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Originally Posted by harryaldridge
No international organisation should compel member nations to act in a certain way or bind themselves in international law,
but should help facilitate discussions ad respect the national sovereingty of nations.
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The UN is one of several international platforms that is used to apply pressure on on other nations. What about Zimbabwe? I think the UN could and should do a lot more to expose Mugabe's thuggish war on his citizens and certainly the West should stop pussyfooting about and do a lot more to expose his rape of his treasury and nation.
Discussions don't always work, laudable as their aims are. The UN 'Discussed' Iraq/Iran/Afgahnistan/Cuba/Libya et al and what happened? We read and hear the results of those discussions every day.
The UN is a toothless tiger and the influence of the African Union seems to be out of proportion to both the size of their respective countries and financial commitment to the UN.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/aumonitor/27913
I hope and wish that NF will apply as much energy to reforming the UN as he does to Independence from Europe.