Has anyone been following the various Nations of the World statements at
the UN Security Councill on CSPAN I?
The frustration with the present Charter in which 6 Nations have an
absolute veto power over the actions of the Organization are deepening
the crises with every conflict.brought to it. What World catastrophe
will bring the result closer to the proposal of revision offered in 1955
by the Baha'i International community.
"The original intention of the UN Charter in conferring veto power on
the five Permanent Members was to prevent the Security Council from
authorizing military actions against a Permanent Member or requiring the
use of its forces against its will. [21] In fact, beginning with the
Cold War, the veto power has been exercised repeatedly for reasons that
have to do with regional or national security.
In its 1955 submission on UN reform, the Bahá'í International Community
argued for the gradual elimination of the concepts of "permanent
membership" and "veto power" as confidence in the Security Council would
build. Today, forty years later, we reaffirm that position. However, we
also propose that, as a transitionary step, measures be introduced to
curb the exercise of the veto power to reflect the original intention of
the Charter.
(Baha'i International Community, 1995 Oct, Turning Point For All
Nations)
"In 1955, during the first decade review of the UN charter, the Bahá'í
International Community offered a statement to the United Nations, based
on ideas articulated nearly a century before by Bahá'u'lláh. "The Bahá'í
concept of world order is defined in these terms: A world Super-State in
whose favor all the nations of the world will have ceded every claim to
make war, certain rights to impose taxation and all rights to maintain
armaments, except for the purposes of maintaining internal order within
their respective dominions. This State will have to include an
International Executive adequate to enforce supreme and unchallengeable
authority on every recalcitrant member of the Commonwealth; a World
Parliament whose members are elected by the peoples in their respective
countries and whose election is confirmed by their respective
governments; a Supreme Tribunal whose judgment has a binding effect even
in cases where the parties concerned have not voluntarily agreed to
submit their case to its consideration."
(Baha'i International Community, 1995 Oct, Turning Point For All
Nations)
To support the peacekeeping operations of the United Nations, and to add
credibility to resolutions of the Security Council, an International
Force should be created. [22] Its loyalty to the UN and its independence
from national considerations must be assured. The command and control of
such a fully armed Force would reside with the Secretary-General under
the authority of the Security Council. Its finances, however, would be
determined by the General Assembly. In constructing such a force, the
Secretary-General would seek to draw competent personnel from all
regions of the world.
If properly implemented, this Force would also provide a sense of
security that might encourage steps toward global disarmament, thereby
making possible an outright ban on all weapons of mass destruction. [23]
Furthermore, in line with the principle of collective security, it would
become gradually understood that states need only maintain armaments
sufficient for their own defense and the maintenance of internal order.
As an immediate step toward the establishment of this Force, the present
system of ad hoc arrangements could be institutionalized to establish
core regional forces for rapid deployment during a crisis.
(Baha'i International Community, 1995 Oct, Turning Point For All
Nations)
And on and one this is a comprehensive statement. I would feel much more
hopeful about the immediate future of the world than the disaster
shadowing our immediate future.
Albert
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