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WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED
  • to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and
  • to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and
  • to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and
  • to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, ...
The above piece of text is from the Preamble of The Charter of the United Nations.

The full text of the of The Charter of the United Nations, which came into force on October 24th 1945, over 68 years ago now, can be found via the following www link:
http:// www.un.org /en/documents/charter/preamble.shtml

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Related Issue:
"The Military Attacks on Civilians -- including Children -- in Lugansk (Ukraine) on May 29th 2014 ..."
http:// rt.com/news /162136-ukrainian-soldiers-surrender-lugansk/

CAUTION: The 3 minute 56 second video-clip at the www location just above contains a number of disturbing and distressing scenes.

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"Ceard a Tharla? "Ceard tá imithe mar sin an-mcheart ag na Náisiúin Aontaithe?"

(What happened? What has gone so very wrong at the United Nations?)

What have the United Nations been doing for the past 68 years? Slow learners, are we? More than a little retarded in certain respects perhaps?

Related Internet Search Engine List:
"Ban Ki-moon (Secretary-General of the United Nations), government corruption, crime, cover ups, bullying, impunity ..."
http:// tinyurl.com /qgfmu6v

Related e-mail to British Monarchy sent on June 8th 2014:
http://humanrightsireland.com/ BritishMonarchy /8June2014/Email.htm

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William Finnerty is back living in the Republic of Ireland at the present time, which is where he was born and where he grew up. His father was Irish (County Galway), and his mother American (New York City). He has worked mostly in the (more...)
 
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