tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357620132379563790.post9032790140429391927..comments2023-04-13T17:09:27.720+01:00Comments on Englands Freedome, Souldiers Rights: The power behind the powerTrooper Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01505221473081871071noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357620132379563790.post-29802551592814904482007-11-19T11:52:00.000+00:002007-11-19T11:52:00.000+00:00Fair enough. I think the UN gets too much of an ea...Fair enough. I think the UN gets too much of an easy ride considering its malign influence and multiple crimes, so maybe I was jumping in too fast with this one, but I'm sick of decisions being made by anonymous committees.Trooper Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01505221473081871071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357620132379563790.post-50116362159732907162007-11-18T23:51:00.000+00:002007-11-18T23:51:00.000+00:00Hi - the difference is that these technical commit...Hi - the difference is that these technical committees under the aegis of the UN are intergovernmental. We have a veto on any or all the provisions, and we can implement them in our own way - excluding, if we wish, our internal trades.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, there is no supreme court, as in the ECJ, which can sanction us for failing to comply. This is all done by voluntary cooperation.<BR/><BR/>The technical committees are not to be confused with the big politics of the UN. Very often they are doing vital but intensely technical work, mainly on international standards, that allow, say, cars to be made in any country to a common basic standard, thus facilitating trade.<BR/><BR/>Many of the bodies now under the aegis of the UN predated it, and would have to exist even if the UN did not (and not all of them do come under the UN).<BR/><BR/>Best<BR/><BR/>RichardRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02561483930556493363noreply@blogger.com