UN’s ‘sacred covenant has been broken’, Argentina’s Milei tells General Assembly

Argentine President Javier Milei told the General Assembly on Wednesday that the UN has broken the “sacred covenant” on which it was founded, failing at what it was meant to do – while excelling at things beyond its remit. In his third address to the General Debate, Mr. Milei said he would speak in a “constructive spirit” about three issues: what the organization should have done and failed to do, what it should not have done but did anyway and its position on artificial intelligence (AI). He said the UN had become a “useless organization whose only purpose is to sustain a caste of fatally arrogant parasites masquerading as well-intentioned bureaucrats”, accusing it of allowing chaos, violence and terrorism to flourish, sheltering dictatorships, while Member States systematically voted against Israel.‘Lacking consequences’Turning to the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), which he called a “national cause”, the President said the UN had looked the other way while unilateral changes continued despite resolution 31/49, adopted 50 years ago. “There’s no shortage of words or resolutions. What is lacking is consequences,” he said.Mr. Milei said the Sea Lion project was moving towards oil extra...