The
document that is coming out of this meeting is
invalid, null and void, he states
UNITED NATIONS, September 15—Venezuelan
President Hugo Chávez stated today at the World
Summit celebrating the 60th anniversary of the UN
that the organization is useless, and called for
it to be moved from U.S. territory to an
"international city" that is yet to be created, AP
reports.
"The new headquarters of the United Nations
must be in the South," Chávez said, speaking
before the General Assembly of presidents, heads
of state and kings from 170 of the 191 member
states, adding that the document that is coming
out of the Summit is "invalid, null and void,"
because it was passed in violation of UN
regulations "with a dictatorial hammer blow" five
minutes after being distributed to delegates in
English only.
Chávez emphasized that "if we are going to
approve this, we are lost: let’s turn off the
lights and close the doors and windows."
The leader of the Bolivarian Revolution was
applauded three times during his speech, which was
not the case with the 100-plus speakers who
preceded him over two days.
After affirming that the purpose of the summit
had been completely distorted, he asserted that
the Millennium Goals would not be achieved even
though they were "extremely modest."
"The focus of the discussion imposed on us is
an ill-named reform process (of the UN) that
relegates what is most urgent to the background;
what the peoples of the world are urgently
demanding are measures for dealing with the
problems that are preventing and blocking our
countries’ efforts at development," he stated.
"The United Nations has exhausted its model,"
he affirmed, and immediately demanded an
institutional redefinition
