What do you think of the United Nations? Are they doing an effective job, Or they're just nothing but a joke.

Answer 1

Whether UN is doing a good job or not but people doing job in UN are getting fat paycheques.

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Answer 2

The only thing that the so called "united" nations is good at is wasting money, trying to bully other countries into doing what the cry baby countries want and generally being a nuisance to the world. They should buy a ship the size of the Queen Mary or larger and just float around the world. When fighting breaks out somewhere the entire "united" nations would go there and try to settle the conflict.

Answer 3

I don't think they are doing an effective job, I don't think they have ever done an effective job. Yeah it is a good way to keep a lot of countries on the same side and keep them organized together but when it comes to conflict they can not get anything done. Besides that the United Nations can not technically do anything but be really loud when something wrong is going on. They don't actually have the army to back themselves up, the US and Britain always does it for them.
I think they are a joke, all bark and no bite.

Answer 4

I think the UN is inefficient at the moment. The UN was created after the second world war to replace the 'League of Nations'. In the league of nations, you did not have to be a member, it was optional. Hitler pulled Germany out and look what happened. WWII. In the beginning, the UN was efficient, looking back at the past mistakes of the League of Nations, and learning from them. But in recent times there seems to be less and less of that. In my opinion, they have become a large organisation with a name (United Nations) that does nothing and has let there job in the world of trying to fix problems and educating people of these issues to other coutries, organisations and people. It is always countries like mine (Australia), the US, UK, France, Germany, Japan etc. that send in help when a Tsunami strikes, when East Timor has a peace problem, Australia and NZ went in, with no help from the UN. They have left their berdan on others to do their job. And thats why the UN is inefficient and can be labled as a 'joke'.

Answer 5

I think they do a good job on the humanitarian, election observing, and the watch dog side of things,but the Security council is absolutely useless. The U.S. shoulders as much blame as anyone else. I think that the British are generally the only ones who try to do the right thing consistently. The problem is that there are just too many conflicting agendas. When they do come to a consensus it usually results in a weak mandate.

Answer 6

The question should be Are they being allowed to do their job effectively? As long as the present system of permanent members of Security Council and veto system continues the UN cannot do it's job as a impartial mediator and enforcer. This is because it is held hostage to the agenda of the permanent states. The US will veto anything concerning Israel. China will not allow anything against itself and Korea and so on...Also, USA has taken on to itself the role of global policeman when it feels like (esp....when oil and white people are affected). The rest they leave it to the UN to send 'peace keeping forces' who are hamstrung by having a mandate only to keep the peace and not enforce it.
The countries like Aus, NZ, US only act when their interests are threatened and they are not doing any great work on 'humanitarian basis'. There is only one worldwide entity which does something on an impartial basis and that is the UN.
The great humanitarian role of the UN should not be ignored. They are providing relief to thousands of refugees around the world and providing medicines and care to millions of children.

Answer 7

The United Nations is doing its function on a worldwide affairs but for the Middle East problem it is a little bit late in resolving it. It should immediately stop Israel from bombarding Lebanon and the latter not to harbor the Hezbollah guerillas.

Answer 8

They appear corrupt. They've managed to dodge the media over the oil for food scandal - if that was an American government scandal there would be headlines on it still and trials galore. I would like to see the United States tell them we're declining our financial support by 10% a year for 9 years; and after 9 years they get 10% of what we give them today. Don't like it - tough.

Answer 9

Well when a country like America, the self appointed police of the world, defies the U.Ns advice, law advisers, weapons inspectors, and more, it does undermine the power of the U.N

How does this work. America says "stuff it, we'll bomb who we want, when we want", but yet still wants to be a part (not apart) of the U.N. Where is the sense in that ?

For the U.N to be taken more seriously, and respected more, America has to stop working against it and start working with it.

Answer 10

I think they are doing a wonderfull job. They have been in meetings for three days, and today they annoucned that they would like to see the soldiers returned, and then a cease fire on both sides, so they can talk.

Thanks for protecting the world U.N. Nice job!

(sarcasm)

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can you name one time when the U.N. sent troops somewhere that did not turn out to be a disaster?

Answer 11

Effective at some things, ineffective at others. However, despite the shortcomings of the UN, I don't think it merits its disbanding. The whole idea of the UN is something that the people of the world should be striving for.