We should never expect justice from the UN - a club of tyranny and corruption

[TimesOnline-UK]
So, Russia and China have vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution to impose international sanctions on key members of Zimbabwe's government. The British government's entire diplomatic strategy on Zimbabwe has thus ignominiously collapsed. Our Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, says he is 'very disappointed'.

Is he really that wet behind the ears? Just what did he expect?

Apart from what this denouement tells us about our worsening relations with Russia, it has long been clear that the UN is the very last place to look for action against despotism, terror or tyranny... [snip]

As more and more countries joined the UN, its moral mission was turned on its head so that, by 2003, only 75 UN members were free democracies [out of 193 member nations]. The result is a UN characterised by endemic incompetence, corruption and worse... [snip]

The UN persistently ignores global abuses and supports their perpetrators instead. Astoundingly, it has passed not one resolution against despotic regimes such as China, Russia or Cuba. It has approved not one resolution against the Arab and Muslim state sponsors of terrorism.

With the support of China, Russia and Cuba, the Organisation Of The Islamic Conference - which represents the 57 Islamic states - forced through a measure which requires the UN Special Rapporteur On Freedom Of Expression to report anyone who speaks out against sharia law, on the grounds that such criticism represents religious discrimination.

This Orwellian diktat is but the latest evidence that, far from upholding freedom and human rights against their abuse, the UN is simply a club of tyranny. Yet, grotesquely, it is regarded as the supreme arbiter of international affairs, without whose imprimatur it is illegitimate to act. The fear is that without it the world will descend into anarchy.

But the dismal truth is that the UN is the principal engine for the perpetuation of chaos, terror, misery and injustice across the world.

It is high time we abolished this obscene institution and created instead a United Democratic Nations to promote freedom and justice...

[like all government, upon its creation the UN immediately embarked upon growing its membership in its own self interest (it's call power} - from 52 {I think} to 193. 'Membership' criteria made no-doc mortgages look strict by comparison. Now we're getting what we've wrought: an organization that provides cover for despots wanting to stay in power. And this outfit wants the power to tax us directly??? It's past time to dissolve {or, if no longer possible, withdrawal from} this sad joke and create a UDN]

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