Are the goals outlined in the United Nations Charter realistic?

[NicholasAllen]

Hi,
i was just wondering your opinion on whether you think that the goals/aims/statements made in the (amended) UN charter are realistic and achievable? provided examples would also be helpful as evidence,
Thanks

 

[nismaratwork]

No. The failure of those goals to be met in even member nations makes that painfully clear. In the broader sense of preventing "great wars", only more history will tell.

 

[loseyourname]

What are they?

 

[nismaratwork]

http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/index.shtml

 

[arildno]

Since the charter is unable to prevent monster states like Saudi Arabia and Iran to sit on the..Human Rights Council, and even retain the right to vote, and thereby influence the UN decisions, the charter is totally corrupt, and the whole organization should be disbanded.

 

[loseyourname]

http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/index.shtml

Is it just these four:

1. To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace;

2. To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace;

3. To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion; and

4. To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.

?

I would have to guess they haven't come far in achieving any of these goals, though I'm sure individual UN programs have brought about the level of social change they desired at the program level.

 

[NicholasAllen]

Yes,
Basically it's just the goals of maintaining international peace and security, promoting better standards of life for all peoples, forwarding social and economic advancement, and overseeing the maintenance of human rights etc.

I realize the system is corrupt and arguably ineffective, except i support it is better than nothing, and is at least a platform where countries can voice concerns and discuss significant global issues...

And some organisations such as WHO I guess have raised quality of life through successes such as eradication of smallpox?

So really, I'm wondering whether even subsidary UN organisations such as the World Bank and UNSECO or UNEP, have been able to fulfil some of these targets (ie. maintenance world peace, social progress etc)

 

[Hurkyl]

Since the charter is unable to prevent monster states like Saudi Arabia and Iran to sit on the..Human Rights Council, and even retain the right to vote, and thereby influence the UN decisions, the charter is totally corrupt, and the whole organization should be disbanded.

The conclusions don't follow from the hypothesis.