Go Figure

The United Nations has on numerous occasions been accused of corruption, ineffeciency, and outright inaction. Such charges are frequently well founded, and one does not have to look very far to find some of the reasons why. Witness the recent formation of the UN Human Rights Council. The council has been formed to take the place of the much-maligned Human Rights Commission, and yet one must wonder at the strength of the foundation of this new institution when nations such as China and Saudi Arabia have gained seats on it. These are two countries with human rights records that could stand up to scrutiny like a house of cards in a tornado. Is it any wonder that the UN, a force which, I believe, is in fact capable of great good, is so often laughed off as an irrelevancy?