Chapter 209 Approval(1/2)
The headquarters of the world government and the former headquarters of the United Nations.
The location of the United Nations headquarters is located on the east side of Manhattan, New York City, and overlooks the East River. The building was built in 1949 and 1950. The land was purchased from the then New York real estate developer William Jakendorf, covering an area of 17 acres (about 6.87,973 hectares). Before that, the Rockefeller family intended to provide its land in Westchester County, New York, but gave up because it was far from Manhattan. Afterwards, Nelson Rockefeller assisted in the purchase of new land, and his father John Davidson Rockefeller Jr. donated $8.5 million to help build the building.
Although the building is located in New York City, its land is actually international territory. The border on the west side is First Avenue, East 42nd Street on the south side, East 48th Street on the north side, and East River on the east side. On December 23, 2006, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution called the "Main Plan for Capital Construction" and decided to allocate US$1.877 billion to renovate the United Nations Headquarters building.
The United Nations was founded in 1945 after the end of World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop the war and provide a platform for dialogue for countries.
It can be said that the United Nations is a reflection of the world situation after World War II and is also one of the important achievements. However, after the founding of the United Nations, neither the United States nor the Soviet Union during the Cold War nor the United States after the Cold War ended, basically the United Nations has played no role, and is almost a puppet of the five major powers.
This situation continued until the appearance of [Demon Fruit]...
If only a few superhumans appeared, it might not be able to change anything, but after a large number of [demon fruits] poured into the earth and caused countless abilities, the world pattern was changed.
In other words, when a person's ability is equivalent to an army, the world itself has been changed.
The original United Nations is obviously no longer suitable for the current era. After all, the so-called United Nations is like a puppet.
So a new [World Government] was established.
The new world government is like the enhanced version of the United Nations in the past, but it has greater power and its own special forces.
Similarly, due to the relationship between capable people and the full support of the five major countries, the world government has also gained a great say. It is almost incomparable to the United Nations in the past, and the world government headquarters at this time has almost become the center of the world.
Leaders of the five major countries often gather for meetings.
Of course, it was just a meeting. In fact, the leaders of the five major countries remained in their respective countries, and only used some equipment to meet each other with screens arranged in the rooms of the world government headquarters.
If it were usual, the atmosphere here would probably be quite harmonious.
It’s not surprising, after all, they are all people with identities. No matter how much hatred they have, they will not always be angry.
But now...
"Damn, what exactly do those guys want to do."
Sitting in a position at the five-corner table, the American roared loudly.
"Who knows..." the French said sarcastically. "Those who can guess what they want to do..."
At this time, even a Russian who was not in the face of the Americans nodded. "It turns out that the country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change. I thought that after so many years, they would be stronger than they were at the beginning. Who would have thought..."
"That's the ** Army. If it's so easy to change, then it's still called the ** Army..."
"But the current situation is not very good. I thought those guys were just aiming at one Liberia. If one Liberia was the first to give it, then the overall situation is the most important thing now. But now, those people who are targeting Stars actually expanded their power to half of South Africa..."
South Africa, also known as sub-Saharan Africa, is "Black Africa". It generally refers to Africa south of the central Sahara Desert. The hometown of the Negro race, still black people account for the vast majority of the residents. Its historical and cultural development is different from the Arabs and Berbers north of the desert. In ancient times, countries such as Ghana, Bornu, Benin, Mali, Gao, and Aksum were formed successively. The scope is in the African continent in the sub-Saharan region, Madagascar and other islands. The terrain is mainly plateaus, called the plateau continent. The entire terrain tilts from southeast to northwest.
After occupying Liberia, the targeted people of the Star Road successfully moved south from Liberia. With the power buried in the past, they overturned nearly ten countries in southern Africa in almost instant.
In the blink of an eye, nearly ten countries were subverted and the number was increasing. Although the world government's attention is almost all focused on the door, this is still an intolerable thing for the world government.
And, the most intolerable thing is what happened in South Africa...
South Africa is located in the southern hemisphere and is known as the "Rainbow Country". It is located at the southernmost tip of the African continent, with a land area of 1,219,090 square kilometers. It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, south and west, and borders Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland on the north. South Africa is the largest economy and one of the most influential countries in Africa. Its GDP accounts for about one-third of the total economic output of sub-Saharan African countries, and plays an important leading role in regional economic development. South Africa has developed industries in finance, law, communications, energy and transportation, has a complete hardware infrastructure and stock trading market, and its production volume ranks first in the world.
