The UN "reform" bandwagon: UN supporters on the left and UN critics on the right are uniting in calls to "reform" and "strengthen" the UN. Try this instead: the UN is 'un'-reformable— so dump it!
by William F. Jasper
The New American
"If
and when these reforms are enacted, Mr. Speaker, the world will be
safer and stronger, the American people will be assured their money is
being well-spent, and the United Nations charter to prevent wars,
protect human rights, and advance the cause of human freedom will be
reaffirmed." So declared House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) on
June 17 in his concluding remarks in support of H.R. 2745, the United
Nations Reform Act of 2005.It must be tempting indeed for a great many folks to believe that merely passing a piece of legislation could transform the United Nations from a corrupt sinkhole of tyrants, thugs, and thieves, and a bastion of world government schemers, into a paragon of global virtue and righteous governance. UN reform, it seems, has become a near universal obsession, with Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives all in agreement that the UN must be reformed--and soon. It appears they only disagree on how to do it.
But in the current debate on the subject, some of the most important questions aren't even being asked. For instance, is the UN even worth reforming? Was it ever worth reforming? Even more important, can it be reformed? Is it a good idea gone bad, or was it a bad idea from the beginning? And, if the UN was bad from the start, if it is an inherently dangerous, fatally flawed institution, do we really want to "enhance" it and "strengthen" it, as UN reformers are proposing?
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