Reforming the Unformable
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an impenetrable field? A call for reform. The Economist has a nice article on this principle in effect at the UN. The last few sentences say it all:
"America is in a foul mood about the world body. Why bother reforming something hopelessly ineffective and even corrupt, many there ask? Despite universal agreement that the UN is in a bad way, the case for reform faces an uphill struggle."
posted by Mux @ 3:20 PM
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That's the same paragraph that struck me as most absurd. Really, the pomp and pissancy of these country's complaints is, while not surprising, still no less abhorant:
"China mistrusts Japan. Italy opposes a permanent seat for Germany, which would make Italy the only biggish European power without one. (It instead proposes a single seat for the European Union, a non-starter since this would require Britain and France to give up theirs, and regional institutions cannot be UN members under the current UN Charter.) Spanish-speaking Mexico and Argentina do not think Portuguese-speaking Brazil should represent Latin America, and Pakistan strongly opposes its rival India’s bid. As for potential African seats, Egypt claims one as the representative of the Muslim and Arab world. That would leave Nigeria, the continent’s most populous country, and South Africa, which is richer and a more stable democracy, fighting for the other."
If this is how representation is to be established in this animal court, then God save the accused and victim alike.
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