Debate:Was American soldier Michael New right to refuse to fight wearing part of a United Nations uniform?
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Yes
Absolutely. PhilipB 10:41, 12 January 2007 (EST)
Yes!!
Yes he was, and I'll prove it. In class yesterday, I was trying to make the argument that some of Michael New's rights as a citizen of the United States might be compromised if he were forced to join the United Nations. While that is true, as shown in article 1 of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations itself is what really condemns the action:
Article 15 1. Everyone has the right to a nationality. 2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
Article 20 1. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. 2. No one may be compelled to belong to an association.
The United Nations could not even accept him into the Peacekeeping Corps. if he objected.
- Excellent point, David! I may be able to use your point in a law brief to the Supreme Court. --Aschlafly 11:58, 12 January 2007 (EST)