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Old 24th Apr 2008, 17:07
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Archimedes
 
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Two small points - first, since both Afghanistan and Iraq (post invasion) are covered by UN Security Council Resolutions, do they intend to boycott the UN on the grounds that it has legitimized the occupations?

Second, they talk about banning 'the military of any country'. Does that mean that they will, contrary to the Human Rights Act, bar any serving personnel regular or TA (or other nations' equivalents) who happen to be undertaking education at the University from SU premises?

And for the OTC/UAS/UNRU types - how about an ammendment along the lines of:
11. In the event of the University of Manchester being affected by flood, other natural disaster, contagious disease or terrorist attack, the Students' Union will, in upholding its principles, refuse to accept any assistance from the armed services.

12.The same principles will be steadfastly upheld in the event of the SU premises catching fire during a firefighters' strike, in which event members will link arms in a human chain around the burning building and sing 'we shall overcome' while preventing firefighters from the armed forces from tackling the blaze.@
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