Why does the UN lack credibility?

Question

Did it always lack credibility or only recently?

Answer 1

The UN lacks credibility because its 200 members have equal votes, and about 135 of these "nations" are backwater little corrupt dictatorships.

The UN had some phony credibility when "the United Nations" won WW2, really the US/UK/Canada. It lost some credibility by voting for the Korean War and ending up with a cease-fire instead of a victory. More credibility was lost when Kasmir got hot and stayed hot --through the '50s. Through th '60s. Through the '70s. Through the '80s and through the '90s.

There have been over 50 wars since WW2 and the UN has fanned many and blundered around in a few. It delayed the START of the second Iraq war by about 9 months, but a lot of the credit for that goes to Colin Powell.

Classic example of why the UN lacks credibility -- the UN "Human Rights" commission --all the member nations of this committee are dictatorships that torture their own people --every one!

The UN has always had a flawed structure, and the failure to finish up Korea and the admission of China, instead of Japan, as a permanent member of the Security Council are the biggest mistake, though the rotting of the Human Rights commission and Saddam Hussein's looting of the moiey in the oil-for food program haven't helped at all.

"It's another League of Nations," a shrewd WW2 veteran told me of the UN in 2005. I didn't argue about that.

Answer 2

The only place the UN lacks credibility is in the USA.

Most other countries respect the UN. Have you not noticed that most of the world don't respect the USA? It is because the USA is the wild dog foaming at the mouth and the UN is always trying to hold the USA back. The biggest agressor in the world is the USA. So it is only the USA that don't respect the UN. Well a few other countries too but mostly the USA because they will not allow the USA to go on a rampage like the USA wants to.

Answer 3

Credibility and respectability and no it is not recent. Been going on for years. Fat cats who park anywhere, tie up traffic and don't pay parking fines like the rest of us. What do they do? Run around in limos, wear expensive suits, do nothing about 8 year old girls getting raped around the world.

The UN stands for nothing, they will not enforce their resolutions. Show me one conflict which they have truly brought a successful end to. The UN is a corrupt organization. It is unfortunate because it could have been such a force for good. It should be renamed RUN.

Answer 4

i dunno why is the sky blue?

but seriously, it lacks credibility because it will make all sorts of resolutions, and then do nothing about it. it has no power to enforce anything.
Also, looking at the oil for food scandal, more so than not, the great leaders of the UN are taking bribes from the mad dictators when they should have been enforcing and holding the dictators ballls to the fire in order to make the world safer, in accordance with those Un resolutions.

So it was up to america to put boots on the ground and actually enforce all those UN resolutions concerning Iraq, that the UN didnt feel like enforcing.

Answer 5

They lack credibility because they have no back bones. Rather than standing up and doing what is right, they sit around and discuss it. And they discuss it until it doesn't need to be discussed any further. Then when it comes back on them in future...they throw all their "uh, um, hmm's" around.

I don't think it always lacked credibility, but when it is used as a sounding post rather than a place to discuss world issues, it loses it very quickly.

Answer 6

It has always been a joke. Its just another department of the American government, in place to make people think there is some international organisation looking after their interests.

Answer 7

It passes resolutions, puts soldiers there, and then, does nothing but stand by and watch. It was pretty much always that way.

Answer 8

huh?