U.N. makes attacks on workers a war crime

UNITED NATIONS (CNN)

The U.N. Security Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday that aims to strengthen protection of its personnel and other humanitarian workers throughout the world. ---

The final wording of the resolution was a compromise reached after the United States insisted that any reference to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court be removed. ---

Annan said he fully supports the International Criminal Court and the fact that language regarding it was removed from the resolution does not change the ICC's status.

"It is there, it is established, they will continue to do their work," he said. "It was a compromise that was necessary to pass the resolution." ---

Is that what happened? If so, it really does prove that the UN, as it's being run, is irrelevant.

If they won't stand up to the U.S. on something this obvious, then what's the point?

the court exists, whether the US likes it or not.