UN Rights Chief: UN Could 'Collapse' Without Change

Hussein will be replaced by former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet in September [File: Denis Balibouse/Reuters]

DW: UN human rights chief says Security Council members risk UN's survival

The outgoing UN human rights chief has said the five permanent members wield too much power as they can veto resolutions even in cases of alleged injustices. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein has been outspoken during his term.

Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, the outgoing UN human rights chief, warned on Monday that the world body could "collapse" if the imbalance caused by the excessive powers wielded by the Security Council's five permanent members is not corrected.

"There's a feeling within the UN that there is a sort of pentarchy — the P5 (permanent members) running too much of the business at the expense of the organization itself," Zeid said in reference to the US, Russia, China, France and the UK.

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Update #1: Human rights chief expresses fear over possible UN 'collapse' (Al Jazeera)
Update #2: UN rights chief warns UN could 'collapse' without change (FOX News/AP)

WNU Editor: Being someone who has worked for the UN (on and off since 1989) .... I have been hearing this line forever. Here is an easy prediction. 25 years from now someone will be saying the exact same thing.