Comments on: Zimbabwe http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/07/12/zimbabwe-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zimbabwe-2 n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Seamus http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/07/12/zimbabwe-2/comment-page-1/#comment-12746 Seamus Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:48:00 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/07/12/zimbabwe-2/#comment-12746 <i>Furthermore, the Security Council does not properly have the authority to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe for its government’s misrule and brutality. This is not the purpose of the United Nations Security Council. Under the U.N. Charter, the Security Council can impose sanctions, blockades and even authorise military action to restore “international peace and security,” according to the provisions of Chapter VII, but one of the key provisions of the Charter that no one in the West seems to care for very much (and which non-revisionist powers such as Russia and China end up defending out of self-interest) is the statement in Article 2: "Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter…"</i> It's a pity the Security Council didn't pay attention to that provision when they were imposing sanctions on Rhodesia back in 1968. Furthermore, the Security Council does not properly have the authority to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe for its government’s misrule and brutality. This is not the purpose of the United Nations Security Council. Under the U.N. Charter, the Security Council can impose sanctions, blockades and even authorise military action to restore “international peace and security,” according to the provisions of Chapter VII, but one of the key provisions of the Charter that no one in the West seems to care for very much (and which non-revisionist powers such as Russia and China end up defending out of self-interest) is the statement in Article 2: “Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter…”

It’s a pity the Security Council didn’t pay attention to that provision when they were imposing sanctions on Rhodesia back in 1968.

]]> By: Grumpy Old Man http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/07/12/zimbabwe-2/comment-page-1/#comment-12185 Grumpy Old Man Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:48:56 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/07/12/zimbabwe-2/#comment-12185 Well, at least the Zimbabweans won't have international "peace keepers" raping their daughters. Well, at least the Zimbabweans won’t have international “peace keepers” raping their daughters.

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