We have already pointed it out. But it must be insisted: what are the United Nations for? What are they for?
How much do they cost us? A huge bureaucracy scattered around the world with large salaries and equally large per diems in dollars.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is irrevocable proof. They do not even serve to count the victims of war: dead, wounded, prisoners. How many children, old people, women, civilians: not even dreaming. Some data you have provided is preliminary and not from fully reliable sources.
And to round it off, the suspension of Russia as a member of the organization’s Human Rights Council. Putin must be shaking. He has also been charged with genocide. Who is going to judge him? International courts only judge small countries, former tyrants and former dictators who are now pariahs, and those who are willing to appear and respect or attend to what they rule. What police is going to enforce it.
With all the performance prior to the invasion, Russia already had a long record in violation of human and civil rights, enough to be suspended from the council in question. Even to be kicked out sine die. But in that council there is every “baby”. For example, Cuba and Venezuela are members; what can they do there? The only thing I can think of is that they give courses on the different ways of violating human rights and depriving people of all their freedoms and rights.
I think what is useful is that the vote was used to see faces and hearts. In favor of the suspension, 93 voted, including Argentina, whose government is now in some barbaric trouble for not abstaining and has already announced that it will not vote for an eventual expulsion of Russia from the G20, in order to sort things out a bit internally. The problem is that in Argentina nobody knows who governs, whether it is President Alberto Fernández or Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. As is known, the Kirchnerists are from the line of Hugo Chávez.
Brazil and Mexico abstained from those on this side of the world. Bolsonaro is an interested friend of Putin, who recognized Brazil’s sovereignty in the Amazon.
And speaking of friends, Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela voted against the suspension – in fact in favor of Putin, that is Russia and the invasion of Ukraine.
What a foursome!
Evo Morales was clear, he said that he did not agree with the Russian action but he clarified and explained that the cause and responsibility for what is happening is Yankee imperialism and NATO. That was more or less what the Uruguayan Communist Party said, today the largest of those that make up the Broad Front. The new president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, like Lula, skirted the issue.
Meanwhile, other right-wing leaders who are friends of Putin, but already in the old continent, had to make several rhetorical dodges to establish their position. It was somewhat uncomfortable for them.
Putin yes or Putin no. Putin or not Putin? A question about what would seem that nobody should have doubts. However, as you are seeing, it is not so.
The entrance Putin or not Putin? was first published in THE NATIONAL.