The Cape of Good Hope route at the southwest end has always been one of the busiest maritime channels in the world, and is known as the "West Maritime Lifeline". It has an area of 1221,038 square kilometers, a coastline of 2500 kilometers, and its land area ranks 24th in the world. Most of the territory is a plateau of more than 600 meters above sea level. The Drakens Mountains stretch in the southeast, with Caskin Peak as high as 3,660 meters, the highest point in the country; the northwest is a desert, which is part of the Kalahari Basin; the north, central and southwest are plateaus; the coast is a narrow plain. The Orange River and the Limpo* River are two major rivers. The Cape of Good Hope is located at the southwesternest end of Africa.
South Africa has good infrastructure and rich resources. It is one of the world's five major mineral countries and has a high degree of economic openness. The per capita GDP in 2009 was US$5,824. Mining, manufacturing and agriculture are the three pillars of the economy, and deep mining technology is in the leading position in the world. The development level of various sectors of the national economy is unbalanced, and the distribution of income is uneven. South Africa is famous for its rich mineral resources. It has proven reserves and mined more than 70 minerals, gold, platinum group metals, manganese, vanadium, chromium, and aluminosilicates.
The reserves of gold rank first in the world, among which the reserves of gold account for 60 in the world, vermiculite, zirconium, titanium, fluorite rank second, phosphate, antimony rank fourth, uranium, lead rank fifth, coal and zinc rank eighth, iron ore rank ninth, copper rank fourth. Diamond, asbestos, copper, vanadium, uranium, coal, iron, titanium, mica, lead, etc. are also extremely rich in the reserves of gold, diamonds, vanadium, manganese, chromium, antimony, uranium, asbestos, etc., are all among the world's top. Rich resources, cheap labor, and advanced management make the South
Africa has become the most economically developed country in Africa today. Mining, manufacturing, construction and energy are the four major sectors of South Africa's industry. Mineral products exports account for about 50 of export revenue. About 12 laborers in the country are engaged in mining. According to statistics from the South African Mining Bureau, the proven mineral reserves in 2007 were 36,000 tons of gold (accounting for 40.1 of the world's total reserves, the same below), 70,000 tons of platinum group metals (87.77), 4 billion tons of manganese (80), 12 million tons of vanadium (32), and 80 million vermiculite
Tons (40), chromium 5.5 billion tons (7.24), uranium 341,000 tons (7.24), coal 27.981 billion tons (6.1), iron ore 1.5 billion tons (9.9), titanium 244 million tons (1.69), zircon 14 million tons (1.94), fluorostone 80 million tons (1.67), phosphate 2.5 billion tons (5.0), antimony 200,000 tons (4.7), lead 3 million tons (2.0), zinc 15 million tons (3.3), and copper 13 million tons (1.4).
It can be said that South Africa is almost the strongest country in Africa, with a peaceful situation that other countries cannot imagine, strong scientific research capabilities and military.
Even in the world governments with many powerful countries, South Africa's status is very important.
The problem is that the world government has received information, that is, after subverting nearly ten countries in succession, even South Africa, the Star Way target does not intend to let go.
These obviously touched the bottom line of the world government.
For the world government, those small countries are fine, but if South Africa falls, then there will be no more countries on the African continent that can withstand the power of the Star Way.
"But this matter is very troublesome. We all know that just like the headquarters of the Guardian of Time is in Brussels, the headquarters of the Star Way is in South Africa. In the years since it was rooted in South Africa, I am afraid that the people of the Star Way have eroded the top and bottom of South Africa. Therefore, if the Star Way is really launched, South Africa will probably have no way to resist..."
When the Chinese said this, the others looked at each other.
Among the people present, I'm afraid only the Chinese people attach the most importance to South Africa.
After all, no matter what, South Africa is also one of the BRICS countries.
It is generally believed that the first person to propose the concept of "BRICS". In October 2003, Americans published a report titled "The Global Economic Report of Dreaming with BRICS". The report estimates that by 2050, the world's economic structure will undergo a drastic reshuffle, and the world's six new economies will become China, the United States, India, Japan, Brazil, and Russia. The term "BRICS" was first proposed by American Jim O'Neal in 2001. The "BRICS" (BRIC) quotes the English first letters of Brazil, Russia, India and China.
In 2011, China, as the rotating presidency of the "BRICS" cooperation mechanism, agreed with Russia, India and Brazil to absorb South Africa as a full member to join the "BRICS" cooperation mechanism. The "BRICS" will soon become the "BRICS" and be renamed "BRICS" (BRICS).
