Reply #78: I believe the UN (not the US or Russia or China, etc) has a duty to protect people in the world. [View All]

[pampango]

The members countries in the UN made this a policy (at least with respect to violence against civilians) when they adopted the Responsibility to Protect in 2005.

I agree that North Korea deserves UN attention to its treatment of civilians. Unfortunately, China will probably protect them with a veto on the Security Council, as they protected for Burma in 2007. It would be interesting to hear why China (or Russia) did not veto UN intervention in Libya as they did in Burma.