The UN needs to mandate action (I have written about the drag of a single veto - it should not stop an 80% mandate of the General Assembly) for the best and most effective forces in the world to implement - the British Armed Forces. No dodgy Blairite dossiers, no wishy-washy bomb from a safe distance USA sorties - any soldier knows one must take and hold ground to neutralize an opponent.
Showing posts with label ISIL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ISIL. Show all posts
Sunday, 17 May 2015
Monday, 9 February 2015
United Nations is not fit for purpose
The United Nations Organisation is not fit for
purpose.
How is it that all of the independent sovereign nations of
the world there gathered cannot act effectively against ISIL?
ISIL, after
all, is an unrecognised self-proclaimed rogue “state” which stands
condemned by all.
The UN, surely, if able to muster near unanimity, should
have the necessary authority to act.
One bar to unanimous action may be the veto wielded by key
states in the Security Council. But do any of those support ISIL? That is surely inconceivable.
Why no action? Perhaps some reform is needed in any event: should the
General Assembly have the power, if wielded by a very high majority, say 80 or
90%, of all member nations, be able to overrule a minority view of
just one veto wielding power, or to compel the Security Council to act?
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