The UN - a huge chaos

According to the newspaper La Voix du Luxembourg, the United Nations is failing to fulfil its mandate in the area of human rights: "When the United Nations buried its UN Commission on Human Rights a few years ago it buried a deeply discredited organ. In early 2006 the UN Human Rights Council was set up to replace it, and has turned out to be just a much a sham. ... It cannot be repeated often enough: the organisation of the United Nations is, as its name implies, a mosaic of nation states that are supposed to discuss plans for dealing with the world's major problems. But it is simply a huge chaos which everyone uses to pursue personal interests. ... The World Conference against Racism held in Durban in 2001 was an open expression of the very hate and intolerance it was supposed to condemn. ... It is a pity that this year's conference will not take place under the auspices of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: it would have been an excellent opportunity to pave the way for the 'summit of contempt and cynicism'."

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