swiss for being neutral throughout all conflicts and rarely picking sides, they've become rather well known for being neutral throughout all conflicts and rarely picking sides.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 month ago

That doesn't seem fair. Maybe it's time to move the U.N. to a more civilized country.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Reminder that the US also sanctioned and blocked UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese from entering the country less than two months ago because they didn't like her reporting.

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165359

The USA is no longer an appropriate place to host the UN headquarters.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

The USA is no longer an appropriate place to host the UN headquarters.

Never been

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can't believe I have to root for Abbas here. Goddamnit Trump.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Trump blocks. Trump.

Fuck this inbred oompa loompa, and every person that helps him. He spreads his disease while a third of America claps and ignores the clear signs of child rape and genocide.

This is a creature, a monster. He is a thing, not a being. A creation of wealth, power, and privilege. He should never have reached such a ripe, demented age.

Our societies have failed us. The United States of America has been compromised.

[–] Uruanna@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Dude, the US has been blocking Palestine and the UN since long before Trump.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Must be in preparation for disolving the PA for official annexation. No other explanation for this move sgsinst the traitor Abbas

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

True Abbas is a Quizling who does whatever he's told. His only use is to legitimise the occupation.

[–] 8000gnat@reddthat.com 8 points 1 month ago

time to move the UN

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

damn it. I have to side with either Abbas or Dumpy McShitPants? UNFAIR!