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There is another problem with population size as the decider. Countries might simply cheat when stating their population, or even try to grow their populations in order to gain weight
You're lost. Re read the thread. I reject representation based only on population or 1 country 1 vote....I favor a mixture of the two with an expanded security council and a veto override.
And who gets the veto right and why, if not everyone?
I think the best thing to do is to abolish the UN, and the U.S. withdraw from all international organizations and treaties that have nothing to do with peace treaties
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Originally Posted by Neuling
Basically there is a similar situation within the US and other federal countries such as Germany. The various states differ a lot in terms of population size, economic weight, etc., but how is that to be reflected in a fair way when sending delegates to a federal institution such as parlament
In the US some states such as California and New York have many more representatives than small states, and thus more weight.
We don't have that problem in the U.S. That's why we have a Senate with equal representation in the Congress, while the House reflects the proportionment of the states' populations. I don't know how your parliament is set up if it's similar to Canada's or the UK's, is it?
You're lost. Re read the thread. I reject representation based only on population or 1 country 1 vote....I favor a mixture of the two with an expanded security council and a veto override.
I think the best thing to do is to abolish the UN, and the U.S. withdraw from all international organizations and treaties that have nothing to do with peace treaties
We don't have that problem in the U.S. That's why we have a Senate with equal representation in the Congress, while the House reflects the proportionment of the states' populations. I don't know how your parliament is set up if it's similar to Canada's or the UK's, is it?
Not sure about Portugal. In the German "Senate" so to speak each state has between 3 and 6 votes, depending on population size.
The UN Security Council for instance is often used for promoting national foreign politics. This chart for instance shows the number of vetoes by the five permanent members of the Security Council.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/UNSC_veto.svg (broken link)
It is clearly a cold-war relic, why else would the UK and France be permanent members of the SC?
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