[Vision2020] The 63rd UN General Assembly and the Right to Food

[Ellen Roskovich]

Thank you for calling this to our attention.  I didn't catch this on the 6 p.m. news (was it ever there?)
 
Of course you were disgusted, as every decent person should be.  That's because our current illegitimate Government no longer speaks for WE the people.  I bet torture kinda turns your tummy as well.  I know I'm madder than hell.
 
Ooops, did I say something that might be construed as ANTI-GOVERNMENT?  
 
I certainly hope so.
 
Ellen A. Roskovich
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com> From: thansen at moscow.com> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:06:26 +0000> Subject: [Vision2020] The 63rd UN General Assembly and the Right to Food> > There were several interesting votes, conducted by the 63rd UN General > Assembly (concerning refugees, social development, advancement of women, > promotion/protection of children's rights, right of peoples to self-> determination, etc. etc.), and I encourage you to read them. However, > results of one particular vote (the right to food) disgusted me deeply as > an American. The United State was the ONLY country to vote against it. > If anybody on this listserve feels that my belief in everybody't right to > food is, somehow, un-American or anti-American, simply because my belief > does not support the vote submitted by our government, PLEASE explain.> > Excerpted from the Sixty-third General Assembly of the United Nations at:> > http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/ga10801.doc.htm> > -----------------------------------------------> > Vote on Right to Food> > The draft resolution on the right to food (document A/63/430/Add.2) was > adopted by a recorded vote of 184 in favour to 1 against, with no > abstentions, as follows:> > In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and > Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, > Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, > Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, > Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central > African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa > Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic > People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican > Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, > Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, > Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, > Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, > Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s > Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, > Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, > Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, > Micronesia (Federated States of), Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, > Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, > Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, > Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, > Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and > Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, > Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, > Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, > Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, > Tajikistan, Thailand, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-> Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, > Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of > Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, > Zambia, Zimbabwe.> > Against: United States.> > Abstain: None.> > Absent: Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, > Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Uganda.> > ------------------------------------------------------> > Merry Christmas, Moscow.> > Tom Hansen> Moscow, Idaho> > > > ---------------------------------------------> This message was sent by First Step Internet.> http://www.fsr.com/> > 
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