United Notions
When discussing the right or wrong of ART, some DC people put in forefront the United Nations Convention on the rights of the child. This, I suppose is meant to reinforce their rightfulness but is nothing more than a form of political name dropping correctness in my opinion.
There is a few problems associated with flying any organisation's flag when putting an argument forward. First of all there always will be a diversity of opinions in regards to the interpretation of any written statement. Any written text can be carefully manipulated to suit anyone's beliefs.
My second point is that the United Nations are nobody special. I don't doubt that they have done some good things ( haven't we all ) but they certainly do not represent the world's rightful morality.
I appreciate the fact that some of their collective thoughts start with a good intention however it's one thing to preach about the rights of the people but I'm afraid that they fall short of leading by example.
Next time you brandish the United Nations flag in the name of human consciousness have a thought for the following ..
* Failure to prevent the 1994 Rwandan genocide, which resulted in the killings of nearly a million people, due to the refusal of the security council members to approve any necessary military action [27].
* Failure by MONUC (UNSC Resolution 1291) to effectively intervene during the Second Congo War, which claimed nearly five million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 1998-2002 (with fighting reportedly continuing), and in carrying out and distributing humanitarian aid.
* Failure to intervene in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, despite the fact that the UN designated Srebrenica a "safe haven" for refugees and assigned 600 Dutch peacekeepers to protect it.
* Failure to successfully deliver food to starving people in Somalia; the food was instead usually seized by local warlords. A U.S./UN attempt to apprehend the warlords seizing these shipments resulted in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu.
* Sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers. Numerous peacekeepers from several nations have been repatriated from UN peacekeeping operations for sexually abusing and exploiting girls as young as 12 in a number of different peacekeeping missions. This abuse has become widespread and ongoing despite many revelations and probes by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services. [28][29] A 2005 internal UN investigation found that sexual exploitation and abuse has been reported in at least five countries where UN peacekeepers have been deployed, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Burundi, Cote d'Ivoire, and Liberia; UN peacekeepers were at that time deployed in 16 countries. [30]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations
Please take time to read the following article....
UN peacekeepers abandon Timorese babies.
"UN peacekeepers in East Timor have previously been accused of offences including child sex abuse, bestiality and coercing women and children into prostitution. No one has ever been charged."
http://www.smh.com.au
There is a few problems associated with flying any organisation's flag when putting an argument forward. First of all there always will be a diversity of opinions in regards to the interpretation of any written statement. Any written text can be carefully manipulated to suit anyone's beliefs.
My second point is that the United Nations are nobody special. I don't doubt that they have done some good things ( haven't we all ) but they certainly do not represent the world's rightful morality.
I appreciate the fact that some of their collective thoughts start with a good intention however it's one thing to preach about the rights of the people but I'm afraid that they fall short of leading by example.
Next time you brandish the United Nations flag in the name of human consciousness have a thought for the following ..
* Failure to prevent the 1994 Rwandan genocide, which resulted in the killings of nearly a million people, due to the refusal of the security council members to approve any necessary military action [27].
* Failure by MONUC (UNSC Resolution 1291) to effectively intervene during the Second Congo War, which claimed nearly five million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 1998-2002 (with fighting reportedly continuing), and in carrying out and distributing humanitarian aid.
* Failure to intervene in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, despite the fact that the UN designated Srebrenica a "safe haven" for refugees and assigned 600 Dutch peacekeepers to protect it.
* Failure to successfully deliver food to starving people in Somalia; the food was instead usually seized by local warlords. A U.S./UN attempt to apprehend the warlords seizing these shipments resulted in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu.
* Sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers. Numerous peacekeepers from several nations have been repatriated from UN peacekeeping operations for sexually abusing and exploiting girls as young as 12 in a number of different peacekeeping missions. This abuse has become widespread and ongoing despite many revelations and probes by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services. [28][29] A 2005 internal UN investigation found that sexual exploitation and abuse has been reported in at least five countries where UN peacekeepers have been deployed, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Burundi, Cote d'Ivoire, and Liberia; UN peacekeepers were at that time deployed in 16 countries. [30]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations
Please take time to read the following article....
UN peacekeepers abandon Timorese babies.
"UN peacekeepers in East Timor have previously been accused of offences including child sex abuse, bestiality and coercing women and children into prostitution. No one has ever been charged."
http://www.smh.com.au
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