Is the United Nations successful?

The United Nations was created to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, protect human rights, maintain international peace and security, and uphold international law. Its 71-year history is marked with many successes, but also disappointments. We need to look at both sides so that we can make the U.N. read more

The United Nations was created to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, protect human rights, maintain international peace and security, and uphold international law. read more

The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization whose stated aims are promoting and facilitating the cooperation between the state members to solve the issues about international law and security, economic and social development, human rights, political freedom and the environment. read more

It is modestly successful, more in health, education and economic programs than peace maintenance. But United Nations peacekeepers have performed valuable services over the years. The problem is, we all hoped that the UN would be the world’s peacekeeper and that it would be able to prevent major wars. read more