Coup at UN?

I found this Onion video very hilarious. And,like all good satire, I believe that it highlights some very important points. The UN has become more-or-less irrelevant in today's world. I think that the most important step in this, is , as Singer pointed out in One World, when President Bush completely disregarded all UN rules and protocols and invaded Iraq. I was one of the people who thought the invasion of Iraq was a idea was good at the time, but looking back, I have, through some Monday-morning quarterbacking or course, come to re-evaluate my decision.

Anyway, I believe that organizations like the G20, with their recent meeting in Pittsburgh, and the G8 are taking over the power and authority that the UN lost. We will see how all this plays out in the future, but I do not think one international organization will hold the majority of the international law-making and protocol-issuing power, but that it will be split among different organizations such as the G20, G8, the World Bank, and the IMF, at least for the immediate future.