Davos got me thinking.

In october 1945, the UN charter was ratified by the states who expected to free themselves from war and the threat of nationalist movements born between the 19th and early 20th century.
It was the liberal idea to centralize all the efforts to solve the problems that challenge humanity.
The UN promotes human rights, enviromental issues, fights illnesses around the globe and attempts to reduce poverty. Any luck? Hardly.
Managing global affairs 60 years ago was one thing, today , global is a totally different word.
From Westphalia to the 1950´s , Europe was the whole world. Who would have thought of the Middle East?
The initial members of the UN were those who won a war ( in Europe by the way) and not much has changed since.
The list of members is long , but anyone who knows just a little bit about the UN, recognizes that the real vote belongs to the founders.(and very few others)
The scope of the word global has changed completely ,and the world order no longer lies beneath 2 powers. We have come a long way.
Facing this new era is humanity´s greatest challenge.
Financially broke, leaderless (1) (no JPII, no Thatcher,no Walesa,no Lenin, no Castro, no Gorvachev, no Churchill, no Ghandi) we need to take a raincheck and come back with a better idea of integration and cooperation among nations.
Every state should take part .Nationalists should set aside their fear of losing sovereignty , the world government is inminent, they either catch the wave or get drown in it.
The UN structure has been proved flawed and like the League of Nations , if it is not rebuit , it will dissappear.

1. Adela Micha , Platica de Café 28 Enero 2009. Micha dijo extrañar a grandes figuras pues ve a diferencia de hace 30 años, ausencia de liderazgos.