King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands Abdullah... Fifth out of 37 sons of King Abdulaziz to ascend to the throne. He is, after his half-brothers Bandar and Musa'id, the third eldest of the living sons of Abdul Aziz ibn Saud. Abdullah's mother is from the Rashid clan, longtime rivals of the Saud. He has 6 sons and 15 daughters and about $20 billion. His youngest son is just seven years old...
said on Friday that world confidence in the United Nations
...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly...
had been shaken after the world body failed to adopt a resolution against the Syrian regime's deadly crackdown on protests.
"We all used to take pride in the United Nations which used to bring us together and not divide us... but what took place does not augur well as world confidence in the United Nations has undoubtedly been shaken," King Abdullah said in a short televised speech.
"We are going through scary days and unfortunately what happened at the United Nations is absolutely regrettable," the Saudi king said.
King Abdullah was alluding to the blocking by Russia and China last Saturday of a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning the crackdown by
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Lord of the Baath...
's regime.
"No matter how powerful, countries cannot rule the whole world," he said. "The world is ruled by brains, by justice, by morals and by fairness."
On Tuesday, the six Gulf states decided to expel Syrian envoys and withdraw their own over the "mass slaughter" of civilians.
Regional kingpin Soddy Arabia called on Monday for "critical measures" to be taken on Syria, warning of an impending "humanitarian disaster".