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Originally Posted by icarus
Well yes by blaming the UN for its failure to intervene I am implicitly referring to the Security Council. That goes without saying. I also blame Jan Pronk and Kofi Annan for allowing the UN to shrink away from Security Council Resolution 1706. The UN has its hands tied by its permanent members, but it is now also proving inept to enforce its own GA and SC resolutions.
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Thats pretty much where I'm at. Its not the UN's fault intervention isn't happening, its the fault of the major players on the UNSC. If Russia, China, France, UK, and USA all got on the same page and committed to intervention, with or without the approval of the Sudanese government, then it would happen. Because these 5 states don't want to get involved, nothing will happen. It would be nice to make the UNSC more effective, but while the major powers have vetoes, it's hands get tied. If one wants to criticize the UNSC thats fair enough, as long as they realize they're tacitly criticizing these 5 major powers. The UN doesn't make decisions, the member-states make decisions.