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I find this thread disappointingly depressing.
To me the benefits, the vast benefits of the United Nations are manifest. Yet many seem to recoil from it in horror, spouting nonesense about evil organizations, endemic corruption, fleecing rich countries etc etc.
I have done my best to show that the UN is hugely important to not only the United States, but also the global struggle against crime, hunger, terrorism, famine, disase, lack of education, gender equality, non-proliferation, finance, telecommunications etc.
I've heard nothing from the nay-sayers about how they would improve things, or what organizations they would put in its place. I have repeatedly accepted that the UN could be improved, as could all organizations.
The United States itself is not above corruption. Should it be disbanded?
The United States itself has blatant self interest at heart. Should it be disbanded?
People seem to be ignoring the facts and basing their anti-UN rhetoric on the usual neo-con nonesense or unilateralist cum isolationist propaganda that one hears in the far-right media. Has anyone done any real research here?!
As the "Mighty Dollar" seems to speak more to many of these short-sighted people, as opposed to what is morally right or humanistic in nature, let me repeat some previous assertions.
The UN includes organizations and bodies such as the World Bank and the World Trade Organization. Without these, the US economy would collapse. Ergo, without the UN the US would collapse economically. In other words, without the UN you would probably lose your job.
The UN includes organizations such as the International Telecommunication Union. Without this, there would be absolute chaos in global communication and, if you work in the IT industry you would probably lose your job.
The UN includes organizations such as the World Intellectual Property Organization. Without this, international copyright law would not exist or be totally ineffective. If you worked as an author, in the film industry or maybe even in the music industry, you would probably lose your job.
The United Nations is what handles the COMMERCE, COMMUNICATION, INTERACTION and ENGAGEMENT between nation states. To call for its disbandment is meaningless. You might as well call for the disbandment of nations themselves.
There HAS to be a mechanism for nation-states to interact. The United Nations is that body. As I've said before, it's so much more than the General Assembly. The US ignores the GA anyway, and regularly vetoes Security Council resolutions.
The world needs the United States. The United Nations need the United States. And like it or not, the United States needs the United Nations. To say otherwise is to ignore the plain truth and you might as well stick your head in the sand.
Mr Mephisto
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