October 21, 2006

The United Nations needs to get its diplomacy in order

Sir, whether Guatemala, Venezuela or a third country is going to be a two year member of the United Nations Security Council might be an important issue, at least for the candidates, but it does not justify that circus spectacle of 35 rounds of voting until now that shames the UN. With so many serious issues waiting to be tackled all over the world we cannot simply understand how UN diplomacy has not been able to evolve into concepts like the best out of 10, or sudden deaths.