Kiwi PM, Key, tells UN it needs reform.

[Fern]

John Key attacks the UN with a few home truths while N.Z. vys for a seat on the security council, if he does succeed, I can't see where it will be millions well spent.
Knowing the UN it will be like water off a duck's back. They are a hopeless overpaid organisation

Prime Minister John Key has used a speech to the United Nations to launch a scathing attack on the Security Council, warning that inaction over events like the humanitarian crisis in Syria had damaged its credibility.
In notes for a trenchant speech lasting nearly 20 minutes, Key said the UN was in urgent need of reform - a key pitch in New Zealand's bid for a seat on the Security Council.
"Its key organs, particularly the Security Council, have become hostage to their own traditions and to the interests of the most powerful," Key said.
"We now seem to have a practice whereby the permanent members can not only block council actions through the veto. They also appear to have privileged access to information and can stop the council from meeting if it does not suit their collective purposes.
"Such behaviour damages the reputation and credibility of the wider organisation and must be challenged."

 

[Diwundrin]

Could we borrow him Fern? A politician's statement I can't argue with, who'da thought?

It cost us more than a few lazy mill to get a seat on the ' security council'. Who's security? For what purpose??
errrr, dunno.
The UN has always been the ultimate retirement destination for politicians here. To me that ultimately sums up the UN's overall worth.