The outgoing United Nations human rights chief has warned the world body’s five permanent Security Council member states wield too much power and it could lead to its “collapse”.
China, France, the UK, Russia and the United States are “running too much of the business” because they are able to veto resolutions put forward by other UN members, High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein told reporters on Monday in Geneva, Switzerland.
“When they cooperate things can move; when they don’t everything becomes stuck and the organisation, in general, becomes so marginal to the resolution of these sorts of horrific conflicts that we see,” Hussein said.
“That has to change: [otherwise] in the end the organisation can collapse at great cost to the international community.”
The UN Security Council has 15 members, all with one vote. But only the five permanent members have the capacity to reject resolutions unilaterally.
Hussein announced in December he would step down from his post after his initial four-year term expires at the end of August. He cited concerns he might be required to “bend a knee in supplication” or “mute a statement of advocacy” were he to continue in his current role.
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The sooner the better as the UN is a toothless bulldog that is being use to enhance imperialistic policies worldwide. Compounding this problem is when unapologetic stupid individuals of the likes of this Beti thug call Biya will do just about anything to be chasing the shadow of the french leeches.
I guess,u r stupid ambazozo terrorist Mukong . Wat happened to the 1 million march l watched CNN, BBC, al Jazeera, RT n saw nothing. Ur fund raising was a shame, no 200 k raised, ur presse conference, a total disgrace, even baraliar couldn’t make an article abt it, John mbah Akuroh couldn’t have the courage to stay still the end n gives us nbre as claimed earlier. So u n maitre alex who is put to shame ambazozo. Repent now n lrc might forgive u n let u in the country again.
It should come sooner, cuz I no respect for anyone who works there. Same goes to all the other international organisatins. They are all involved in blood money and no moral compass.
Shut the fuck up tabot. Just bcz they dont adhere to ur foolish cause that u stupid ambazozo terrorist talk now. Wat happened to the 1 million march l watched CNN, BBC, al Jazeera, RT n saw nothing. Ur fund raising was a shame, no 200 k raised, ur presse conference, a total disgrace, even baraliar couldn’t make an article abt it, John mbah Akuroh couldn’t have the courage to stay still the end n gives us nbre as claimed earlier. Repent now n lrc might forgive u n let u in the country again.
No, it should not collapse, if we need to pray to Jesus for it to survive we will freely do that 24\7. We are even going to organize a “Go Fund Me” to save it.
WHY?
Because we need the UN to produce more Biyas, more Guterres, … This way, humanity has more Hitlers to use and teach the world what democracy is.
Please, the last thing we want is for it to collapse.
It was there during slavery, during colonization, during apartheid, during the genocide in Rwanda, and is there right now as the genocide is going on in Ambazonia.
Slavery is over, colonization is over, apartheid is over, Rwanda, southern Sudan, Eritrea, Kosovo, all have their freedom, none of which was given by the UN.
Ambazonia is slowly freeing it self.
Please, let us have some pity for the UN, all it can do is ban innocent Matthew Lee.
Malis, I do not mean to be speaking with both sides of my mouth when I say there is some sense in what you are saying. This pathetic Portuguese man called Gutierrez is really a man of moral turpitude. His ancestors thought that Mozambique and Angola will never see the light of day. But then the very Portuguese who slaughtered Africans are now trooping to find jobs in Angola and Mozambique. The best part of all this is that we know our history and our narrative shall never be obfuscated.
This officer sounds correc. Consequent, conflicts in Africa mostly caused by these five countries because of protect of protecting their investments in there, often hold up or ignore in taking immediate decision on devastating conflicts presently going on there and end being the losers while Africans perish for their DEAR rights. They the force behind the heady tyrants in Africa.