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Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (C) and Isaias Afwerki (L), President
of Eritrea, meet at the 66th General Assembly Session at the United Nations
on September 21, 2011 in New York City.
*United Nations Utter Failure in Bringing World Peace*
By Bruh Tesfa,
The United Nations appears as if it’s in a state of paralysis for it
rendered dysfunctional in meeting what are mandated of it in solving world
conflicts as are written and ratified in its Charter.
Article 99 of the Charter empowers the Secretary-General to bring to the
attention of the Security Council “any matter which in his opinion may
threaten the maintenance of international peace and security”. But the
efficiency of these instruments is limited by the reluctance of the UN
member States and particularly by the permanent members of the Security
Council (SC) to confer more power upon the Secretary-General and his
organization. The proposals for a UN Rapid Reaction Force, an important
element for conflict prevention, has been thwarted for many years, even
though eminent policy-makers and experts have called for it [1].
Clearly, the resistance by some members of the SC which limits the
Secretary-General’s ability to make vital decision in conflict resolution
is an important if not the most important factor which hampers the path for
peace.
Today, we are seeing International laws, which all member states are
required to abide by and follow through being violated left and right with
impunity by those with big muscles within the Security Council and their
client states. Some of the conflicts are as old as if not predate the
establishment of the “world body” itself. Yet, despite many UN resolutions
that were adopted with the intention to end these wars, for many of the
countries involved there are no signs of peace in sight.
The issue surrounding the world is tragically unstable and without solution
that it literally seems to be engulfed by an unquenchable fire. Let’s look
around. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the India and Pakistan
confrontation over Kashmir, the Eritrean-Ethiopian border issue, the wars
in Somalia, Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo are
but few examples of international crisis that have been dragging for years.
Sadly, the United Nations has done very little, if any, in combating them
as a result of which the people continue to suffer.
*America’s Duplicity in Handling World Conflict *
Speaking of international law, it’s interesting to note how the US
government is showing great interest in the current Ukraine crisis, citing
importance of respecting “international laws and treaties “ in protecting a
sovereignty of a nation while totally ignoring similar treaties in other
parts of the world to which it’s a signatory and a guarantor.
In support to his decision to impose additional sanctions on Russian
officials over Crimea, Mr. Obama recently made a statement which one finds
rather odd, especially given the way US handles similar situations in other
parts of the world.
Granted that the peace loving people of the world are unequivocally for the
respect of sovereignty of every nation as was articulated by the US
President, it’s the hypocrisy with which world conflicts have been handled
and America’s lack of sensitivities on other countries whose sovereignty
have been violated that one takes Obama’s stand on Ukraine with a grain of
salt...
This is how the US President was quoted as saying during the press
conference on Ukraine.“*the basic principles that government relations
between nations in Europe and around the world must be upheld in the 21st
century. And that includes respect for sovereignty and territorial
integrity. The notion that nations do not just simply redraw borders or
make decisions at the expense of their neighbors simply because they are
larger or more powerful.”*[2]
Looking at the genesis that led to the 1998 Eritrean-Ethiopian war
retrospectively, it’s worthy to note that one of the root causes of the
problem was TPLF (Ethiopian) regime’s unilateral *redrawing of Tigray’s map*,
which included a big chunk of Eritrean territory and the subsequent
forceful eviction of Eritrean citizens from their villages, because it (
the Weyane regime) felt it’s *larger and more powerful*. Did we see the US
government intervene in the same fashion as it is doing now with Ukraine to
such total disregard to international law perpetrated by the belligerent
Ethiopian regime, other than the usual lip service calling on both the
aggressor and the victim to cease the hostilities, and often with the
intention of appearing neutral“? Sadly not.
April 13th, 2014 marks twelve years since the EEBC (Eritrea Ethiopia Border
Commission) delivered its verdict as mandated by the Algiers‘ Treaty and
endorsed by the United Nations.[3] Eritrea had fully accepted the decision
shortly after the verdict was officially announced. Ethiopia, on the other
hand, after initially accepting the verdict for what was clearly a
political consumption and to buy time on how to make the next move finally
rejected it citing some lame excuses that have no merit. To date and
because of the latter’s refusal to abide by the EEBC final and binding
ruling, the boundaries between the two countries remain without physical
demarcation. As a result, a significant part of Eritrean territory,
including Badme-the flash point of the conflict, still remains under
Ethiopian occupation. A clear case of violation against Eritrea’s
sovereignty and territorial integrity. Yet, beyond its failure to fulfill
its obligation as a guarantor, the
American Administration continues to appease Ethiopia’s lawlessness and
disregard to the signed agreement by providing the regime with more
financial and military support. Such type of double standard in which
international laws are heavily politicized and being applied selectively to
achieve certain political agenda exposes the US government’s flaws in its
foreign policy and its discriminatory approach in solving world conflict.
As it’s difficult to awaken someone who pretends to be asleep, efforts by
victimized countries in seeking world justice by calling on the UN
repeatedly proved meaningless. It’s thus long overdue that all nations must
stand in solidarity and demand that the World Body lives up to its
responsibilities as are enshrined in its charter and take a drastic measure
in reshaping its misguided policy and changing the way world conflicts are
being managed. That should include but not limited to major reform within
the Security Council, putting some restrictions on its unlimited power
bestowed to it to intervene in world conflict which is often biased and to
seek for more transparency so as to prevent that no permanent member of the
SC abuses the system and that justice is served for all member states on
equal terms..
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