Withdrawal from several United Nations organizations including the World Health Organization has left world leaders in a tizzy about the global village that has been much touted. The unfortunate reality is that without the United States, world orders of any kind don’t have a chance. Taiwan, France, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and the United States were given the veto power to undo anything the others might vote for. Hugo Grotius, a Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, and jurist is largely considered as the father of international law. Such inequities and the inadequacy of national laws that govern countries fly in the face of the global village concept.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 30, 2020 17:37 UTC