What is the point of the United Nations?

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In the news today is a report by the United Nations concluding that Iraq has experienced a “staggering” level of violence since 2014, with civilians facing widespread systematic violence at the hands, mainly, of those notorious murderers who call themselves Islamic State. Well we already know that. I guess such a report gives credence to those who flee the affected regions seeking asylum, but really I wonder what is the point? Surely we are all contributing to the costs of a team of investigators gathering all this evidence and producing the report, but what does it achieve in the end? It doesn’t seem to do anything to help the people affected or to put a stop to the situation. And “Islamic State” themselves are already doing all they can to publicise their murderous barbaric actions. An official report just tells us the situation is as bad as we already know it is but doesn’t help resolve things as far as I can see. All rights reserved. © Text copyright Fleur 2016.