The UN has created organizations that are beneficial, such as the World Health Organization, UN AIDS (HIV/AIDS), and UNICEF. But the administrative levels of the UN, the general assembly and the security council, are as corrupt as can be.
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Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto
Don't you people understand that it's an organization that is there to assist people, prevent suffering, promote development?
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If the UN is there to assist people and prevent suffering, then why has nothing been done in the Sudan?
The answer is quite simple. Russia, China and our "friends" the French all have oil interests in the Sudan. All three also have veto votes in the Security Council and are unwilling to do anything that goes against the Sudanese government for fear of losing those oil interests. The end result is that the UN won't even declare the events in the Sudan as genocide.
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Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto
In fact, the US "owes" more money to the UN than any other country, if it were to pay its dues as per treaty agreements.
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If you were a member in a club that constantly found ways to blame you for every problem is sees would you be willing to pay the club dues?
The UN continually finds ways to place blame for all the world's problems on the US and then turns around and asks the US to pay them money. Seems like a pretty odd way of asking for money.
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Originally Posted by ubertuber
I think the most deeply rooted distrust of the UN here is because the largest political group that Americans feel allegiance to is the US.
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Perhaps because according to the Constitution of the United States, the US is the largest political body for Americans. The US Constitution is the supreme law of the land and supercedes all treaties with foreign bodies. The UN is a foreign body and therefore if any UN policy is in conflict with the US constitution, the constitution overrides the UN.
At worst, the UN is nothing more than a corrupt orginization. At best, it is nothing more than a bygone tool of the world's only hegemon which has lost its usefulness. In either case, the US could do itself a great favor by pulling out of the UN and kicking them out of New York.