{"id":57905,"date":"2016-08-23T00:21:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T06:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=57905"},"modified":"2016-08-22T17:02:49","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T00:02:49","slug":"un-will-collapse-if-africa-and-asia-leave-un-wake-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2016\/08\/23\/un-will-collapse-if-africa-and-asia-leave-un-wake-up\/","title":{"rendered":"UN will collapse if Africa and Asia leave \u2013 UN wake up!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shenali D Waduge<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

There are 193 member nations in the United Nations. African members account for 54 while Asia-Pacific Members account for 53 making 107 out of 193 members belonging to Africa-Asia-Pacific nations. The Latin American & Caribbean Nations too make up 33. Together these 3 blocs account for 140 countries in the UN. However, the hypocrisies and bias inside the UN has come to a stage where the UN has to be told either it reforms or these nations Quit UN. The foxes have no right to protect the chicken coop. If the nations of Africa, Asia and even Latin America unite and threaten to leave the UN, it will automatically collapse. It is time the bullies pulling the strings in the UN are given this message!<\/p>\n

AFRICAN GROUP (54 members)<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are 54 African Member states in the UN. African nations make up 28% of the UN membership making it the largest regional group. Africa has only 16% of the world\u2019s population.<\/p>\n

15 African nations are facing armed conflict.<\/p>\n

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ASIA-PACIFIC GROUP (53 members)<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are 53 Asia-Pacific Member states in the UN. Asian nations make up 27.5% of the UN membership making it the Second largest regional group. Asia-Pacific Group has a population of over 4.4billion<\/strong> including seven of the world’s ten most populous countries.<\/p>\n

Over 15 Asia-Pacific nations are facing armed conflict.<\/p>\n

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EASTERN-EUROPEAN GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are 23 Eastern-European Member states in the UN. East-European nations make up 12% of the UN membership making it the Second largest regional group. Eastern Europe has a population of just 292 million people<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ukraine conflict is ongoing.<\/p>\n

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LATIN-AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are 33 Latin American & Caribbean Member states in the UN. Latin American and Caribbean nations make up 17% of the UN membership making it the Third largest regional group. Its population is 641,936,319<\/strong> equivalent to 8.63% <\/strong>of the world\u2019s population. The total land area is 20,158,154 Km2 (7,783,104 sq. miles)<\/p>\n

Over 10 Latin-American & Caribbean nations are facing armed conflict.<\/p>\n

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WESTERN EUROPE & OTHER GROUPS<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are 28 Western Europe & Other Group Member states in the UN. The US remains an Observer nation only. These nations make up 15% of the UN membership. These nations have 3 permanent seats in the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n

Combined population of Germany, France, UK, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Ireland, Luxembourg, Iceland is just 412,814,895 (18 nations of Western Europe)<\/p>\n

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Other Groups<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
G77 & China<\/td>\n132 (69% of UN members)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)<\/td>\n119 (61% of UN members)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC)<\/td>\n56 (largest bloc in NAM & G-77)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
League of Arab States<\/td>\n21 (largest bloc in OIC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
African Union<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
European Union (EU)<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JUSCANZ (sub-set of the WEOG)<\/td>\n14\/15 (United States is here)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

European Union is a coalition of countries based on economic and political partnership (28)<\/u><\/p>\n

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.<\/p>\n

We give some examples of the racism, hypocrisy and white rule that pervades the decision-making of the UN.<\/p>\n