Sri Lanka Crisis

I think you are absolutely right. Diplomacy and sanctions do not always work. In fact, i believe that it does not work all the time. I think the UN is a joke when it comes to solving international political crisis. Everytime something tragic or some tumultous political upheaval happens in a country, the UN immediately issues a condemnation statement. That is all they can do. At the most, the UN secretary-general makes a visit to the countries concerned and makes the same statement or maybe a little different statement, wasting donor countries monies on all those free trips. I guess the UN secretary general is using these opportunities to visit as much countries as possible so that he got something to write about in his memoirs when he retires. The UN is a bloody joke. They are just good at coordinating food aid to starving countries and to supply the ineffecive and so-called peacekeeping forces to the affected countries. That is all it is to the UN.