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- Comment on The UN Voted to Make Food A Human Right, Only Two Countries Voted No: Israel and USA 17 hours ago:
It’s not bothsidesing if you take a position. It’s steelmanning.
- Comment on The UN Voted to Make Food A Human Right, Only Two Countries Voted No: Israel and USA 19 hours ago:
The person I was replying to said that the US vetoed the Resolution. I pointed out that it did not and cannot veto the Resolution. It passed.
- Comment on The UN Voted to Make Food A Human Right, Only Two Countries Voted No: Israel and USA 19 hours ago:
No, it’s not. Your confusion probably stems from the fact that the US has veto power of UN Security Resolutions. It cannot veto Resolutions passed by the General Assembly. This was a General Assembly Resolution.
- Comment on The UN Voted to Make Food A Human Right, Only Two Countries Voted No: Israel and USA 4 days ago:
No, it’s not. This resolution was adopted with a vote of 182-2-0. digitallibrary.un.org/record/3954949?ln=en&v=pdf
- Comment on The UN Voted to Make Food A Human Right, Only Two Countries Voted No: Israel and USA 4 days ago:
The article would be better if it linked to the reasons for the no votes and critiqued them. Otherwise, it’s just low effort outrage bait.