Post #1932590
2026-05-02 07:42 UTC
It's become clear to me that the United Nations, despite continuing to do many good and useful things, has become unfit for its primary purpose: preventing war.
Difficult question: How to restructure the UN to achieve that aim?
Most difficult question: How to get the many Nation States to agree to such (hypothetical) restructuring, particularly the warmongering permanent members of the Security Council?
#systemDesign
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@boud@framapiaf.org 2026-05-02 08:43
@mikro2nd@indieweb.social UN or UNSC? UNSC != UN Redesigning the UNSC [1] to *also* prevent #CrimesAgainstHumanity (CAH; and genocides in non-war contexts) would be a lot better. The Iranian govt crimes against humanity against the #JinaMahsaAmini protestors in 2022 [2][3] and against Iranians in Jan 2026 [4] were *not* during a war. Other parts of the UN *do* generally tend to oppose CAH+war. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_of_the_United_Nations_Security_Council [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_during_the_Mahsa_Amini_protests [3] https://docs.un.org/en/a/hrc/55/67 [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_massacres