MANILA, Philippines (Originally published on Jan. 26, 2018) — For President Rodrigo Duterte, the United Nations is useless for mankind. However, a landmark study published in 2017 by two American universities said that the UN had been effective in its mandate to prevent wars than many experts thought. When the UN was established in the ashes of two devastating world wars, it vowed to save "succeeding generations from the scourge of war." "The United Nations has no purpose at all actually for mankind as far as I'm concerned," Duterte said in his extemporaneous speech before Indian businessmen in New Delhi. READ: Duterte: Shoot CHR personnel if they obstruct justice

Source: Philippine Star January 27, 2018 01:54 UTC