Too often the Security Council goes missing on the world’s most serious security and human rights problems, constrained by Realpolitik, out-of-date thinking, timidity, institutional limitations, or inadequate resources. In the most alarming recent crises – Ukraine, Gaza, Syria, and Iraq – it has been almost totally paralyzed.
但安全问题仍然在非洲和西亚大部分地区显得异常紧迫。安理会往往受制于现实政治、过时的想法、胆怯、体制局限或资源不足而对全世界最严重的安全和人权问题视而不见。在乌克兰、加沙、叙利亚和伊拉克等最新也最令人震惊的危机中，安理会几乎完全陷于瘫痪。