The climate, the Council, and the People of the Canoe

The Council has had its moments. There was 1956, 1962, 2001 and 2003. But for the most part it has been, at the risk of contradiction, business-as-usual in conflict management – warning errant states, slapping sanctions, renewing peacekeeping missions. Not to understate it, but that is what the Council was set up to do.

What it was not envisioned doing, back in ’45, was to govern the world on behalf of humanity. That’s a bit of a challenge; it takes your breath away slightly, especially if you are Council president, or even witnessing it from the Council floor.

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Source: Pacific Scoop