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representative and due to their experience will work for
the UN as a consultant.
When a representative commits a crime and is
proved guilty, they will be severely sanctioned. The
candidate representative will have to meet strictly
formulated criteria in order to become a representative.
They will have to have clean past and no records of crime
or corruption. The president of the UN Assembly will be
elected by the Assembly delegates.
He/she will not have any special authorities and his
task will be to schedule and preside over meetings.
I propose a mandate of 5 years for the UN
representatives. Their offices in various committees will be
re-elected every year to avoid inertia, rootedness in the
post, possibilities for corruption and manipulation.
The voting system should exclude the possibility of
veto because it blocks the will of the majority. If someone
disagrees, he can vote against but can not block the work
of the system. Majority vote can often be manipulated,
especially by countries with large number of
representatives, therefore two-thirds vote is better, but in
order to make clear the positions for and against, those
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