Posted by
Reeson on Friday, October 27, 2006 4:09:06 PM
After 41 rounds of voting, the UN still can't seem to elect a country to the final rotating seat on the Security Council. Neither Venezuela nor Guatemala have been able to muster the necessary number of affirmative votes and neither seems willing to back down.
Last week there was talk about possibly finding new candidates that member nations could compromise on. Such talks have picked up again this week with several alternatives offered up.
Hugo Chavez has said that Bolivia would satisfy his country. Of course it would. Bolivian President Evo Morales is a socialist and close ally of Chavez. If the United States blocks Venezuela from the council, what makes Chavez think we will agree to Bolivia and Morales?
The back-and-forth over the remaining Security Council seat is just one more example of a UN bureaucracy that can't get even the simplest tasks accomplished. I mean, come on guys. It's a symbolic seat with no power. Only the permanent five matter anyway, and they can't agree on anything. Why are we still wasting time with this?