The absorption of South Africa to join the cooperation mechanism also enables the "BRICS" to further strengthen economic and trade relations with southern African countries. Many South African companies have branches in southern African countries, which are close to geographic areas and have the advantages of fast information and low transaction costs in these relatively underdeveloped countries. If the investment and trade of the four countries can be transferred through South Africa, the rate of return will be significantly improved.
In addition to the economic field, South Africa's accession to the "BRICS" cooperation mechanism will help the five countries coordinate their positions on major global and regional issues such as global climate change, UN reform, and poverty reduction, and better build a fair and balanced new international political order.
So for China, South Africa is indeed a very important place. If it really falls into the hands of the Star Way, then everything that China has done in the past will be wasted.
But these don't matter to several other countries...
Or, if it weren't for another problem, these countries would probably not care about South Africa at all.
To put it bluntly, even if South Africa is powerful, it is just a powerful country on the weakest continent of Africa. On several continents with many other powerful countries, South Africa's strength is simply not enough.
What really makes people care about South Africa is just a thing...
Nuclear weapons...
So far, South Africa is the first and only country to successfully manufacture nuclear weapons and then automatically give up. On March 24, 1993, the South African president announced that South Africa had manufactured nuclear weapons and said that the device had been destroyed before July 10, 1991 (South Africa joined the NPT).
The non-development nuclear weapons program has two main motivations. One is to check and balance the former Soviet Union. The former Soviet Union's strategic intention to intervene in African affairs directly or through intermediaries put a lot of pressure on the South African leadership. This became the main motivation for South Africa to produce nuclear weapons later, and wanted to use nuclear weapons to stop the Soviet invasion; the other is to check and balance the Western world, and hope to get help from the outside world when adhering to the racial discrimination system that the outside world is unanimously opposed.
In the 1960s, the international community's opposition and resistance to the ruling National Party of South Africa's ruling National Party's apartheid policy was rapidly heated up. Of course, serious discrimination against blacks in South Africa was no longer news. But since the victory of the 1948 election, the National Party has systematically legalized these practices and used all state administrative power to implement them more strictly. At this time, other countries in the world began to pay more attention to the power of citizens. In 1961, South Africa withdrew from the Commonwealth, obviously to increase the national supremacy. South Africa wanted to demonstrate the existence of nuclear weapons and threatened to resort to nuclear war without help (if external assistance proved necessary). Regardless of the initial motive, Portugal's evacuation in 1975 and the subsequent large-scale invasion of central and southern Africa by Cuban troops (at most 50,000 people) must have been the direct cause of the plan's military purpose.
South Africa has unique advantages in its nuclear development plan - rich uranium resources. South Africa's proven uranium ore is about 354,000 tons, accounting for 11 of the world's total. By the end of 2000, South Africa had dug 153,460 tons of uranium. When World War II was about to end, South Africa began to export uranium. Before the early 1950s, a small part of it had been supplying to Manhattan. As of 1959, South Africa had become the world's major uranium producer. In 1984, South Africa had already 14 uranium ore mines being mined, and its output accounted for 14 of the world's total uranium output. In 1991, the number of uranium ore decreased to 5, and the output share dropped to 8.
Today, there are four mines in Clectorp, Palabola, Hartbysterford and the western region that are being mined. However, the uranium produced by these mines is only a by-product of gold. At least one of the mines (Western regions) stopped uranium extraction due to economic reasons. In 2000, South Africa's uranium production was about 878 tons, accounting for only 2.5 of the world's total output. Among them, 80,711 tons are from the same mine, the Witwatersland Basin. This output is also enough to make Clectorp the tenth largest uranium mine in the world. The abundant uranium resources not only provide the necessary raw materials for the South African nuclear program, but also become the material basis for its raw material exchange technology.
It is precisely because of these that South Africa's nuclear weapons plan has been very smooth.
Although South Africa later claimed that their nuclear weapons had been abandoned, many countries suspected that South Africa had not given up on nuclear weapons. And even if it gave up, South Africa still has the ability to create nuclear weapons.
Therefore, if this country is controlled by the Star Way, it will be a great threat to the world government————For the world government, especially the top five major countries, it is a crime for small countries to have nuclear weapons, while strong countries have nuclear weapons is nothing...
For example, Israel, India and Pakistan, three countries have nuclear weapons, and in the end they are nothing...
There is no way, after all, a country with nuclear weapons is too difficult, and if it is really sent to conquer and someone will give you a self-destruction, you will have no choice...
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"Is it possible to watch the Star Dao continue to develop like this?"
Hearing the words of everyone present, the British frowned.
