United Nations

The United Nations was created in the aftermath of World War II and served as a replacement for the ineffective League of Nations. The purpose of this intergovernmental establishment was to promote international co-operation and to preserve a firm foundation for peace. However, the United Nations is remarkably more than simply an organization that secures peace and resolves conflicts. It is engaged in an expansive array of work that focuses on improving the lives of many around the globe; it…

The United Nations Security Council is one of the six main organizations within the United Nations. Additional organizations within the United Nations are the General Assembly, The International Court of Justice, The United Nations Secretariat and The United Nations Economic and Social Council. Of the six organizations, only the Security Council is capable of imposing policies and sanctions on other members of the United Nations. Having this capability, they can decide to declare new policies…

year going to an ineffective, unnecessary, and expensive program. The United Nations is ineffective, because it does not uphold its promises. It is expensive because we spend 6.8 billion dollars a year on a failing program. Lastly it is unnecessary because countries already have their own resources and programs. We should abolish the United Nations because it is needless, unproductive, and expensive. The United Nations is unproductive seeing as it does not, do one thing it promises to do…

The United Nations Human Rights Committee was founded to be an international front to combat human rights violations across the world. However, the effectiveness of its presence in international law is debatable. To understand its effectiveness Human Rights must be defined. Human Rights are “Rights possessed by humans, the set of entitlements held to belong to every person as a condition of being human.”. The Oxford English Dictionary gives the best definition as rights that belong to every…

The United Nations Charter (UN Charter) and Declaration of Human Rights are similar in their ideals; yet, fall into conflict in how issues should be addressed. While the documents do have similar ideals it is important to note the documents were designed for two very different purposes; the UN Charter was designed to bring the United Nations (UN) into existence and the Declaration of Human Rights was designed to set up what rights everyone is entitled to. This fundamental difference between the…

The United Nations (U.N.) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) collide with their ideology on digital censorship of the free internet. The EFF is a nonprofit organization whose sole purpose is defending the general population’s civil liberties in the digital community through impact litigation, policy analysis, activism, and technology development (Electronic Frontier Foundation). While, the United Nation’s mission statement is to, take action on the issues confronting humanity in the…

‘The United Nation (UN) has been an ineffective actor in maintaining peace and security in the post-Cold War era’. Critically evaluate that claim. The United Nations (UN) is the closest the international system has to an international government, it is organisation bringing 193 member states together in order to “maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, and cooperate in solving international problems.” These are main goals highlighted in the UN…

The United Nations is the association of almost every country in the world. It is thus an international association. In its preamble it states that its aim is to end the war, to proclaim its faith in human rights and in justice between countries, to develop social progress and work for tolerance. Moreover, the goal of the Security Council is “to maintain international peace and security” and also “to develop friendly relations between nations”. These principles promote the Liberal Peace theory.…

The United Nations The United Nations was created with one goal in mind, to preserve peace among nations and to help prevent another World War especially between powerful European Nations because it would be devastating. Over the years the United Nations has evolved to become more of a universal humanitarian organization and when I say humanitarian I mean the United Nations has evolved into a charity organization for third world countries. However the idea of preserving peace amongst nations…

countries are in a democratic Nations. One of those countries is the United States. In a Democratic Nation citizen have the choice of choosing their next representative for the next four years. A Democratic government also promote economic freedom. The following statement, “The United States is rich because it is a democratic nation.” it is not totally true but the democratic nation is a huge factor in the grown of the United states. Thanks to the Democratic Nations, the United States in one…