Posted on 09/29/2004 7:56:25 PM PDT by HAL9000
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 29 (AFP) - Libya on Wednesday offered some colourful ideas for reforming the United Nations, including moving the General Assembly to Geneva and letting Bill Clinton resolve the world's conflicts and wars.Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, never shy about putting forward visionary proposals, also wants his nation to have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, Libyan Foreign Minister Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalghem said.
"The past 59 years have proven that the General Assembly is merely a decorative body without a soul," Shalghem said as Libya took the podium at the annual United Nations debate of world leaders which concludes this week.
He said key powers invested in the 15-nation Security Council, such as the legal authority for military action, should be transferred to the assembly, which groups all 191 UN member states.
"If this cannot be accomplished, we have no choice but to abandon the General Assembly and stop infusing money into this dead body," Shalghem said.
He also said Kadhafi wanted to see next year's session, on the 60th anniversary of the UN's founding, held in Geneva instead of at the UN headquarters in New York so that "all world leaders" can attend.
The implication was that Kadhafi would not want to visit the United States, a frequent sparring partner of his regime in Tripoli.
Kadhafi also wants the establishment of a "committee of wise men" to settle the world's conflicts and called on the United Nations to pass a resolution in support of his idea, Shalghem said.
The committee would be comprised of three former presidents -- Clinton of the United States, Mikhail Gorbachev of the now-defunct Soviet Union and Nelson Mandela from South Africa.
All world leaders approve of the proposal, Shalghem said.
He added that Kadhafi's future ideas would be posted on the Libyan leader's website, www.algathafi.org.
The site offers suggestions for solving some of the world's thorniest conflicts, including the creation of a unified state of Israel and Palestine to be called "Isratine."
Sucking up to a man who expects to get sucked on a regular basis.
I could agree with that.
I think ol' Krazy Kadhafi has a good idea, after all. If we can get the UN out of the US, and vice versa, a lot of us here would be VERY pleased.
Islamocommunist BTTT
Sheesh, take a look at that site, wouldja?
The man loves his own face.
Hey, Moamer, Bubba can't even "resolve" his marital wars much less the world's wars!
LMAO
Nah - make Bubba the head of Isratine...
I trust Bubba to resolve the world's whores, not the world's wars;)
Thats funny I needed a laugh.
Cocaine's a hell of a drug
Nah - make Bubba the head of Isratine...
I thought the Democrats agreed the state would be known as the Islamic republic of Palestine ( with forced conversions of jews) . Thanks for the update.
Kadaffyduck's proposals must first be filtered through his superiors in the Janitorial department at the Rin Tin UN,to determine if they are biodegradible, before deciding if they are flushable or must be incenerated.
"The Islamic Democratic People's Republic of Palestine", was the dims, originally proposed name by the dims.
If you say so.
Looks like Gaddafi is fishing for some bigtime payback for giving up his nuclear aspirations.
Mandela, Gorbachev and Clintoon---Mandela,A known Communist---Gorbachev, A Well-Known former practitioner of Communism---and Mr. Billy Clintoon, A Well-Known Third Way Socialist. I understand that years of Libyan Heat can have startling effects on the brain, as you can see from this hilarious utterance from Libya's Foreign Minister. (I'm still lol)
Is there a speck of evidence that *he's accomplished anything close to that in *his own so-called marriage? The world's conflicts and wars are probably much better off without the *impeached, self-confessed, serial perjurer involved...
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