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| July 13, 2008 |
Another Chinese veto-another blow for justice
In an indication of just how hard it is to gain international cooperation on anything, yesterday the UN failed to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe despite the massive wave of brutality and condemnation surrounding the fraudulent presidential 'election' of Robert Mugabe. Predictably and shamefully, China and Russia two of the permanent five (P5) members of the Security Council led the way against the resolution.The resolution would have placed an arms embargo on Zimbabwe, a travel ban on Mugabe and 13 of his top officials, and authorized a seizing of any of their overseas assets.
The resolution was expected to go through, as people felt that the Chinese would not want to use their veto so close to the Beijing Olympic games, and the Russians had recently indicated some support for the resolution.
Once again the inherent flaws of the United Nations are on full display.