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Greetings !
My question is - Do you think that the UN today is
as capable and highly usefull organization as it's supposed
to be ?
My personal opinion is no. My reasons are:
1. The UN is an organization that attempts to
control the world democraticly and this means there are
two great problems:
1.1 Many of the member countries are not democratic and
thus do not really make discisions for their peoples.
1.2 While democratic representatives in a single country,
even if they come from different areas, still work for
and respect the country as whole, the same doesn't happen in
the UN. The UN member countries care very little about the
world as a whole. As a result, this supposedly democratic
organization turns into a corrupt organization which is hardly
capable of making any viable descisions or offering any
real solutions based upon basic constitutional laws accepted
by most democaratic societies and respected often in even
non-democratic ones. Any descision is thus influenced directly
by the primary - local/national interests of each country
while ignoring completely things like the better good and/or
basicly accepted moral principles.
(Examples of that are middle eastern issues. The oil flowing
from the arab countries greatly influences all UN discisions.
After all, what should a European country, for example, care
about anything or anyone in that region ? The relevant issue
for them is to get their oil as cheap and as much of it as
possible. Because eventually, why should they actually consider
basic laws and human principles outside their borders and make
sacrifices to that effect, it's rediculous.)
2. The UN is an organization that wishes to represent mankind.
And yet, non-democratic countries don't do that. Further more,
by providing equal "weight" to countries with hugely differing
amounts of population (and the occasionaly relevant - territory)
that, again, doesn't happen.
3. The UN allows some countries to veto descisions and be the
supreme countries in the organization thus ignoring its own
supposedly democratic basis as well as preventing its own
ability of being usefull when these countries are in some
type of conflict and could use an arbitrary and basic
principle based descision.
4. The UN is basicly funded by all countries but the funding
and hence influence are not adequatly regulated and distributed,
resulting in yet more corruption and self-intrest based descisions
this time influenced by the organization itself.
Feel free to add more negative points...
And don't forget the positive ones if and when you find'em.
Live long and prosper.
My question is - Do you think that the UN today is
as capable and highly usefull organization as it's supposed
to be ?
My personal opinion is no. My reasons are:
1. The UN is an organization that attempts to
control the world democraticly and this means there are
two great problems:
1.1 Many of the member countries are not democratic and
thus do not really make discisions for their peoples.
1.2 While democratic representatives in a single country,
even if they come from different areas, still work for
and respect the country as whole, the same doesn't happen in
the UN. The UN member countries care very little about the
world as a whole. As a result, this supposedly democratic
organization turns into a corrupt organization which is hardly
capable of making any viable descisions or offering any
real solutions based upon basic constitutional laws accepted
by most democaratic societies and respected often in even
non-democratic ones. Any descision is thus influenced directly
by the primary - local/national interests of each country
while ignoring completely things like the better good and/or
basicly accepted moral principles.
(Examples of that are middle eastern issues. The oil flowing
from the arab countries greatly influences all UN discisions.
After all, what should a European country, for example, care
about anything or anyone in that region ? The relevant issue
for them is to get their oil as cheap and as much of it as
possible. Because eventually, why should they actually consider
basic laws and human principles outside their borders and make
sacrifices to that effect, it's rediculous.)
2. The UN is an organization that wishes to represent mankind.
And yet, non-democratic countries don't do that. Further more,
by providing equal "weight" to countries with hugely differing
amounts of population (and the occasionaly relevant - territory)
that, again, doesn't happen.
3. The UN allows some countries to veto descisions and be the
supreme countries in the organization thus ignoring its own
supposedly democratic basis as well as preventing its own
ability of being usefull when these countries are in some
type of conflict and could use an arbitrary and basic
principle based descision.
4. The UN is basicly funded by all countries but the funding
and hence influence are not adequatly regulated and distributed,
resulting in yet more corruption and self-intrest based descisions
this time influenced by the organization itself.
Feel free to add more negative points...
And don't forget the positive ones if and when you find'em.
Live long and prosper.