NOW, with the war in Iraq continuing and the crisis of confidence being faced by the United Nations, at least among the great majority of its member countries, the world community is heading towards a very gloomy prospect in years to come.
The international system which hitherto relies so much on the notion of international legality in dealing with international relations has somehow encountered a serious blow to its existence largely because some members of the international community have failed to live up to the expected level of civilised behaviour.