Penny Wong as prime minister of Australia

I have one last task for Penny Wong. She might even be able to do this as Foreign Minister – to end the ceaseless cycle of war that has plagued the human race since the beginning of recorded history. It, warfare, is built into our genetic makeup. We can never stop it, but we can make the United Nations more effective in stopping war.

The Preamble of the Charter of the United Nations states that it was established to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war." Article 33 of the Charter of the United Nations provides that the UN seeks solutions to conflict. The Security Council is the organ with primary responsibility, under the United Nations Charter. The Charter gives the Security Council primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. The United Nations has been notoriously ineffective in stopping war. This opinion writer has written about it.

Penny Wong can start the process of urging the five founding Nations to give up their vetoes, The five permanent members of the Security Council (commonly referred to as the "P5") have a veto power, which can prevent UN action when they have engaged in wrongdoing. Russia has used its veto power to escape many UN resolutions.

Second is to offer Australian troops as permanent peace keeping forces.UN peacekeepers have been accused of many transgressions.

This is just a start. Maybe the world may be able to end the scourge of war. I urge Penny Wong to initiate a start