thepoint.gm - The United Nations is in the grip of a moral crisis. The BBC has learned that the UN ignored or suppressed evidence that its troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo gave arms to militias, and smuggled gold and ivory. It heard allegations that inquiries were halted for political reasons. Of course this is not the first crisis of its kind to hit the UN in recent years. For some time now it has been clear that the UN is in need of serious reform. Its moral authority in the world has been...» view full story