UN Failing to Maintain Global Peace: Shadow Minister Warns Against ‘Catastrophising’ Trump Election

Australia’s opposition foreign affairs spokesperson says the U.N. has failed to maintain global peace and that a Trump presidency could be beneficial to his country. Senator Simon Birmingham delivered his address to the National Press Club on Nov. 13 covering numerous issues including the U.S. presidency, and conflict across the world. “Demonstrably, the U.N. is failing to meet its charter ‘to maintain international peace and security,'” Birmingham said in the nation’s capital Canberra. “Russia has brought bloody state-on-state, land based territorial war back to Europe with its invasion of Ukraine. “Iranian sponsored terrorists continue launching attacks from bases including Gaza, Lebanon, and Yemen—prompting massive human suffering in a war with Israel, and major threats to global trade through the Red Sea....