Rape of sovereignty The UN Charter says, The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members. Article 2 thereof containing this big lie should be reworded to read: All members are equal but some members are more equal than others if it is to sound less hypocritical. What really prevails at every level of the UN is the law of the jungle and small nations are in the same predicament as rabbits and deer in a forest infested with predators. No amount of protesting, arguing and reasoning is going to make the sponsors of the anti-Sri Lankan resolution abandon their current project and mend their ways. It is being argued that the US has stopped short of demanding penal action against Sri Lanka. If so, its decision to act with some restraint is due to the limitations in the UNHRC mandate and the need to win over those members wary of backing country specific resolutions calling for tough action as they know they run the risk of being hoist with their own petard some day. island.lk/index.php?page_cat=news-section&page=news-section&code_title=55
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 02:46:53 +0000
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