The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 330
Sixteenth Friday Sem,011 Mar 08, 1991 repeatedly made treaties with them, but then, time and again, it has violated them. Repeatedly they gave false assurances and just as often forced the Red Indians to vacate those very areas concerning which they had been given clear, unequivocal guarantees, that these were their lands and that they would no longer interfere with them. They complained that they had been continuously squeezed from their lands, so much so that now they find themselves in such a state that their very survival is at stake. Now it is a question of life or death. Upon this, the Supreme Court of America gave its decision in their favour. They said that this is an absolutely valid complaint. In all those matters brought before us, the government had adopted an unjust stance and the Red Indians were right. Therefore all earlier decisions to the contrary be cancelled and their previous rights be restored. When this decision was handed down, the President of America welcomed the decision most heartily, but added that the Supreme Court should now also arrange for its implementation. This is exactly the situation of the United Nations today. If even one member among these five permanent members decides that a particular decision must not be implemented, then that decision stands nowhere. What a strange institution of justice! If the Super Powers unite to perpetrate aggression or injustice on any country, then in that case, everything can be enforced and implemented, but when, once it is decided not to implement or enforce a resolution, then no country of the world, separately, or even collectively can do anything against the wishes of just one permanent member country. Even if these powers reach a consensus as they did in the case of Palestine, when in many resolutions all five permanent members arrived at a common accord in the Security Council that Israel shall vacate those occupied territories even then the decision cannot be implemented or enforced. This is truly a strange kind of institution for 'world peace' and a strange kind of United Nations. It has the power to take decisions, but it does not have the power to enforce decisions. The power to enforce decisions is in the hands of the Super Powers, and all other nations are at their mercy. This institution does not merit continued existence. It is an institution for perpetrating and protecting slavery. It is not a body established to protect freedom. So, if today, the nations of the Third world do not hoist the emblem of rebellion against this institution - or rather we should say 330