Is UN worthless?
I have noticed that many people here seem to think that UN is a worthless organization novadays.I would like to hear some constructive ideas how to make it work again or what would be a better suggestion to replace it.Your opinions please?
Aargh.Posted this in the wrong place!Mods please move this to the Backroom.Thanks.
Last edited by Kagemusha; 08-14-2005 at 18:44.
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Re : Is UN worthless?
Kick nations such as Iran out of itOriginally Posted by kagemusha
And yeah, if US respected it, it would probably perform much better.
Then, you're going to hear rant about how "the UN are corrupted", "the UN are a tool of the Europeans to slow down US growth/policy" and other funny things like that.
Re: Is UN worthless?
Well the main organisation has been lately a bit powerless, but it still serves a good purpose. Mainly due to the fact that it's very easy to ignore the UN, due to lack of an enforcer. (but in a way this lack of an enforcer is okay in the current role of the UN)
On the other hand it's suborganisations like UNICEF do a very important job for the world and the suborganisations compensate for the UN.
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Re: Is UN worthless?
take it down and re-build it
Re: Is UN worthless?
The UN itself is useless, and powerless (war in Iraq)
Kinda like the League of Nations, without the US, they were powerless.
However, UNICEF, and other aid organizations are doing good work across the globe.
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Have you just been dumped?
I ask because it's usually something like that which causes outbursts like this, needless to say I dissagree completely.
Re: Is UN worthless?
Take it down and let the British Commonwealth of Nations take over its job and let everyone join.
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Re: Is UN worthless?
The UN has done some good work. The peacekeeking missions in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and East Timor are doing a lot of good work.
Last edited by Grey_Fox; 08-14-2005 at 19:31.
Re: Is UN worthless?
Let's just make this simple. If the U.S wants to do anything, it can do what it wants. If other nations want to do something unorthodox, then they really have to square it with America if they don't want any sanctions. If the U.S wants to impose sanctions on a country, it can. The power of the U.S is its economic power. The threat of denying a country the American market is enough for them to vote for U.S policy. America is the enforcer of the U.N.
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