KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 — The announcement by the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) that Gaza is now facing a “man-made famine” should have jolted...
Monday, 25 Aug 2025 10:30 AM MYTKUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 — The announcement by the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification that Gaza is now facing a “ man-made famine ” should have jolted the conscience of the international community.When starvation — one of humanity’s most visceral horrors — is allowed to become a negotiating tool in geopolitics, the very moral foundation of the United Nations collapses.
It becomes a deeper existential question: can Asean claim credibility when the very institution it mirrors and supports is seen as morally bankrupt?Asean often invokes its “centrality,” but centrality is meaningless without legitimacy.The UN’s inability to stop mass starvation, despite clear warnings from its own agencies, erodes that moral force.
Centrality becomes a shell, and Asean risks being remembered as an organisation that chose convenience over conscience.It is a mirror, reflecting the weakness of the multilateral order.
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