But you proceeded to argue as if the quoted phrase was taken literally by, for example, the U.N.. It's not, and when they drift that way, everyone thinks it's a bald-faced lie that they're actually interested in lack of harm to society.

Underneath the posturing for power, there is a sizable amount of genuine concern about things that are harmful to society (even if it's the power players of the society itself who are causing the harm). For instance, pretty much nobody thinks Lebanon's leadership is anything but "harmful to society", save possibly Lebanon's leadership itself.