Thursday, April 21, 2005

who is really to blame?

The U.N. has merely condemned the parties responsible for the Darfur crisis, this coming after hundreds of thousands have been killed. It is blatantly obvious that reform is more than just critical. BBC. Annan, in his efforts to "shake-up" the U.N. has recently released a 63 page report that proposes some of the most radical changes since 1945 some say; whether this will restore confidence to any degree within the UN remainds to be seen. He admits that their approach to human rights is completely "uneven" and the whole process needs to be revamped. Is this too little too late? Certainly, after reading refugee stories like this one has to stop and ponder. Deplorable.

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The UN is averse to confrontation including the possibilities of arm conflict;

We see that Rwanda; and Somalia too; And Congo; and Angola;

UN must be willing to be the PeaceMaker instead of just Peace Keeper, otherwise we will just be talking about Summit this and Peace conference that and people keep dying by the boatloads every single day.
 
Agreed, but is this "reform" that Anan has in mind sufficient enough? I doubt it. It is a systemic problem; this, the world now recognizes. But whats being done about it by the U.N. and its member nations? They are too busy wading through beurocratic mishaps for them to affect any significant change. I hate to say it and I understand its impractical, but it seems to me that nothing short of a revolution is called for. If not, history will continue to repeat itself as we have seen over and over.
 
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