Having been debated already for a long time, the reform of the United Nations and specifically its Security Council has gotten on the agenda within the Gaza Conflict, as the United States used its veto power and – at least politically – paralyzed the institution. We had the chance to interview Hans von Sponeck. Von Sponeck worked for 30 years ...
My article last week “The UN must disappear” sparked an itch among some readers who wrote to me to express shock, let me know their opinions, express criticism and ask me if this was possible and how it should be done. I remembered that a few months ago, in a meeting, a veteran retired Venezuelan diplomat, appealing to her many ...
As far back as September 25, 2011, I wrote an article titled “The UN is Dead.” Among other things, I stated there: “The events of recent years marked by a closed unipolarity […] show an inoperative UN bending to the will of rogue states. The unanimous resolution that condemned Iran for the alleged intention to build atomic weapons contrasts their ...
By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein * This article is for the sole purpose of reminding. It confronts the strenuous intention of the Western powers to forget the past so that today’s citizens, particularly young people, put aside history, their history, the history of struggle of their parents and grandparents. Hence, it is necessary to remember. Between 1941 and 1945 (both inclusive) ...