Why would anybody be surprised at this? The UN was established for the purpose of becoming a tyrannical One World Government without any accountability or legal recourse to those injured by it. For a thorough expose of the United Nations, read the book The Fearful Master by G Edward Griffin. Also read the works by Dr John Coleman for further information. The whole organization was the idea and was established by and is being run by communists and collectivists of other persuasions, many with clear connections to communist regimes.