A few blogs ago, I wrote about the Copenhagen Accord. In the December 21, 2009 issue of the Ottawa Citizen they ran an article called “World needs climate agency British Prime Minister says”. British PM Gordon Brown condemns the consensual method of UN negotiation which currently appears to require all 192 countries require agreement. Brown argues global deals should not be ‘…held to ransom by only a handful of countries”.
There are so many varied perspectives which touch many matters a majority rules approach may not always work. However on an issue such as protection of the world’s environment , he has a point. Maybe each little country doesn’t deserve equal voting rights just based on population, but no country should have and effective veto. Something closer to majority rule appears to be in order at least on certain issues. Do we all agree? Can we reach a consensus on that? What voting mechanism will put that one through?
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