There is something a little pathetic regarding seeing UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres get involved in the war in Ukraine.
The Russian army went so far as to bomb Kyiv, while Mr. Guterres was still visiting there. A way of marking the political insignificance of the man.
When Guterres deplores that the Security Council did not pass a resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he pretends to ignore that this resolution did not pass precisely because of Russia’s right of veto. to this same Council.
Idealistic
In fact, Guterres is an idealist who would like to see the Council’s veto power abolished.
Dreamers like him would like to see in the UN the embryo of a world government. We are far from it and it is probably good news. Can you imagine where the world would go if it were ruled by India and China?
The experience of the League of Nations, the ancestor of the UN, has shown that an organization like the UN cannot operate once morest the will of the great powers.
The United Nations is a creation of great powers.
These great powers can most often cooperate. They can even decide within different UN bodies to modify their policies to accommodate the entire international community.
The UN is also a forum where enemy countries can talk to each other.
Vital interests
But to imagine that the United Nations can oppose the vital interests of the great powers is delusional.
And for Vladimir Putin, the question of Ukraine affects the vital interests of Russia
– of Putin in fact, dictators tending to confuse their own interests with those of their country.
Unfortunately, the war in Ukraine also affects the vital interests of democracies.
This brutal opposition of interests makes Guterres’ intervention futile.
In a way, Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin are among Guterres’ bosses, whether Guterres accepts it or not.
