As someone who once worked for a United Nations organization (The World Health Organization), I’ve often been frustrated at the lack of respect that the U.N. receives, especially here in the U.S. I mean the U.N.’s mission, as stated in the organization’s Preamble is truly inspiring:
PREAMBLE
WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED
- to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and
- to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and
- to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and
- to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,
AND FOR THESE ENDS
- to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and
- to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and
- to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and
- to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples,
HAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS TO ACCOMPLISH THESE AIMS
Accordingly, our respective Governments, through representatives assembled in the city of San Francisco, who have exhibited their full powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed to the present Charter of the United Nations and do hereby establish an international organization to be known as the United Nations.
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Now in spite of its noble mission, there are whole swaths of folks in America who have a phobia about the U.N. Really! They are stockpiling weapons because they fear the black helicopters of the U.N. that will invade the U.S. any minute now. They are sure that they will need to fight those nasty aggressors who might force Peace on them. Or Love. Or Brotherhood. These are not considered the sanest people in the U.S. of A., I might add.
So you will understand my concern when I read that the U.N. has figured out how to fight obesity. I’m sure that the folks who are currently stockpiling guns and ammo will soon be hoarding bacon, Spam and scraple, too. And I’m not sure I can blame them.
Because I just read in Reuters that on Monday the U.N. released a report that says that “the health benefits of consuming nutritious insects could help fight obesity.”
Ewwwwwwwwww.
Dinner! Who’s Hungry?
Reuters – Photograph by Catherine Hornby
If you’re looking for me, I’ll be at the grocery store. Buying Spam.
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