the un is on the eighty six list; 

 

 Like the institution of the United Nations he represents, the Secretary-General looks to be old, tired, bloated, enervated and hopeless—a man who has largely given up and is going through the motions. Can anyone who has observed the UN in action, particularly, over the last five years not conclude that its eighty-year history is overwhelming proof that, both in theory and in practice, it was an utterly delusional, stupid idea destined to deteriorate over time and would eventually collapse under a mountainous accumulation of bureaucratic impotence, incompetence and corruption? Would it be mistaken to allege that the portended “imminent financial collapse” is the inevitable result of its failed mission, which acording to Article 1 of the UN Charter, is “to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, foster cooperation to solve international problems, and promote human rights”? If one surveys the current state of international affairs, not a single one of these four grandiose aims has come close to fruition............more.........