摘要
LAST September,virtually,due to COVID-19,leaders from around the world made speeches lauding,decrying,or reflecting on the history of the United Nations.This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations and in the recent past such anniversaries have been marked by significant actions taken by the 193 states that are members of the organization.In 2005,for example,the 60th anniversary of the UN,which followed the horror of the Rwandan genocide,the General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution on the Responsibility to Protect,a major advance in international law where every state acknowledged in paragraphs 138-139 of the World Summit Outcome Document that it had the“responsibility to protect its populations from genocide,war crimes,ethnic cleansing,and crimes against humanity.”
