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

curious

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.

Lucky Girl

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.

Carmen B

They are not doing they job.

Franko Unamerican

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.

spider

United Nations Organisation offers good support and help.Americans want to dominate and force UNO to obey their decisions.The american government is the one "who encourages terrorism and will fight against the same terrorists if the they attack usa.Americans sell weapons and bombs through out the world and to especially to those countries who encourages terrorism.if american government allows UNO to work on their own,they can do a wonderful service to the world.

Beetle bug

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.

nicolasraage

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?

l00kiehereu

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.

fatboysdaddy

Just one big joke is all the U. N. is.

meathead76

Why not ask them?

They can pass a resolution to think about it for awhile, then they can pass another resolution to set a date to keep thinking about it, then they can pass another resolution to vote for it, then they can pass another resolution to set a date to count the votes...

Then they can pass a resolution to think about what the votes mean.

You can expect an answer sometime in the next decade or so.

netjr

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.

joeybagofdonnuts

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.

FRAGINAL-NOYPI

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.

King of the Net

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

-k-

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