luckydog71 said:
He is saying he did not accomplish much (true) because the US did not support him (duhhhhhh). I wonder why that is Kofi?
Good bye you useless prick. Maybe your predecessor can pull the UN out of the cesspool you have created.
The United Nations was principally the creation of Great Britain and the United States. Franklin D. Roosevelt, in my opinion perhaps the greatest president of the United States, signed into creation the Inter-Allied Declaration- "to work together, with other free peoples, both in war and in peace" and the document to create the United Nations was later signed in Washington.
The UN is a democratic institution for the world. It is the ONLY democratic institution for the world. As in all democracies, things are difficult to decide because democracies are composed of many members each with their own agenda. It is no wonder the UN can be slow to make decisions, but that is the nature of a true democracy.
While many bemoan that the UN has been corrupt and ineffective, I'd like to remind you just how much more corrupt the government of the United States has been for decades. The US is beleaguered with the funnelling of humongous tax dollars straight into the coffers of politicians and their corporate interests, eg: the Bush family, Cheney, Halliburton, The Carlyle Group, Pentagon contracts, etc.
What has the UN done lately? A lot. Many organizations were formed as part of the UN. For example: UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization), the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Health Organization (WHO), to name a few. The United States neither has the scope nor the legitimacy to overtake these roles.
The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) is another arm of the UN whose role is to investigate and regulate all things nuclear. This means the approval of the use of nuclear energy, the development of nuclear plants, the processing of uranium for various uses, the regulation of development of nuclear weapons. Nations like Iran and N.Korea that wish to develop nuclear energy sources must submit to the IAEA their plans and submit for investigations. The IAEA has power. If these nations violate IAEA rules, they are condemned internationally and major powers can use this to enforce militarily and legitimately. Weapons inspectors, such as Hans Blix, working for the IAEA have kept Iraq free of nuclear weapons development
for decades and should have been relied upon for information which in hindsight was 100% correct before the US got muddled into their modern Vietnam in Iraq. Instead, the Bush administration decided to use its own "intelligence".
If you wish to criticize the UN for being ineffective today, then look no further than the United States as one of the principle reasons for that. Under the administration of GWB, the UN has been ignored, attacked, and its funding suspended. The NeoCons began a campaign of subversion against the UN when they realised that their plans for the conquest of Iraq would be undermined by UN inspectors and opposition from France and Russia through the UN.
I for one would love to see the United States regain its preeminence as the legitimate authority and force for good in this world, but the high point of that was never regained after Roosevelt. Attacking the UN is a step backward into the time before the end of WW2 when nations had no authority higher than themselves to regulate their actions. The US should be championing the UN, not abandoning it.
dirtydan said:
So tell me LD, you pissed or stoned? Surely there must be some reason for the extent of your stupidy?
This is quite unnecessary.