Frank wrote on Sep 25
th, 2025 at 4:16pm:
Great speech at the UN by Millel of Argentina:
“At a certain point, this organization stopped upholding the principles outlined in its founding declaration.
Milei's error (along with the usual suspects on this board):
the UN was rendered incapable of "upholding the principles outlined in its founding declaration", when the US and USSR were granted access to veto powers in the UNSC, against the wishes of the delegates from smaller countries present at the UN's founding conference.
Quote:In this very house that claims to protect human rights, they have allowed the entry of bloody dictatorships, such as those of Cuba and Venezuela, without the slightest reproach.
Well, the UN sought the principle of universality, ie every nation should be a member of the UN (unlike the previous failed League of Nations)
in order for the UN to be able to eliminate war as a method of dispute settlement - but of course the Cold War with its innumerable proxy wars began as soon the UN was created, given the US and USSR both possessed a veto in the UNSC.
Quote:In this very house that claims to defend the rights of women, it allows countries that punish their women for showing skin to join the committee for the elimination of discrimination against women.
Yes, but because oppression is in the eye of the beholder, eg given the Koran says (depending on interpretation) women must be covered head to foot, and since the UN defends 'freedom of religion', and human rights lawyers disagree on what is "discrimination", we have a problem.
In my view the 'freedom of religion' clause needs to be heavily proscribed, in the UN UDHR.
Whereas there is (rightly, in my view) no clause demanding multi-party democracy, in the UN UDHR.
Quote:In this very house, there is a systemic voting pattern against the State of Israel, which is the only country in the Middle East that defends liberal democracy, while simultaneously demonstrating a total inability to respond to terrorism.”
Islamic terrorism after the UN's founding is related to the UN's failure to implement and defend UN res 181 which required confiscation of Palestinian Mandate/Muslim land.
So both you and Milei have very shallow understanding of the issues responsible for the UN's failings.