No more Wars The Charter of the United Nations

Michael von der Schulenburg, Member of the European Parliament – October 2025 – No more Wars The Charter of the United Nations  

Michael von der Schulenburg is a non-attached German member of the European Parliament and a German former diplomat with the United Nations and with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

… In view of the alarming development of increasingly destructive weapons systems in a world where security is confused with the possession of nuclear weapons, we should remember the UN Charter again. The Charter is even more important today than it was when it was written immediately after the world wars. While around 80 million people died in the three decades of the two world wars, a third world war could wipe out the entire human race and all life on Earth in just a few minutes. 

This makes the guiding principles of the UN Charter – “Never again war,” and the preservation of “human dignity” – today indispensable for the survival of future generations. We will urgently need these guiding principles of the UN Charter when these wars are hopefully over and the responsible politicians come together to agree on a future global security order. …

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