Rungs Of Nation

UNO Secretary-General, Kofi Annan's 'advise' to India to stop daydreaming about winning the veto power goes to show the apex body for the union of nations across the world is a plaything of its five permanent members. The so-called 'developing' 'third world' can still act in unison with the 'superpowers' and their allies to make the world a better place to live in. For that to be achieved, the power-based tags are to be done away with. But are those who have been tasting the elixir that power appears to be, ready to taste and share the fruits of whole-hearted co-operation with a broader and level base at the international level. Unfortunately, as the situation seems to stand at the year 2005 A.D., the 'developed' countries are appearing to prefer to remain despotic. That tantamounts to another unfortunate and equally bitter inference,- in spite of Mr. Annan's high-flying and high-sounding motives, democratisation of the UNO is still a distant dream.