Chavez wants UN uprooted from New York
[[Image:United Nations HQ - New York City.jpg|thumb|200px|right|United Nations headquarters, New York City.]]
{{date|September 16, 2005}}

In a speech before the [[United Nations]] [[United Nations General Assembly|General Assembly]], [[Venezuela|Venezuelan]] President [[Hugo Chávez]] called for the {{w|UN headquarters}} to be moved out of the [[United States]].

Chávez cited the [[Iraq War]] and the US' alleged disregard for the will of the United Nations as his reasoning for proposing the pullout.  He then went on to criticize the proposed UN reforms, saying they were "illegal" as they did not take into account anti-poverty goals set out in a 2000 summit.  Proposing sweeping reforms, including the elimination of Security Council members' veto powers, Chávez described the UN as unfit for the 21st century.

[[Image:HugoChavez1824.jpeg|thumb|200px|left|President Chávez speaks in 2003.<br><small>Source: Victor Soares/ABr</small>]]
In a comment more related to the frosty relationship between the US and Venezuela, Chávez expressed regret that [[Pat Robertson]] remained at liberty.  Chávez has branded Robertson a terrorist for implying that the US would do well to assassinate the Venezuelan President.

The current summit marks the sixtieth anniversary of the formation of the United Nations, and many world leaders have gathered to work out reforms to the organization to make it more relevant in today's world.
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== Related news ==

* {{Wikinews|title=Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson calls for assassination of Venezuela's president|date=August 23, 2005}}

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/838D62F7-EB57-43FE-B147-C40950236ACA.htm
|title=Chavez wants UN to move out of US
|author=
|pub=Aljazeera
|date=September 16, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1126837395530
|title=Chavez slams US, suggests moving UN to J'lem
|author=
|pub=Jerusalem Post
|date=September 16, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N15534060.htm
|title=Venezuela's Chavez wants UN out of United States
|author=Irwin Arieff
|pub=Reuters
|date=September 16, 2005}}

== External links ==
* [http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ga/summit2005/worldsummit050915pm.rm?start=%2202:11:00%22&end=%2202:33:30%22 UN Video of Chávez's speech]
* [http://www.un.org/reform/ UN reforms page]

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[[es:Chávez pide cambio de sede y cuestiona las reformas a la ONU]]
[[pl:Chavez: ONZ nie powinna mieć siedziby w Nowym Jorku]]
[[pt:Chávez pede para que as Nações Unidas mudem de lugar]]
United Nations headquarters, New York City.


In a speech before the United Nations General Assembly, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez called for the  to be moved out of the United States.

Chávez cited the Iraq War and the US' alleged disregard for the will of the United Nations as his reasoning for proposing the pullout.  He then went on to criticize the proposed UN reforms, saying they were "illegal" as they did not take into account anti-poverty goals set out in a 2000 summit.  Proposing sweeping reforms, including the elimination of Security Council members' veto powers, Chávez described the UN as unfit for the 21st century.

President Chávez speaks in 2003.Source: Victor Soares/ABr
In a comment more related to the frosty relationship between the US and Venezuela, Chávez expressed regret that Pat Robertson remained at liberty.  Chávez has branded Robertson a terrorist for implying that the US would do well to assassinate the Venezuelan President.

The current summit marks the sixtieth anniversary of the formation of the United Nations, and many world leaders have gathered to work out reforms to the organization to make it more relevant in today's world.

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es:Chávez pide cambio de sede y cuestiona las reformas a la ONU
pl:Chavez: ONZ nie powinna mieć siedziby w Nowym Jorku
Chávez pede para que as Nações Unidas mudem de lugar
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