WHO HOLDS THE U.N. ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITS CRIMES?

Srebrenica, Rwanda, East Timor--all scenes of genocidal campaigns in recent years, all of which occurred under the watchful eye of the UN. Add to that allegations by Dr. Norbert Vallertsen that UN officials live the high life in Pyongyang, North Korea on funds that are supposed to help that hermit state's starving people. And this is the organization we're supposed to trust to disarm Saddam? In light of the recent election of Libya to head its Human Rights Commission, a cynical observer might conclude that the UN is actually constructed to preserve murderous dictators at the expense of democracies. In this case, the cynical observer would be right.