ブックタイトル佐藤栄作論文集９～１６

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佐藤栄作論文集９～１６

The worth of the United Nations, in other words, is the worth of the memberscomposing it. Thus, even if one buys into the argument that past attempts at formingsuch a system have‘failed’-- which, as we argue below, is inaccurate characterizationof what really happened -- it is the member states, particularly the powerful ones, thatought to be inculpated. 20‘Failure’is, in our view, a misnomer for characterizing theperformance of the UN over the past fifty years or so. Virtually all inter-state warsafter the Second World War took place in the Third World which was an area of lessconcern to the major powers and which, as a result, could not be taken as a test casefor collective security. Some analysts have even argued that conflict in the ThirdWorld during the post-war decades was actively encouraged by superpower policieslargely aimed at testing their political will and power projection capabilities in areasof the globe peripheral to the vital concerns of the superpowers themselves. 21The point we are trying to make is that collective security mechanism had neverbeen seriously tested and it may be worthwhile -- and more so now than before -to seriously pursue its achievement. One does not have to be a political realist tocontend that despite the variegated nature of global problems and equally variegatednature of their causes, deadly weapons pose the most serious and immediate dangerto international peace and security. It is not also a vulgarization of history to remarkthat man is the only species that routinely slaughters its own kind. We would notundertake here the discussion of whether this is so because of the human nature orthe surrounding environment, though preliminary inferences could be made from theforegoing discussion. It will suffice to say, given the number of major internationaland domestic violence in the recent past, there is an apparent proclivity of humans toresort to violence to resolve disputes.Historically at the end of all the major wars some form of collective security86020 For a discussion of this issue see, R. Falk,“Appraising the UN at 50,”Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 48（No. 2）Winter 1995.21 See M. Ayoob,“The Third World in a Changing Strategic Context,”in D. Dewitt et al.（eds.）Building a NewGlobal Order: Emerging Trends in International Security（Toronto: Oxford University Press）, pp. 88-89.