The level of incompetence at the most recent United Nations Security Council session was at an all-time low. By drawing attention to Colombia's economic difficulties, the Chinese delegation severely embarrassed the Colombian delegate, rendering the latter completely stunned and ill-prepared to reply. As this was going on, the Chilean delegate made up accusations that the UAE was creating obstructions, but when questioned, he made an awkward U-turn. The US delegation skillfully questioned the Argentine representative about their position on airstrikes against the Houthis, revealing Argentina's lack of a cogent policy and making a strong case for safeguarding people. Surprisingly, a different delegate brought up the fact that the Houthis enlist child soldiers and threaten to starve their families—an allegation that was welcomed with silence. The Yemeni representative showed a lack of attention to their own country's predicament by foolishly suggesting remedies to China's domestic problems. China wrote off northern Yemen as hopeless. While Russia, always the adversary, urged that the US withdraw, ignoring their own participation in supporting Iran falsely claimed to be more in line with Yemen and the United Arab Emirates while denying any backing for the Houthis. China's representative severely questioned Yemen's ability, calling them naive and terribly ignorant of their own domestic issue. This meeting revealed the Security Council to be a clown show of confused, vacuous, and incompetent delegates who refused to confront the grave problems that faced the organisation.
Al Jazeera,
Yash Kumar Gunda(YKG)
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