of Of all the institutions and agencies of the League of Nations that survived the disastrous end of World War I in 1919, only the International Labor Organization (ILO) could prove worthy of survival.
International humanitarian law and the ongoing genocide in Gaza are no exception, and when it comes to issues involving international peace and security, UN security The Council (UNSC) is powerless. And there have been countless others. why?
Whenever the Security Council has to pass a binding resolution, the veto power of the five permanent members is frequently used to protect its allies. Even when allies engage in acts of ethnic cleansing aimed at partially or completely eradicating another ethnic group. population.
The biggest point of contention today is Gaza, where the ongoing conflict has sparked countless terrorist attack operations. If things continue as they are, there is a risk that the situation will escalate further, including Israeli bombing targeting the 1.7 million Gazans concentrated in Rafah.
The situation has worsened since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on January 26, in which the judges declared, by a 14-2 vote, plausible Israeli involvement and US complicity in the genocide.
It was none other than the former US ambassador to the United Nations during the Barack Obama administration who acknowledged what the world had known for a long time and objected to the fact that Gaza was facing a triple assault of unrestricted arms attacks by the Israel Defense Forces. (IDF)), intentionally choked out at least 500 food trucks needed to feed the victims, now causing mass starvation.
Malaysia speaks of the strategic and moral necessity of Security Council reform. The five permanent members of the Security Council, China, France, Russia, Britain and the United States, use their veto power to protect their allies from the outrage that killed tens of thousands of people without even agreeing to a second ceasefire. Instead of allowing this to happen, we need to permanently change this formula.
First, in order for the veto to function more effectively and to prevent the issue from descending into the worst-case scenario of bloodbath between one country and the other, it is necessary for at least five permanent members to block the Security Council resolution. Three vetoes are required.
Second, it is essential that the UN General Assembly, which represents 197 member states, has the power to approve Security Council decisions by a simple majority vote.
Without these urgent reforms, the world risks plunging into further catastrophe as the ongoing genocide reminiscent of the blood feud between Tel Aviv and the Palestinians continues unchecked. This relentless attack threatens to strip them of their identity and right to an independent state, perpetuating generational scars.
By accusing the United Nations Relief and World Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip of aiding and abetting the October 7, 2023 invasion, Israel has announced that the besieged Gazans in Rafah have been threatened with mass destruction. Blocked UNRWA's funding and logistics capabilities, preventing it from operating. Life support.
Although Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway have taken the decision to resume aid despite finding no evidence of foul play, a complex humanitarian emergency cannot be avoided.
The crisis is further complicated by the incestuous relationship of the Israel lobby, which has extended its reach beyond the United States to other Security Council member states with the exception of Russia and China.
The world is calling for immediate reform of the Security Council, extending to the United Nations General Assembly, as the Middle East crisis heightens the tension of a serious collapse of the international system.
Following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict, which is essentially a proxy conflict involving the G7 and the European Union (EU), the 32 members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are using Ukraine as a red herring against Russia. It became so. The effects of this conflict alone since February 24, 2022, have increased the prices of food, fuel, fertilizer, and feed.
The Gaza conflict has drawn Yemen's Houthis into the fray, prompting their involvement to disrupt maritime trade from the Suez Canal to the Red Sea.
Unsurprisingly, the cost of marine insurance jumped from 0.7% to 7%.
Vessels wanting to lower their security insurance premiums also had to avoid this route altogether. These ships then had to sail west and south around half of Africa's coastline, passing Cape Cod in South Africa, before entering the Indian Ocean, the Malacca Strait, and the South and East China Seas.
The duration of such trips has been extended by two weeks. These complexities have most severely disrupted global supply chains between East and West.
The EU could reach China via land routes in Central Asia, but this route would significantly increase the cost of goods by up to 300%. More importantly, the EU's reluctance to engage with China to resolve various issues is hindering the expansion of trade relations.
The world is missing out on relying on China as a powerful engine for post-pandemic recovery and economic recovery.
Since 2021, China-ASEAN trade exceeded the size of trade between China and the EU for the first time, and its trajectory continues to be strict and stable.
However, if there is an urgent need, the former should be adopted. Due to the deadly statistics of Israel's constant attacks on Gaza, all 36 hospitals were also destroyed.
Water and fuel were also cut off to deliberately leave Gazans, Muslims and Christians alike in a demonic state.
Half of Gaza's 2.3 million population is between the ages of 5 and 14, at the age of physical nourishment, and malnutrition has also set in, hampering the cognitive development of Gaza's youth.
281 journalists attempting to write about the war were killed by the IDF within the first three months of the conflict, the worst death toll for journalists since World War I and World War II combined.
More than 100 UN staff have also been killed, a standard that has never been breached since the UN was founded to ensure peace and security.
Given the impending disaster that is unfolding across the board, Malaysia's proposal deserves hearing and systematic deliberation from all quarters of the world.
It cannot and should not be discussed on UN Reform Day in September 2024. Then it will be too late to recover all that is left of the United Nations.
As it stands, the rules-based order continues to function in utter disparagement. Despite Western claims, essentially the order is not functioning at all.
Absent the simplest rules and conventions to prevent the international community from sinking into the abyss, a world full of total force against everyone's right to basic security and the right to a fair and meaningful existence. is just born.
The author is the founder of Emile Research, a think tank focused on making strategic policy recommendations based on rigorous research. Comments: Letters@thesundaily.com
