The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 328
Slr:teenth Friday Sermon Mar 08, 1991 cooperation. Cooperate in every thing that is good! Operating on this principle of cooperation, and working on an extensive cooperation plan with nations, the establishment of new United Nations of the Poor Nations becomes all the more imperative. Now, it is necessary that the poor nations of the world lay the foundations of a parallel United Nations whose charter should only include those laws which it will have the ability to enforce. Every country attached to this body would give a solemn pledge that in all circumstances, it would accept the supremacy of the demands of justice above every thing else. An effective bi-lateral discussion mechanism based on justice must be established under the auspices of this body to resolve the entangled mess of Third world disputes. The participating nations must resolve that they would never invite the rich and powerful nations to interfere or intervene in an attempt to settle their disputes. CONTRADICTIONS IN THE CHARTER OF THE U. N. The existing United Nations Organization has many internal contradictions - these should be studied so that in the new associations such contradictions do not develop. As I have mentioned before, this is a strange and unjust rule that if, from among the whole world, America, Russia, China or any one of the five Permanent Members decided to perpetrate atrocities upon any country of their choice, then it could carry out this criminal attack with impunity. The rest of the world would remain powerless to take any counter measures as long as any one of the permanent members of the Security Council continues to brandish its Veto power. The exact status of the United Nations or of the security council has still not been detennined till today. Is it a court of justice? If it is a court of justice, then what is the need for the International Court of Justice? If it is not a court of law, then while determining or settling disputes what kind of decisions can it make? And further, not being a court of law, it implies that it does not have the power to have its decisions imposed forcefully. And if it is a court of law, then to what exact limits would its authority extend? Would those nations that are not members of the Security Council be affected or not? This is another question which arises as a consequence of this anomaly. 328