In addition, it is unacceptable that the UN declares all humans equal rights , while not enforcing these rights. Of the 30 articles written, almost all of them mentioned equal rights to every race, gender, religious affiliation, political opinion, etc. However, most people know that all over the world, there are people being treated unequally for all of these reasons. My question is, if the UN is not going to follow up on a simple declaration of rights, how are they planning on maintaining what they emphasized so highly in the Charter: world peace?
Friday, April 23, 2010
Unfortunately, Sir, it's a bit more complicated.
False promises have never done anybody any good. They build hope higher and higher until - bam. It all comes crashing down. When the UN uses phrases such as "WE CAN end poverty" or saying that "Falling short [of their Millennium Development Goals] would be an unacceptable failure." (The United Nation's MDGs) they are using false hope as a way to get people on their side. Ending poverty is a goal that is far too large for one organization, even as big as the UN, to take on. To say that they would be a failure to not achieve their goals automatically makes people think they will, without a doubt, achieve their goals. Upon looking more closely, an educated person knows the UN cannot, by any means, end poverty. Really what they are doing in this document is calling themselves a failure. Other documents, such as one by the General Assembly emphasizing anti-poverty, are no less hopeful, and no less unrealistic. When discussing how necessary it was to fund this cause, a representative said, "If you do not fund the Global Fund, [the impoverished children] die. If you fund the Global Fund, they survive. There is nothing complicated about this.” Unfortunately, Sir, it's a bit more complicated than that. How are you planning on dividing this fund equally among every child in the entire world who is dying of hunger? Will this fund be enough to cover food, extensive medical care, and everything else a child needs who has been living in poverty their entire life? The more people you give money to, the less money each person gets. There is nothing complicated about that.
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