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AIUI, the UN's mission is twofold: * Stand up for the sovereignty of the world's nations. * Defend human rights throughout the world. These missions are in d
by CWuestefeld 11y ago
AIUI, the UN's mission is twofold:
* Stand up for the sovereignty of the world's nations.
* Defend human rights throughout the world.
These missions are in direct conflict. It's impossible to force states to play nice with human rights, while at the same time respect the sovereignty of these states.
What we're left with is just like the conflict in 2001's HAL-9000. Given two conflicting goals, bad things happen. Neither objective is fulfilled, and the system fails in all kinds of other ways too.
- bcg1 11y agoIt is not a contradiction, it is a sham. To wit: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 29, section 3: "These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations." [1] [1]: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Documents/UDHR_Translations/eng.pdf http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Documents/UDHR_Translations/eng...