What lessons has the UN learned from its failures in Srebrenica, Rwanda and Darfur?
The UN reports on the organisation’s actions in Srebrenica and Rwanda are detailed works of historical record. I found them to be invaluable resources, especially recording the actions of various officials in the peacekeeping department such as Kofi Annan and his deputy Iqbal Riza. The UN’s report on ethnic cleansing in Darfur is also an extremely important document, setting out in detail the role of the Sudanese government and its forces in the destruction of the communities of Darfur and their human cost. However these reports seem to have little impact on the way the UN works. Many of the officials implicated in the UN’s greatest failures were subsequently promoted: the most prominent example being Kofi Annan himself, who also brought several of his prot¨¦g¨¦s to the 38th floor, where he has his offices, with him. There seems to be no sense of shame at the UN for being involved in its failures, and there are no administrative sanctions, let alone judicial ones against staff who make
