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Originally Posted by Andy Baker
Then, the UN can send in various weapons inspectors over many years, get told to leave and turn a blind eye to numerous resolutions being broken by that country. Then, an alliance of over 30 countries (without Germany, France, and Russia, of course) decide to stand up against that offending country.
Andy B.
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In the case of the UN Resolutions regarding weapons inspections following the Gulf War, maybe the UN / US should have demanded a right to have unannounced inspections of Saddam's palaces.
The UN is failing because no country wants to allow themselves to be subjected to an international "government." Most countries like the US, England, France, Germany, Russia, etc. are afraid that if they publicly force themselves to follow each and every UN resolution that they lose their autonomy (which is a valid fear). Well established countries want nothing more than to remain sovereign nations. And they have no interest in allowing themselves to be ruled by some alien organization. Permanent members of the UN veto resolutions that they find damaging to themselves or their interests. There once was a time, when my father was growing up, that the USA was proud to have been the only permanent member of the UN to have never used its veto. These days are long gone. The UN is also failing due to the inherent vagueness and ambiguity in the wording of most resolutions. There is eloquence in the wording of resolutions, but there is rarely a distinct meaning in them.
The UN is also failing as a result of corruption. This corruption is not unique to the UN, though. Corruption is just something that exists in materialistic, capitalistic, greed driven societies. The UN is definitely not head and shoulders above other organizations / governments in terms of corruption. To scream and complain about the UN’s corruption is to turn a blind eye to a huge portion of humanity.