qaz@lemmy.worldM to NonCredibleDiplomacy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agoWhy is nobody following international law? I specifically requested it.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1452
arrow-up1452imageWhy is nobody following international law? I specifically requested it.lemmy.worldqaz@lemmy.worldM to NonCredibleDiplomacy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 months agoThe UN has always been a toothless exercise in decorum. They don’t hold any influence over someone who doesn’t care about manners.
minus-squarearrow74@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·4 months agoArguably its main functions were to convince the US and Russia not to start a nuclear holocaust and to give western nations a way to meddle in poor/developing nations affairs or politics. It never could stop a wealthy nation from doing anything
The UN has always been a toothless exercise in decorum. They don’t hold any influence over someone who doesn’t care about manners.
Arguably its main functions were to convince the US and Russia not to start a nuclear holocaust and to give western nations a way to meddle in poor/developing nations affairs or politics.
It never could stop a wealthy nation from doing anything