The United Nations: C’est Mort.
Isn’t it time to consign this useless and ineffectual body to the dustbin of history, once and for all?
One of my favourite artists of all time — The great Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, in his album — beast of no nation — released in 1986, after being let out from prison by the military government led by Ibrahim Babangida, took the United Nations to task in its failure to address the pre-eminent geopolitical conflicts of the age — between Iraq and Iran, the apartheid regime of South Africa and the cold war.
This profoundly disreputable body came into existence, in the aftermath of the second world war and desperate to avoid the fate of its predecessor — the league of nations, championed by Woodrow Wilson, its western cheerleaders drew up a charter, put together in extraordinarily clear detail, to which every member nation, signed up and ratified.
The UN Charter, which I have lifted, below, from Wikipedia, states the following:
The Charter consists of a preamble and 111 articles grouped into 19 chapters.[1]