Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But apart from a legal system, clean water, sewerage, health, education, language and stable government, what have the Romans ever done for us ;-) On Monday, Mar 10, 2003, at 09:29 Australia/Melbourne, Tina Manley wrote: > At 04:40 AM 3/8/2003 +0100, you wrote: >> Are we not part of this nice institution the UN which we support >> financially, >> unlike the USA which never has really. > > > > The United States is the largest financial supporter of the UN, which > is involved in critical issues relating to peace and security, human > rights, humanitarian assistance, economic development, environmental > protection, and health. In 2001, the United States contributed about > 3.5 billion in assessed and voluntary contributions to the UN system. > The United States also contributes military observers or police > officers to eight UN missions, and U.S. troops work in cooperation > with UN operations in Bosnia, Kosovo, and East Timor. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html