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Contributor: codc01
Date: 2003-02-25 06:08:49
Greetings,
There is a serious problem with the United Nations, and everyone knows of it, but no one does anything.
The real seat of power of the United Nation is of course the Security Council, all the rest are only non-binding organisations .
Now, is there a problem with the UN Security Council? yes and no.
Yes, because the governements who sit on the security council are only there for their own interests and not the interest of the world. Look at Rwanda, and Yugoslavia... The UN Peacekeeping forces were present but were not allowed to use force to preserve life. This is pathetic and monstruous. This is a failure of the world, and I'm pretty sure these kind of failures will continue (At least NATO offsets this incapacity in some circumstances). Its strange that for Iraq, we are willing to remove a dictator so rapidly now.
No. Some people argue that United Nations Security Council is not democratic, since there are veto wielders (The Five powers). Well after reading the post you sent, i must admit that even though in an ideal world, a democratic securty council would be the best, we don't leave in a perfect world, and as long as the other countries of the world do not have at least basic standards for human rights, we simply have to keep the Security Council composition as it is now. The only thing which must be done now is to make sure that the members of the Security Council takes care of the well-being of the world, and not only of their own countries... But that i think will not happen soon.
I think Canada should promote a strong UN Security Council, where the interests of the world prevail over the interests of nations. In some cases , the UN should not be scared in using force (when necessary) to avoid useless human massacres...
I know I'm dreaming, but its my right...
The world has not learned anything since WWII ("Never again...")...
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