At the UN It's Your World and Welcome to It!

A visit to the United Nations website opened up a whole new world.

عربي	مرحبـا	الأمم المتحدة — إنها عالمك
中文	ً欢迎光临	联合国，您的世界
English	Welcome	United Nations — It's your world!
Français	Bienvenue	Nations Unies — C'est votre monde!
Русский	Добро пожаловать	Организация Объединенных Наций — это ваш мир!
Español	Bienvenidos	Las Naciones Unidas son su mundo

Not everyone is welcome in the world. As part of UN Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973 a number Qadhafi regime supporters have been banned from international travel.

Person	Justification
Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Qadhafi	Leader of the Revolution, Supreme Commander of Armed Forces. Responsibility for ordering repression of demonstrations, human rights abuses.
Sayyid Mohammed Qadhaf Al-dam	Cousin of Muammar Qadhafi. In the 1980s, Sayyid was involved in the dissident assassination campaign and allegedly responsible for several deaths in Europe. He is also thought to have been involved in arms procurement.
Aisha Muammar Qadhafi	Daughter of Muammar Qadhafi. Closeness of association with regime.
Hannibal Muammar Qadhafi	Son of Muammar Qadhafi. Closeness of association with regime.
Khamis Muammar Qadhafi	Son of Muammar Qadhafi. Closeness of association with regime. Command of military units involved in repression of demonstrations.
Mohammed Muammar Qadhafi	Son of Muammar Qadhafi. Closeness of association with regime.
Mutassim Qadhafi	National Security Adviser. Son of Muammar Qadhafi. Closeness of association with regime.
Saadi Qadhafi	Commander Special Forces. Son of Muammar Qadhafi. Closeness of association with regime. Command of military units involved in repression of demonstrations.
Saif al-Arab Qadhafi	Son of Muammar Qadhafi. Closeness of association with regime.
Saif al-Islam Qadhafi	Director, Qadhafi Foundation. Son of Muammar Qadhafi. Closeness of association with regime. Inflammatory public statements encouraging violence against demonstrators.
Colonel Abdullah Al-Senussi	Director Military Intelligence. Military Intelligence involvement in suppression of demonstrations. Past history includes suspicion of involvement in Abu Selim prison massacre. Convicted in absentia for bombing of UTA flight. Brother-in-law of Muammar Qadhafi.
Quren Salih Quren Al Qadhafi	Libyan Ambassador to Chad. Involved directly in recruiting and coordinating mercenaries for the regime.
Dr. Abdulqader Mohammed Al-Baghdadi	Head of the Liaison Office of the Revolutionary Committees involved in violence against demonstrators.
Abdulqader Yusef Dibri	Head of Muammar Qadhafi’s personal security. Responsibility for regime security. History of directing violence against dissidents.
Abu Zayd Umar Dorda	Director, External Security Organisation. Regime loyalist. Head of external intelligence agency.
Major General Abu Bakr Yunis Jabir	Defence Minister. Overall responsibility for actions of armed forces.
Matuq Mohammed Matuq	Secretary for Utilities. Senior member of regime. Involvement with Revolutionary Committees. Past history of involvement in suppression of dissent and violence.
Colonel Amid Husain Al Kuni	Governor of Ghat (South Libya). Directly involved in recruiting mercenaries.

The easiest way to get on this list is to have the name Qadhafi but there are 6 or 7 others too. If these are the "bad guys" in Libya it is surprising that it takes so few to keep a dictatorship going. Of course a lot of other people - soldiers, police, and civil servants - have to follow orders for a dictatorship to work.

The U.S. military action in Libya is being conducted under UN Security Council Resolution 1973. That's interesting reading.

It takes a while for the resolution to get to the point as the council starts off by recalling, deploring, expressing, reiterating, reaffirming, condemning, further condemning, considering, recalling, expressing its determination, recalling, taking note, taking note also, taking note further, recalling, reiterating its concern, deploring, considering, expressing concern, welcoming, reaffirming, determining, before finally acting.

The resolution contains 29 action points in all ending with this one: "Decides to remain actively seized of the matter." That of course is fundamentally the problem with the UN. When it comes to military action it can do little beyond "remaining actively seized." It falls to the member states to act, which almost always means the United States of America. But every other member state, there are 192 member states and 15 members of the security council., wants to be on the committee that tells the United States what it should and should not do. That is a recipe for inaction.

It's nice to see Qadhafi on the UN's list, he certainly had it coming. But let's be honest. There are probably 20 nations with dictatorships whose leaders should be equally shunned by the international community but that would require a resolve and unity of purpose that just isn't there.Welcome to our world.