http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/01/27/seen-and-not-heard-at-davos/ Just another Blogs.reuters.com weblog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:27:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/01/27/seen-and-not-heard-at-davos/#comment-111725 Judy Moody-Stuart Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:39:51 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/01/27/seen-and-not-heard-at-davos/#comment-111725 By the way, these are my four reasons for suggesting that the UN move from NY to Jerusalem - not in any significant order - the US government and people seem to not want, nor respect the current UN operation; many of the current NY-based UN Diplomats arrive late, make pre-prepared statements then just swan off from a General Assembly session without listening to other countries interventions - a more appropriate and engaged sort of diplomat would be attracted to a UN HQ service located in Jerusalem the financial spin-off to business from hosting the UN diplomats would go into the Israel-Palestine Middle East economy rather than the already-rich New York City; the city of Jerusalem would be designated international and administered by Israel and Palestine (as with Spitsbergen/Svalbard which is currently administered by Norway for the international community post WWII)and this would solve the Three Abrahamic Religions ownership-issue By the way, these are my four reasons for suggesting that the UN move from NY to Jerusalem - not in any significant order -
the US government and people seem to not want, nor respect the current UN operation;
many of the current NY-based UN Diplomats arrive late, make pre-prepared statements then just swan off from a General Assembly session without listening to other countries interventions - a more appropriate and engaged sort of diplomat would be attracted to a UN HQ service located in Jerusalem
the financial spin-off to business from hosting the UN diplomats would go into the Israel-Palestine Middle East economy rather than the already-rich New York City;
the city of Jerusalem would be designated international and administered by Israel and Palestine (as with Spitsbergen/Svalbard which is currently administered by Norway for the international community post WWII)and this would solve the Three Abrahamic Religions ownership-issue

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