WILLIAM GUMEDE | Sorry, Ukraine, the UN hasn’t united nations in a while
Its central weakness is the Security Council, the five permanent members of which have outsize powers and selfish interests
27 February 2022 - 17:56
The UN has been spectacularly absent in most of the recent violent conflicts between countries, showing the global organisation established after World War 2 to prevent such conflicts has lost its credibility, relevance and authority...
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