UN is a part of USA, do you beleive that?
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It's the other way around - the USA is part of the UN.
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There are 192 member countries recognized by the United Nations, and 193 recognized by the state department of the U.S. There are currently 9 (the number is disputed) planets if you count Pluto and 8 if you don't, but that is just in our solar system. There are a lot more planets out there.
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I absolutely agree with your last sentence.  But I think because the U.S. and U.N carved out Israel from Palestine in 1948 after WWII, we are kind of responsible.  But i still think we should mind our own d@mn business
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Of course they do, and they want the U.N. at the helm!\n\nThe United Nations actively pursues anti-American policies and appeases America's enemies, while being largely funded by $3 billion worth of annual American dues. After revealing the depth of rampant corruption in the UN, it is time to recognize the changes in Old Europe and redesign America's alliances that line up with America's national interests. \n\nIf John Kerry and Hillary Clinton have their way, Kofi Annan and Jacques Chirac will gain veto power over American foreign policy. Scared? You should be. It could happen. And in Inside the Asylum, former deputy undersecretary of defense Jed Babbin shows just how it could happen and why the UN deserves the nickname "The Asylum." \n\nIn the Asylum... \n\n* the UN assists international terrorists. Babbin exposes the shocking links between the UN and terrorist organizations. \n\n* The money trail from the UN to Saddam Hussein. It is time to rip the veil from the outrageous Oil-for-Food program-proving that the UN sold its moral legitimacy for oil, stuffed its own pockets at the expense of the Iraqi people, and undermined American pressure on Saddam Hussein: the UN's cash cow. The UN's Oil-for-Food program, provided Saddam Hussein with the means to bribe politicians, to deprive his people of needed food and medicine, and to literally steal billions of dollars. There is even emerging evidence that money from the program might have gone to support al-Qaeda. \n\n• The UN's raid on the American Treasury: dominated by Third World staffers who consider the United States Treasury "the common heritage of mankind." Kofi Annan, the UN secretary-general, is an anti-American moral relativist who misses no opportunity to arrogate power from the United States to the UN. \n\n* The United Nations and the European Union are morally bankrupt-and open enemies of the United States. France and the United Nations have cost American lives in Iraq by their perverse delaying of American action in the Iraq War. American troops are fighting and dying today because of a terrorist strategy Saddam Hussein developed while France and the United Nations delayed Operation Iraqi Freedom. \n\nThe UN is more of an international criminal than a dispenser of legitimate international law. If America wants to retain its sovereignty and security, it's time to escape from the UN asylum and say goodbye to the false friends of Old Europe. We owe no tribute to the UN and the EU, We should not be ashamed and divided to look after our own defense." \n\nThe United Nations building in Manhattan is an international enclave, no longer American territory. Inside the Asylum is a powerful argument that it's time to reclaim that land for America.
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There is no use.\n\nthe UN is always with what is called "Israel". America is too. So why should the Palestinians trust both?
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The United Nations is a very necessary organization on many levels.  Any place that attempts to foster communication between so many diverse member states is necessary.  Their other works like UNICEF, UNDP, UNIFEM etc. do much to improve the living of millions of people around the world.
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201. There are 191 countries in the UN, Taiwan and the Vatican aren't in the UN, 6 de-facto independent countries: Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Northern Cyprus, Somaliland, South Ossetia, and Transnistria, and 2 countries recognized by many countries de-facto but not independent, Palestine and Western Sahara.
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191 countries are currently UN members.Montenegro will probably apply for membership too
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The United States!  U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A!
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I think the US should withdraw from the UN.  It has become uneffective and is mostly funded by the US.   The vote for donation is out of wack.  Nowhere else do those with the cash bow down and humble themselves to those who have been proven failures.  IE... Soviets, France, Most of Africa, etc....\nMost of the countries in the UN are all mouth and no money or support to back it up.
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That's like trying to verify that the Tooth fairy doesn't exist. The UN owning all of the US National parklands is too absurd to believe.
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The US - yes.\nDon't know about the others.
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U.S. if you consider ancient Hawaii being part of the U.S.
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It always apart of the US, what makes you think it wasn't?
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The answer varies, depending on whether and which territories are included, and whose count you are using.  The most usual answers are from 189 to 194.  The United Nations has 189 members.  There are 192 independent states according to US calculations, but that count does not include Greenland, Palestine, Taiwan, East Timor, and Western Sahara.  The World Factbook shows 259 world flags.\n\nI hope this helps.
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yes, of course it helps when you have big persuasion stick called USA to stop anybody else in the world complaining through the UN.\n\nAnd they wonder why the UN is so impotent?
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The United Nations is an out-dated relic of the Cold War era that was used to protect smaller countries and  counter the growing influence of the USSR in eastern Europe.\n\nWith the Soviet Union dissolved and no major thret of world war there is no real reason for the UN to exist aside from a glorified international economy watcher.\n\nSeems like since the Berlin Wall fell the entire purpose of the UN has changed from "oppose the growing Communist ideology" to "take pock-shots at the United States".\n\nPlus, the US gains next to nothing being part of the UN. We are the largest contributor to UN-led relief efforts and charities, not to mention our military contributions far outweigh any other UN affiliated country.\n\nShort answer: Yes, the US should pull out. We lose more than we gain from our relationship with the UN.