Professor Sachs on the Future of the United Nations

According to Professor Jeffrey Sachs, – in his speech at the Security Council of the U.N. (January 5th, 2026) – the world is still stunned by the military action that the US has taken in kidnapping the President of Venezuela and his wife. The US President has taken unilateral action, without his own country’s Congress, who can authorise such an action, in total violation of the UN Charter.

However, one needs to reflect on the past action by other US Presidents, as they intervened in country after country, either for a regime change, which did not suit them or for the natural resources of that nation. As Professor Jeffery Sachs stated in his statement to the UN Security Council, that the US has intervened in 70 countries between 1947 to 1989.

To achieve their objectives, ” they have instigated unrest, support for armed groups, manipulation of mass and social media, bribing of military and civilian officials, targeted assassinations, economic warfare, which are illegal under the UN Charter and results in ongoing violence, lethal conflict, political instability and deep suffering of the civil population “. It would appear that when all these attempts fail, the US imposes sanctions. It is reported that when the US imposed sanctions on Venezuela on the export of their oil, their GDP fell by 62 % and in 2019, their assets outside the country of about 7 billion were frozen.