Before we hand over global governance to the United Nations under the guise of a global climate deal we should take a little time to examine how it has performed in the past and use this as a likely indicator for future performance.
- Iraqi sanctions in the 1990's - RESULT total failure to bring Sadaam to heel and resulting in a blood soaked illegal war. No points
- Bosnia - UN soldiers stood by while Serbian militia massacred thousands of Muslims under their very noses. No points
- Rwanda - Stood by while the world's largest manual genocide took place. I call it a manual genocide as the majority of killings were carried by hand with small arms or machetes. No points
- The Security Council - The five permanent members of the security council can veto any resolution, even if agreed on by the majority of members, and they also happen to be the world's biggest arms exporters. No points.
- Terrorism - The UN does not formally recognise any state as a terrorist state.
- Cost - The UN costs a fucking fortune to run and as anyone who has had the misfortune to even deal with them is one of the world's most bureaucratic and corrupt organsiations. No points
- Prevention of War - Since the 1950s, more wars have started than have stopped. By the end of 1995, wars had been running in Afghanistan for 17 years, Angola, 30; Liberia, 6; Somalia, 7; Sri Lanka, 11; Sudan, 12. Increasingly, wars are fought in precisely those countries that can least afford them. Of more than 150 major conflicts since the Second World War, 130 have been fought in the developing world. The per capita gross national product (GNP) of war-torn countries in 1994 included: Afghanistan (US$280M), Angola ($700M), Cambodia ($200M), Georgia ($580M), Liberia ($450M), Mozambique ($80M), Somalia ($120M), Sri Lanka ($640M), the Sudan ($480M). Hmmmm - No points
- Refugees - The number of refugees from armed conflicts worldwide increased from 2.4 million in 1974 to more than 27.4 million today, the report notes, with another 30 million people displaced within their own countries. Children and women make up an estimated 80 per cent of displaced populations. No points
So do we still thin k that handing over the world's energy resource management to the UN is still a good idea?
