 Narain Kataria | REMOVAL OF DISPARITY IN THE VOTING SYSTEM IN UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY::INDIAN AMERICAN INTELLECTUALS FORUM MEETS WITH MR. VIJAY NAMBIAR, CHEF-de-CABINET, UNITED NATIONS |
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| From left to right Dr. Narinder Kukar, Narain Kataria , Mr. Vijay Nambiar, Dr. C.B. Singh , Arish Sahani and Animesh Goenka | |
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Dear Colleagues:
This is to inform you that on March 10, 2009. a delegation comprising of Narain Kataria, President of Indian American Intellectuals Forum (IAIF), Arish Sahani, Vice President of IAIF, Dr. Narinder Kukar, former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Association of Indians in America (AIA), Animesh Goenka, National President of AIA and Dr. C.B. Singh met with Mr. Vijay Nambiar, Chef de Cabinet, United Nations for about an hour and presented the following Memorandum addressed to His Excellency Ban-Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, with a copy to all the five Members of the Security Council, in New York.
Very truly yours,
Narain Kataria
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March 10, 2009
His Excellency Ban-Ki-moon
Secretary General
The United Nations
1 United Nationa Plaza
New York, NY 10017-3515
Hon Secretary General:
SUB: REMOVAL OF DISPARITY IN THE VOTING SYSTEM IN UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
It is a matter of great satisfaction that efforts are underway to reorganize and reform the United Nations (U.N). However, we have noticed the following anomalies in the functioning of the U.N. which, we believe, need to be addressed immediately:
1. There is one set of countries in the world whose population is only a few millions, e.g. Panama (3.5 M), U.A.E. (3M), Denmark (5M), Norway (4.6M), Sweden (9M), Iceland (less than half million), Israel (7.2M), Jamaica (2.8M), and Syria (19M). All such countries have one vote each in the United Nations General Assembly.
2. Then, there is another set of countries in UN with population ranging from 250 million to over one billion. Examples are countries like United States (303M), India (1.13B) and China (1.3B). Surprisingly, these countries too have the same one vote each. This practice of United Nations, in our humble opinion, is a completely unfair and unwarranted setup.
3. On the surface, the above practice is sold as being respectful of even the smallest of countries on globe. But in reality, it is not only absolutely unjustified but also inexcusable because it deprives one-sixth of the humanity that lives in a country like India, of its rightful place in the comity of nations.
4. We see this setup as the worst case of under-representation in the world body. In effect, this is shutting out the voice of a colossally huge segment of human population from the shaping and functioning of the world body that is supposed to represent all human beings equally.
5. Additionally, the founding fathers of U.N. have unconscionably deprived the 1.13 billion people of India of the permanent membership of Security Council and, consequently, of their rightful representation in this world body.
6. This practice of United Nations is not only unfair but also humiliatingly misrepresentative. The peaceful, responsible and law abiding one-billion plus masses of India deserve a much better treatment.
In the interest of fair representation of humanity on the planet earth, we urge that the U.N. leadership work out some sensible formula so that this kind of wild disparity is removed from the world body.
As such, we believe that all voting in the United Nations should be measured on the basis of each country's population. Alternatively, each country may be given, say one vote for each block of one million people.
We further believe that a reformed system that takes the size of the countries into account while determining their voting power would represent the humanity on earth in a more fairer and meaningful manner. In end, that would minimize the resentments and would promote equity and even handedness on earth.
Very truly yours,
Narain Kataria
President
CC: Five Members of the Security Council
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