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Another Resolution, Another 156-7 Vote
United Press International carries this nugget of late night east side drama:
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 18 (UPI) — Israel’s ambassador walked out on the United Nations session that resulted in a strong call to Israel to end its military operations in the Gaza Strip.The figure “156-7” makes the resolution appear to be an obvious yes. That’s the trick of the United Nations. It has an obsession with seeing equality where there is none; of creating equality where there ought not be any; or of simply presenting the specter of equality when it cannot actually force it into being. “156-7” strikes me as analogous to reporting a public company’s shareholder vote by counting the individuals, not the quantity of shares they hold. So a few hundred thousand say ‘no’ and the entire board, the founder, and the major investors say ‘yes’? Yes it is. That isn’t especially unfair, you see. Those hefty shareholders have invested more in the company. They’ve spent more time crafting it. They know it. They have more to loose. They’re the targets if something goes wrong.The 192-member General Assembly voted Friday night 156-7, with six abstentions, in favor of the non-binding resolution in an emergency special session.
The United States, Israel and Australia voted against the document, while all the European Union members supported it after last-minute changes were made to soften the tone.
If the United States and Israel are joined against a particular United Nations security resolution, that is a strong reason to discount the value of a few hundred other votes from countries with comparatively lower interest in the War on Terror.
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