Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]well i allways liked the still i think that carthage has to be destroyed bit ?esse delendam? list of ships from Homer alfabet based writing from the middle east algebra from the middle east we got democracy from the greeks ? fascism from the romans gunpowder from the chinese clean water from streams and dunes sorry for the OT simon > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html