Have they learnt nothing?

There is a crisis in Sudan. Something needs to be done, I called for this days ago. Suddenly (finally) all sides of politics in Australia are calling for action.

"Let's get the UN to take action", they cry. "This could be another Rwanda", they cry. Thank you dimocrats and tree-huggers for pointing out the obvious.

Here's a question to ponder..... What if the UN does not take action?

That leads to my point:
"We must not take unilateral action!", they cry. "We must work within the UN multilateral framework".

Which is more important to the humanitarian? The legalistic process or human lives? I suspect the former. Let's hope the UN approves action.