Kofi Annan the UN envoy, given the mission to stop the bloodshed by President Assad of Syria who is systematically exterminating all political opposition, has resigned !!! He said he resigned due to a lack of unity in the "Security Council" of the United Nations !!!
The "lack of unity" is a reference to the use of their vetoes by both Russia and China to prevent any direct intervention by UNO troops !!!
Kofi Annan, an experienced former Secretary of the United Nations, knows full well that the present "stale mate" of UN diplomatic influence is the result of the current voting structure which means only a few important countries have the "VETO" !!!
This voting structure is not Democratic !!! Is the aim of the United Nations Organisation not to ensure Democracy and to stamp out extreme acts of bloodshed like the carnage in Syria by a despot ?
Is this not the real mission which the actual Secretary of UNO, Ban Ki - moon, should undertake ? Should he not review the voting structure of the UNO ?
Should all country members of UNO not be equal and have the VETO but only to avoid outside interference in the internal affairs of their own country ? Should all important decisions thereafter, not require an important majority (80%) to enable UNO to act and so avoid situations like the genocide in Syria reported every day in news bulletins all over the world ?
Then UNO would then regain a certain respect, which Kofi Annan knows no longer exists at present !!!
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