Originally, he was a useful tool for Star Way. After all, because of Lesa's relationship in the past, many dirty work could not be done by Lesa. He could only let other members of the [MINI 9] do it. However, some dirty work would not be done without strength. It is obvious that in the [MINI 9], only Lesa is the only one with strength. Of course, there is another one now, but at that time, there was only Lesa.
So, in the past, if there were any dirty work to deal with, the British side had given these things to Star Way to do...
In other words, the United Kingdom is also one of the countries marked with the Way of Stars.
In other words, almost all the five countries here are connected with the Star Way.
However, strictly speaking, Britain and France are probably more involved. After all, as old powers in the past, it is impossible for Britain and France not to try to restore their past glory.
If this were not the case, the UK would not have kept an aircraft carrier, and even built a Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier at a high price. In addition, when building the Type 45 destroyer, it would not have fallen out with France and Italy, and built it alone.
(The Type 45 destroyer was originally called the Horizon-class destroyer. The Horizon-class destroyer was the latest air defense destroyer jointly designed and produced by Britain, France and Italy in the early 21st century. After the UK withdrew, it continued its special project by France and Italy, and it was called the Orizzonte class in Italy, France, and Horizon-class.
Britain, France, and Italy issued a joint statement in 1992 after the failure of the NFR-90 NATO frigate plan, which led to the development of the Horizon Project and the PAAMS air defense missile system.
But there were some problems immediately because the three countries had different needs: France needs to cooperate with aircraft carrier air defense ships to protect aircraft carriers with insufficient air defense capabilities, Italy only needs close-range air defense capabilities to defend its medium-sized aircraft carriers in European waters, but the UK needs large-scale air defense capabilities during overseas combat. The final solution is to use a core standard radar system, which can be equipped with a short-range EMPAR multi-function radar, while the UK can install a high-power SAMPSON radar itself. This radar has a high data transmission rate that can enhance multi-target tracking and long-range recognition capabilities, and also has a high-resolution, low-mistake locking capability.
In 1999, Britain announced the withdrawal of CNGF plan to start its own shipbuilding plan. The Financial Times believed that the main reason was that France and Yi countries had always wanted to build a cheaper pure defensive destroyer, but Britain wanted an attack ship that could independently cruise the Atlantic Ocean. Unlike the two countries' combat thinking that only defended aircraft carriers, the contract interests were in the end. France DCN, which has always served as the main contractor, directly included the combat system to France Marconi Company. The UK always believed that it was a tacit understanding that it was for the British BAE Company to finally cause the two parties to break. Finally, the UK installed the PAAMS air defense system technology in the project on the self-designed Type 45 destroyer.)
And France will not be able to invest in the construction of the Charles de Gaulle-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier...
You should know that this is the only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier besides the United States, and even Ulyanov of the Soviet Union, was demolished before it was built.
If it weren't for the ambition of a great power, the French would not have built such a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
Therefore, among the five countries, Britain, France and the Star Way are the closest relationship.
However, in the past, both Britain and France only regarded the Star Way as a useful prop. Now that the props are out of control, they naturally cannot be happy.
Or, if you are fooled by your own props, it would be strange if you are the master to be happy...
"If you want to deal with the Star Way Mark, it is obviously impossible for ordinary countries. At least in Africa, only South Africa can do it. However, now South Africa is almost the same as the Star Way Mark. It is almost impossible to let them take action against South Africa..."
"I also know these, and the troops in the hands of Star Way are simply mobs, and it's not worth worrying. What I really worry about is the advanced abilities in the hands of Star Way..."
"Yes, those advanced abilities are the most worrying people..."
Hearing this, the few people present nodded.
"As long as there are advanced abilities, even if you send a few armies, you may not be able to defeat those abilities. If you want to deal with abilities, only those who use abilities are the most effective."
"If it is a capable person, we can dispatch European legions in Europe. Although the European legions suffered heavy losses in the Alps, the remaining part can still be fought, and the distance between Europe and Africa is not very long, which is just right..." As he said this, the British and French looked at each other and spoke. "But what is really worrying is [Diamond] Delinger and the other person, two *-level abilities, one of which is still in the high-level. If they cannot find a capable person of the same level, I am afraid..."
The two of them also knew that it is most convenient to mobilize the European Legion to destroy the mobilization that appeared in Africa. However, the European Legion has suffered heavy losses due to the Alps battle. Although it is not impossible to mobilize again, the British and French are also very distressed. Besides, what we really need to worry about is [Diamond] Delinger and another person. If they cannot deal with these two people, sending the European Legion over will be a death sentence, so the two of them explained everything in advance.
To be continued...