After the violent acts that hit Egypt during the commemoration of the 4th anniversary of January 25 revolution, we waited anxiously to hear the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon expressing his concerns as usual in similar occasions but our waiting was in vain because he only called for launching an investigation into the incidents.

"expressing my concerns" Syndrome

It was quite interesting to know that all the search results that came up when we goggled Mr. Ban's name were carrying the same phrase: "expressing his concerns", to the extent that some reports have indicated that he expressed his concerns 65 times during 2014.

 

 

Ghali's fallout, a shining example

He can do more than "expressing his concerns" like directing the UN executive bodies to tackle the ongoing conflicts or engaging in initiatives and work on implementing them, Coordinator of the UN Working Group at the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Mohammed Anis told dotmsr.

Anis added that Ban is only "expressing his concerns" due to his cautious and dependent personality due to several reasons including his fear from major international players.

Meanwhile, Anis pointed out to the former UN secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali and his fallout with the US that led to his ouster, adding that Ban knows that he may face Ghali's fate if he tried to face pressure and take independent decisions like Ghali.

 

Helplessness and failure

The reason behind Ban's "expressing his concerns" is simply because the UN is a helpless and ineffective organization when it comes to international affairs, former minister of foreign affairs Mohamed El-Orabi told Dotmsr.

 

Egyptian Ambassador to Germany Mohammed Hegazy agreed with Oraby, adding that Ban does not have the freedom of decision-making so he, diplomatically, resort to "expressing his concerns" as the only option to raise the attention of member countries and the international community, hoping that they will shoulder the responsibility and heed his call or the concerns which he always prefer to express.

 

What concerns? It's dancing time!

In the meantime, it would be quite wrong to assume that Mr. Ban does nothing else but "expressing his concerns" as it turned out that he was spending some of his precious time "working his moves" and dancing the world's problems away with his South Korean fellow and singer Psy.