RE: [FT]United Nations?

The way I see the UN is that during the collapse, they actually
"pacificed"
several key areas to restrict conflict.  When everything stopped, they
didn't give them back.	I tend to think of the UN being a minor nation
with
a nasty fleet rather than the targets that we have now. 

Slim

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
[mailto:owner-gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU]On Behalf Of Donald Hosford
Sent: Sunday, 2 May 1999 8:18
To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: [FT]United Nations?

Say Jon(GZG)?

Have a question for you.

I was resently rereading the FT timelines.  (in the books)  And a
thought struck me...

How did the UN survive the colapse of the USA?	Here and now, the USA
pays a substantial amount of the member dues.  (My friend -- who knows
more about this than I do -- says it is in the area of 70%. There are a
lot of counties around the world that refuse to pay their member
dues...  The US feels that if we pay their dues for them, they will stay
involved, and we can keep an eye on things...)

So what does the UN do to support itself?  Does it "charge" a fee for
colony licenses?  or what?

Just curious...Oviously the UN has survived, they do have a "space
force", and a research/exploration forces..

Donald Hosford