Geneva (epd). Political analyst Richard Gowan has complained about the decreasing weight of the United Nations in peacekeeping worldwide. The major powers of the USA, Russia and China are largely responsible for the loss of meaning, the head of UN questions at the Denkfabrik International Crisis Group criticized in an interview with the Evangelical Press Service (EPD) on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the signing of the UN charta on Thursday (June 26).
“The UNs are noticeable by their absence as a pent of peace,” he said. They are marginalized in the wars in Ukraine, Middle East, Myanmar and Sudan. In addition, Gowan complained that the United Nations often only watched the conflicts. Many angry debates would be led in the committees, but only a few permanent diplomatic successes would be achieved.
The scientist fears that the United States under President Donald Trump could accelerate the UN’s decline as a peace privile. The Trump government considers the United Nations “to be politically left and anti-Israeli, and it will continue to cause great financial and political damage to the UN in the coming years”.
For China, the World Federation is less important in strategic terms, said Gowan. The country enjoys a lot of support among developing countries and likes to present itself as a responsible multilateral power in contrast to the United States.
According to the expert, Russia sees as a forum to challenge the West with his veto might. Moscow also helps allies such as Mali and North Korea to escape international pressure. The constant membership of the Security Council guarantees the Russian grandmother status.
In Africa, according to Gowan, the UN have a large number of peace troops. But actors like individual golf states perform as an intermediary. Many African states understood the United Nations as an instrument of earlier colonial powers such as France and Great Britain in order to interfere in their affairs. “So I think that the role of the UN on the continent will continue to shrink in the future,” he explained.
80 years ago, on June 26, 1945, representatives of 50 countries in San Francisco signed the UN charta. The rules came into force on October 24, 1945. In view of the Second World War, the new state of states with its heart, the Security Council, should initiate an era of non -violent cooperation. “Preserving future genders from the scourge of the war” was issued as a leitmotif.
