The Pros And Cons Of Banning Ki-Moon

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Ban Ki-Moon is holding the logo of the United Nation and he's struggling to keep it up. This is an allusion to the Greek myth of Atlas. Atlas was a Greek Titan who after the war between the Gods and Titans was forced to hold the Sky on his shoulders for all eternity. Modern depictions of Atlas have him holding up Earth. Ban is wearing what looks like greek attire, a robe and gladiator sandals. Unlike Atlas, Ban is not holding the United Nations for all eternity, he is passing the job onto Guterres, who is the favorite to win the election in 2017. The caption reads, “ António Guterres, a former prime minister of Portugal, is next in line to take on the weighty job.” By the looks of Ban, the sweat and stress lines portray a very heavy and stressful …show more content…

His nose, lips, and eyes are in typical Korean fashion. Guterres is drawn as what you'd might expect a southern European would look like. He has a thick head of hair, bushy eyebrows, and he's dressed more modern, in a suit. Although, if it were to be created when the next Secretary General is taking over, Guterres would probably be dressed as Atlas. Guterres is also slouching, maybe as a reference of him not wanting the job, or as laziness as some Northern Europeans classify Southern Europeans as.
Guterres is getting ready to take over the enormous responsibility of be the Secretary General of the United Nations. This shows him looking onto Ban, the current Secretary General. He is waiting as Ban says, “next!” They are related in the sense that they are switching off the United Nations. Ban is going to hand off the United Nations to Guterres. Chappatte is portraying the United Nations as being a stressful job, which it is, but in they day in age there is so much that it hasn't done. Some people argue that it’s failing as an international organization. When Russian took over the Crimea from Ukraine, the United Nations didn't pressure harsh actions. The Russia situation is reminiscent of the League of Nations reaction to the Empire of Japan taking over Manchuria in the 1930’s. The League of Nations, which in itself was a failed international community didn’t do anything to stop Japan

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