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Saudi Arabia to be appointed chair of UN’s gender equality forum (www.amnesty.org)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The UN's purpose is

"To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace;"- United Nations Charter, Chapter I: Article 1: Section 1

the other sections reference international friendship and equal rights, but section 1 is the meat f why it exists, the UN was created after two World Wars, it's primary goal is to prevent a third and has so far been overwhelmingly successful.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I don't think peace through submission was the original goal here though is the point

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Kinda was. That's why the UK and France have a permanent seat on the UNSC but Germany and Japan categorically do not.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah peace through making the bad guys submit. Not rolling over and just letting them take whatever they want because "well if we actually did anything it would cause a scene"

Like a cop seeing someone break a law and going "wow that sure sounds like a lot of paperwork" and them walking away