The irrelevance of the United Nations

The speech on Monday by Iranian President Ahmadinejad to the United Nations Race Conference illustrates the danger of Iran and the irrelevance of the United Nations as a positive influence in the world. President Ahmadinejad, who has previously called for the destruction of Israel and denial of the Holocaust, spoke of Israel as a major force of racism in the world and that Israel was founded under the "pretext of Jewish suffering from the second World War". All of this from the President of a country that affords little to no protection for woman's rights, freedom of religion, freedom of the press or political freedom. I congratulate the representatives from the many nations that got up and walked out of the conference when this speech was given. When the stated policy of a world leader calls for the total annihilation of a democratic nation, why are they even allowed to speak to the United Nations. When a nations policies and actions support destabilizing and genocidal aspirations, they should be shunned by the other nations of the world. I do not understand what the purpose of the United Nations is at this point. They take no actions against Iran or North Korea even though their actions destabilize many areas. They have taken no real actions to stop genocide in Africa. It is not only that the UN does not take action but that many member nations have no interest in supporting policies to stabilize the world. I believe that the United Nations needs to have major reforms. I would hope that the prevention of genocide, terrorism, piracy, and political/religious suppression would be the major goals of the United Nations.