Estheria Quintessimo
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After thousands of years of almost constant wars... these days we have the United Nations to oversee global conflicts.
But there is a serious flaw which makes the United Nation not effective to act.
Made up from the human skulls and bones from TWO World Wars in which millions of peoples died,... The current UN is a left over relic based on a decades old global power base.
The flaw is the Security Council. A quick quote from wiki:
It has been clear during many events during the last few decades,.. that the VETO power of the 5 permanent members is a problem. Even if it is not used,.. it will hold perhaps Security Council Member States back,... to propose a resolution,... as it will be vetoed down anyway.
Though atleast 3 of the 5 permanent members are considered to be democratic nations,.... This permanancy was constructed after WW2,... half a century ago. It was based on an after WW2 world. ... But much has changed since.
As a western person myself... I can see the problems in the UN. Having VETO power is extreemly usefull. Two 2 European countries have it,... but it means nothing if Russia and China VETO against your proposals. Perhaps we will see this soon in some Syria Resolution.
But I am also afraid to propose a change to the Security Council Rules. It is clear from my perspective... that a large part of the world does not embrace democracy in it's true sence (like in the USA or in many EU countries)
Suppose the UN would change their rules,... and it might perhaps someday give an advantage to religious based countries. For me... as an atheist this would be an absolute horror. But I can inmagine lots of religious based countries not really feeling much umph for the UN these days,.... with a lot of western democratic countires in the Security Council,... with VETO Power.
What to do?
What is the future of the UN?
Any thoughts on this?
But there is a serious flaw which makes the United Nation not effective to act.
Made up from the human skulls and bones from TWO World Wars in which millions of peoples died,... The current UN is a left over relic based on a decades old global power base.
The flaw is the Security Council. A quick quote from wiki:
It has been clear during many events during the last few decades,.. that the VETO power of the 5 permanent members is a problem. Even if it is not used,.. it will hold perhaps Security Council Member States back,... to propose a resolution,... as it will be vetoed down anyway.
Though atleast 3 of the 5 permanent members are considered to be democratic nations,.... This permanancy was constructed after WW2,... half a century ago. It was based on an after WW2 world. ... But much has changed since.
As a western person myself... I can see the problems in the UN. Having VETO power is extreemly usefull. Two 2 European countries have it,... but it means nothing if Russia and China VETO against your proposals. Perhaps we will see this soon in some Syria Resolution.
But I am also afraid to propose a change to the Security Council Rules. It is clear from my perspective... that a large part of the world does not embrace democracy in it's true sence (like in the USA or in many EU countries)
Suppose the UN would change their rules,... and it might perhaps someday give an advantage to religious based countries. For me... as an atheist this would be an absolute horror. But I can inmagine lots of religious based countries not really feeling much umph for the UN these days,.... with a lot of western democratic countires in the Security Council,... with VETO Power.
What to do?
What is the future of the UN?
Any thoughts on this?
