Re: UN

Hi all,

My questions and comments are sprinkled in and among the words of Thomas

Barclay of the Clan Barclay below:

> I'd suggest the UN  
>  i) has ts own citizens

So it is possible that many of the earth-locked have-not nations are not
so 
earth-locked or have-not thanks to the UN.  Forgive me for asking, but
where 
is the canon UN HQ these days?	Is it offworld?  If this has not been 
decided, may I suggest one of the ScanFed states?  I don't have any 
particular interest in where it is.  This is just a curiosity thing.  
However, if UNHQ were located on earth in Sweden, Norway, or Denmark,
then 
its central location relative to the major powers' traditional homelands

would seem to aid diplomacy.  BTW does the UN own any earthly territory
of 
its own by this time?  I do assume there are extraterrestrial
possessions.  
Has anyone assigned any of these on the 'pedia page?

>  ii) has its own sources of revenue
>  iii) receives donations (dues) from member states

Is there a comprehensive list of member states?  Or do I smell a 'pedia 
project that needs to be in the works?	Are there any notables who are
NOT 
members?  Or major powers who are delinquent members?  Re:  these
donations, 
has the UN of 2183+ devised a way of retrieving this tax on a regular
basis?

>  iv) has enough teeth to patrol the Core very effectively and the
inner
>  colonies effectively enough
>  v) is limited by tacit agreement of the major powers from extending
its
>  power into the Outer colonies though no doubt that is UN intention

It is an odd relationship the UN has with the major powers.  My guess is
that 
if the four major powers are still members of the UN (and it would be in

their best interests to be so) that the majority of the UN's funding
comes 
from these powers.  The best way for them to limit the UN's expansion
would 
be to stay perpetually in delinquency.	Which leads back to the question
of 
whether the UN has devised a way to deal with this.

>  vi) acts by diplomacy where it can, deterrence where it must,
violence 
where
>  nothing else works
>  vii) acts in the outer colonies by some diplomatic and humanitarian
>  extensions and by <it is suspected> covert action - intelligence
gathering
>  and an operational capability
>  viii) might have some tech up their sleeve no one has seen yet - look
at
>  their ships! ;)

Is anyone working on the UN?  I'd like to know the structure of the
governing 
body in 2183.  Is there a Security Council?  And if so, which powers
have 
those seats?

Bill