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From: Ragnar Danneskjold <65142357@mmu.ac.uk>

To: libernet@listserv.rmii.com

Date:          Wed, 8 May 1996 14:44:20 GMT

Subject:       UN Taxes



I got the following article out of the current issue of American 

Survival Guide (yes, I've got strange taste in reading).

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United Nations Taxes by M Pietrantoni



UN Secretary General Boutrous Boutros-Ghali recently proposed a 

series of worldwide taxes that would be paid to the United Nations.  

He said the revenue generated by the taxes could be used for the day-

to-day operation of the UN and for UN peace keeping missions.  The 

tax proposals he said were necessary because many member states are 

way behind in their assessments and the UN is currently running a 

large deficit.



Some of Mr Ghali's proposed UN taxes would fall on international 

money transfers, large arms and munitions deals between countries, 

and even a ticket tax on international airline travellers.



To counter this UN tax plan, a number of US senators, including Bobe 

Dole, have introduced a bill, S-1519, that would end any US payments 

to the UN, either voluntary or assessed, if the UN passes or even 

continues to try to pass any tax which affects American citizens.



S-1519 is called the "Prohibition on United Nations Taxation Act of 

1996."  In the "Findings" section of the bill it notes that:



"(3)  United Nations officials have made numerous and repeated 

proposals to provide financing for the United Nations outside the 

scrutiny of Member States of the United Nations, including borrowing 

from international financial instutions, assuming control of bonds 

issued by Member States, and imposing taxes on an extensive range of 

transactions, goods, and services;



"(4)  the 1994 'Human Development Report' of the United Nations 

Development Program stated that 'it is appropriate that the proceeds 

of an international tax be devoted to international purposes and be 

placed at the disposal of international instutions.';



"(5)  on January 14, 1996, United Nations General Secretary Boutros 

Boutros-Ghali stated that an international tax would mean that [he 

would] not be under the daily financial will of the Member 

States'...(8)  the power to tax is an attribute of sovereignty;  (9)  

the United Nations does not have the attributes of sovereignty and is 

not a sovereign power; and (10)  the United Nations has no legal 

authority to impose taxes on United States citizens."



A duplicate bill has been introduced into the House of 

Representatives as HR 2867.  Its sponsors include both Democrats and 

Republicans.  Sponsors in both houses of Congress say the bills are 

likely to pass, but they are uncertain whether or not Bill Clinton 

would sign them into law.

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My only comments are to point out that the specified taxes are all on 

forms of international commerce, and to wonder why I haven't read 

anything about this in the British press.



Ragnar Danneskjold, Tax advisor,         The enemies of the people  

c/o Galt's Gulch Post Office,            are those who know what the

People's Republic of Manchester          people need.



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