UN: fair Zimbabwe poll 'impossible'

Summary: The opposition party leader Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe pulled out of the Friday presidential election with the intention and hope of attracting world attention to the country's unfair run-off election. He took refuge to the Dutch Embassy. U.N. Secretary General also expressed concern about too much violence, intimidation, and illegality coming into play in the run-off. While the opposition party is calling for delaying the election on Friday, the government representative for U.N. declared the election should be proceeded as scheduled. The current ruling president Mr. Mugabe narrowly failed in the March election(However, he didn't accept this result). He also denied his supporters using violence against any citizen denouncing the illegality of the election. He condemned the opposition party as a puppet of the West.

Can U.N. step in and resolve a country's political issue? Well, this is a difficult but interesting question. The objective of U.N. is to settle down problems when they threaten international peace and security. The illegality in presidential election in Zimbabwe is only a country's problem, not international one. Therefore. it sounds a little out of the ordinary if U.N. tries to get involved in Zimbabwe's election. Today the news has it that Russia and China vetoed on the U.N.-drafted proposal to impose a sanction on President. Mugabe and some of his followers.
Even though the role of U.N. is limited in this case, the situation in Zimbabwe is chaotic and horrible. Its citizens are calling for justice and democracy in the nation which was dashed by the recent corrupted election after which Mr. Mugube was re-elected as president and any people or party protesting against him were suppressed and threatened with violence. I also heard that thousands and thousands of people fled to other countries because of the terrible economy and political unrest. Indeed, humanitarian support and regaining democracy is desperately needed at this moment.
It makes people around the world anxious and upset as we hear about what's happening in Zimbabwe where democracy and justice are badly crippled. If U.N. or any other powerful organization don't do anything about it, more and more people would suffer as we can witness in several countries in which dictators are gripping the power. Take Myanmar for example. After the cyclone devastated the country, countless of people might have died or got sick and are still suffering because the military junta didn't accept the international aid. It's horrible to imagine the people lying sick in bed or starving without any hope of receiving aid from outside. Many North Korean people are also dying of hunger under the rule of totalitarian government.
Well, it seems the situation in Zimbabwe is stuck in a rut-U.N. don't have a right to engage in a country's internal affairs and a dictator is seizing the power tight. What we can do about it? I guess there's no quick solution right now. However, I found a silver lining in the clouds in that the U.N. is full of passion to help and save democracy in a country. Actually, nine council members in the vote favored for imposing sanctions on Mr. Mugabe and his followers, and only two, Russia and China, opposed it. My prediction is that in the future the role of U.N. will be more expanded beyond the current boundary and are willing to step in a country's problem when it is deemed humanity and justice are damaged severely. It is not just U.N. personnel who are monitoring but the every citizen around the globe who is watching and listening from the international media. And we love peace and justice.