By Carla
Stea
Global Research, December 29, 2015
Since 1991, and United Nations Security Council
Resolution 678, which authorized the US-UK attack on Iraq, which, in the words
of Marti Ahtissari “destroyed the infrastructure necessary to support
human life in Iraq,” the United Nations has been dragged into destructive
“adventures” that have literally created the crises it is now trying to
resolve.
In 2011, the UN Security Council Resolution 1973
authorized NATO’s attack on Libya. The attacks and sanctions in Iraq and
Libya have so devastated both countries that it is impossible to resurrect a
viable government in either country, and both remain incubators of terrorism
which is spreading throughout the Middle East, Africa and beyond.
While Syria and Iran have been demonized by US-NATO
powers, and until December 18, and the adoption of SC Resolution 2254,
relentless efforts were made by US-NATO to repeat the same pattern of ravaging
Syria by a military approach which resembles the scourge of Attila the Hun, the
recognition of the limits of hegemonism is beginning to be shared by UN
member states witness to this ill-advised militarism. This was stated,
explicitly, when the Security Council celebrated the success of the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action which confirmed Iran’s commitment to eschew
efforts to construct a nuclear weapon. The Security Council meeting 7488,
July 20, 2015, announcing this success was not, however, free
of the contentious accusations and counter-accusations which characterize many
important Security Council meetings. The Iranian delegate pushed back
eloquently, stating:
“It is ironic that the Ambassador of the United States
accused my government of destabilizing the region and of terrorism. The
country that invaded two countries of our region and created grounds favorable
to the growth of terrorism and extremism is not well placed to raise such
accusations against mine. The feckless and reckless actions of the United
States in our region over many years are at the root of many challenges that we
are now facing in our neighborhood.”
On November 25, the Security Council held a meeting
that addressed some of the tragic and deadly consequences of destructive UN
authorized interventions in the Middle East. The meeting, 7566 on Peace
and Security in Africa: Report of the Secretary-General on the Progress
Towards the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel (S/2015/866)
described the menace to surrounding countries and throughout the entire area
that Libya has become following the US-NATO attack authorized by UNSC
Resolution 1973. Following UN authorized “regime change,” Libya is an
incubator of terrorism so lethal that the representative of Chad stated:
“The major source of the terrorist threat in the Sahel
is Libya, which is engulfed in total chaos and where a multitude of heavily
armed terrorist groups find safe haven and flourish. Moreover, the
absence of a government of national unity that is capable of restoring security
in the country is fueling the threat to security in the Sahel. In that
regard, Chad is deeply concerned by the establishment and entrenchment of a
Daesh stronghold in Southern Libya.”
Venezuela’s representative, Mr. Ramirez Carreno
stated:
“These efforts should be focused on sustainable
development in the region and not purely a military vision. It is only
with sustained attention to the root causes of conflict – such as poverty, lack
of access to basic services and education, can we ensure strong and sustainable
peace and security.”
Ms. Hiroute Guebre Sellassie, Special Envoy of the
Secretary-General to the Sahel powerfully addressed the root cause of the
problem in her report:
“Up to 41 million young people under 25 years of age
in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and the Niger alone face hopelessness
and are at risk of radicalization or migration. If nothing is done to
improve access to education and increase employment, integration and opportunities
for young people, the Sahel, I am afraid, will become a hub of mass migration
and recruitment and training of terrorist groups and individuals, which, as
Council members know, will ultimately have grave consequences for global peace
and security.”
The United Nations is at a crossroads. There is
increasing recognition of the disastrous consequences of the UN Security
Council authorization of the US-NATO instigated military onslaught on Iraq and
Libya. This is undeniable even by the US-NATO countries themselves, and
even had there not been the Benghazi attack on the US Embassy, which led to the
death of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, and three other personnel.
Prior to the US-NATO attack, both Iraq and Libya were implementing progressive
social programs, in many areas, and had viable state infrastructure, albeit
somewhat independent of multinational corporate control. Both countries
are now in a devastated condition that may be beyond repair.
The three Russian-Chinese vetoes of US-NATO’s attempt
to gain Security Council authorization for yet another abhorrent military
adventure, this time blowing up Syria, were sanctimoniously deplored by the
West, as the cause of inactivity and paralysis at the Security Council.
Now, with the December 18 adoption of Security Council Resolution 2254,
affirming the imperative of a political solution as the only acceptable method
of resolution of the crisis in Syria, the wisdom of the Russian-Chinese vetoes
must be obvious. With Russia’s, China’s and Iran’s participation, it may
be possible to salvage what was once an important country, Syria, and prevent
the further noxious spread of chaos and terrorism throughout the region.
Russia’s and China’s principled opposition to wanton militarism, opposition hitherto
deplored by the West, may have served to halt the deadly march toward
World War III.
The original source of this article is Global Research
Copyright © Carla
Stea, Global Research,
2015
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