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Obviously, we assume the compromise- otherwise, considering the relatively small number of countries at that point, the General Assembly becomes a US rubber-stamp.
So, 2 US states are given UN votes. Firstly, how does this work? Does the US as a whole get 3 votes, or do 2 states (I assume 2 of Texas, New York and California) get a vote each? Or do the votes go to US territories (probably Hawaii and Puerto Rico)?
If the second, how do they get around the Constitutional prohibition on states conducting foreign diplomacy?
If the third, what happens when/if Hawaii gets statehood?
Some other ideas- The UK is a major power at this point. Do they demand votes for Scotland and Wales- or for parts of the Empire? What about France?
EDIT: Note that India was given a seat in 1945, as were the Philippines.
What happens if a state votes differently from the US as a whole on some issue? Perhaps Texas, if selected, sides with apartheid South Africa?
Also, in the current OTL anti-UN climate among the American right, what happens if Texas decides to leave the UN- as there have been calls for the US as a whole to do?
The US was also given the option of allowing two states to vote in the UN.
Stalin originally wanted all the of the various SSR's to be able to vote, but Roosevelt replied with the fact that the US is made up of 48 states and if Stalin wants all the SSR's to vote, then all of the states get to vote as well.
The two extras was the compromise.
Obviously, we assume the compromise- otherwise, considering the relatively small number of countries at that point, the General Assembly becomes a US rubber-stamp.
So, 2 US states are given UN votes. Firstly, how does this work? Does the US as a whole get 3 votes, or do 2 states (I assume 2 of Texas, New York and California) get a vote each? Or do the votes go to US territories (probably Hawaii and Puerto Rico)?
If the second, how do they get around the Constitutional prohibition on states conducting foreign diplomacy?
If the third, what happens when/if Hawaii gets statehood?
Some other ideas- The UK is a major power at this point. Do they demand votes for Scotland and Wales- or for parts of the Empire? What about France?
EDIT: Note that India was given a seat in 1945, as were the Philippines.
What happens if a state votes differently from the US as a whole on some issue? Perhaps Texas, if selected, sides with apartheid South Africa?
Also, in the current OTL anti-UN climate among the American right, what happens if Texas decides to leave the UN- as there have been calls for the US as a whole to do?
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