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Vol. 4 Num 132 Mon. October 06, 2003  
   
Letters to Editor


UN, reform it or remove it


After invading two sovereign countries and passing some very racist UN resolutions, some leaders are now talking about making the UN more effective. Really? Those unlucky, expendable Muslims are now going to have a UN that actually cares for them? I feel flattered. In fact, half-drunk with joy!

I am half-drunk because there is the other half of me that is already shouting that these "reform talks" are nothing more than some inexpensive, time-wasting, diplomatic horse manure. How many of you actually believe that all those countries who enjoy God-like powers with their veto would allow other countries to take away some of their powers? To reform the UN, that is exactly what you need. And until that happens, this UN will always remain a club of the racist, by the racist and for the racist . Ask yourself; how can an organisation be fair, when some members of that very organisation enjoy more power than the others?

To make the UN more effective, we need to make it equal for all. The first thing would be to cancel all veto-power. But that would be impossible. All those veto- holding members will never allow this. Hence, the next option is to increase the number of veto-holding members and distribute it equally around the globe for people of all background. This can be done either based on the region e.g. one for Asia, one for Africa etc. Or, based on religion, e.g. one for the Christians, one for the Muslims, one for the Hindus and so on.

However, what is NOT acceptable is the fact that some rich countries possess lots of nukes and nasty weapons as well as veto powers. Look at the US, the UK, France, Russia and China. What do they all have in common? Nukes!

So, either all those big countries get down to real business and address the root weakness of the UN, or they can spend another 50 years hitting around the bush, having high-class diplomatic orgasms. Bottom line is: these cosmetic and dubious reforms will produce no solution whatsoever!

Therefore, we would request these big guys not to deceive us any more by wasting time with some monkey issues. They should not think, even for a second, that we don't know what they are up to. We were sure before the Iraq war that the reason was not WMD, it was to destroy the cradle of our civilization. But, they said it was the WMD. Now they say Sddam posed as having WMD. How could they forget in months that Saddam had always insisted upon not having any WMD in his armoury.

Now that the game is up and the Western conspiracy against us is exposed, I would urge our leaders to wake up to the reality. It's time they begin to behave maturely, not like some stone-age, second-hand brainless robots. They must do something to protect other Muslim nations. No ifs, no buts. We run out of time.