Does the UN have any credibility now, considering its history in Rwanda and now in Lebanon?

Answer 1

I believe it was the entire west that didn't do anything to help Rwanda not just the UN.

Answer 2

The credibility of the UN is certain wanting. Consider that Iran, Syria, and the Sudan all sat on the UN Human Rights Commission the year the US was voted off. The "oil for food" program the UN ran was perhaps the biggest political scandal of the decade. I think we need an organization like the UN, but it's time for some housekeeping. Maybe only member states who have freedom of the press, speech, religion, as well as free and fair elections, and an independent judiciary should be allowed to vote in the Security Council or the General Assembly.

Answer 3

The UN does have credibility and you can confirm this when you hear about a security council resolution being quotes by one side or the other in many conflicts. There are countries who work mostly at undermining, underfunding and trying to control the outcome of votes at the United Nations or subvert the will of the majority of the delegates by use of veto. Who does this sound like perhaps the United States.

The United Nations does some good work inspite of members like the United States. The UN is not there to administer US foreign policy.

Answer 4

the UN is a flawed system at it's earliest layer. VETO powers are what make it inept at getting anything done. This conflict in Lebanon (If you watched the news throughout) would have stopped 14 days earlier had Condolezza Rice not stepped in and said "I don't think this is going to work, let's come back to this after I come back from California for a week".

Let alone Israel bombing Lebanon 4 days after the ceafire and claiming it was a mistake or some crap like that.

Answer 5

The UN could not send troups to Rwanda, it did not have the money to do so, mainly because the US was retaining the monies dues..

Rwanda could possibly had been averted if not the US fault.

also in lebanon all weapons used were US made, this including weapons made with depleted Uranium and cluster bombs.
It is also possible that the bombing of on the civilians population of lebanon by the israelis was ordered by the US, in retaliation because the secular population of lebanon is democratic and was recovering from war..

The US wanted to keep lebanon and Lebanese people in a state of poverty. The attack on lebanon was another attack on democracy..

Currently in iraq, the US armies are instigating a civila war in Iraq, because it lost the popular vote of Iraqis..the US finally realized that democracy in Iraq means governments that rejects the US..

Answer 6

No. The UN has never had any credibility other than that lent by the US Eighth Army in Korea.

Answer 7

I haven't had a lot of faith in the UN's track record up until now but we have to believe it will help.
I remember being in this same situation before and the UN unable to restrain the attacks on Israel after they returned home before.
Who is going to disarm Hezbollah not I fear the United Nations.

Answer 8

Don't install twerps like Kofi Annan as the head of the UN would be a good start to getting it back on track.

Answer 9

If the UN was allowed to do what it was set up to do the world would be different. The UN does what the US wants - not what the rest of the world wants.

Answer 10

Not really. They were not able to stop the US from invading Iraq either. They just advise and send in their peace keepers which just give the people fighting more people to shoot at. The UN guys don't fight back either.