Do you think UN can chage the political crisis and bring democracy to Burma?
480095
I have no faith whatsoever in the UN.  It's like a modern paper tiger.
1032263
We should finish the job. An active democracy in that region of the globe will benefit human rights, deter terrorism, and promote peace.
179428
Legally it's the United Nations  running the world.  Whatever happened to Democracy?  Even our military is being controlled by the United Nations.  Our country is slowly losing it's right to free choice and free speech.
767603
It leads me to ask this question, should we be fighting for democracy in other countries while ours is being undermined?
614113
SHOULD BE OPEN TO PUBLIC. WORLD BIGGEST DEMOCRACY SHOULD BE OPEN TO ALL PEOPLE AS A MARK OF RESPECT TO THE NATION.
347395
It is possible it could work, but forging a new government of the people, by the people and for the people should have worked too. Unfortunately these different sects are so used to blowing each other up they don't know any better.
213479
Has the UN ever been effective anywhere would be a better question.  Other than a place for different goverments to come together and meet, the UN has no real power and no real effectiveness.
1146967
if they are a democracy...then they wont...\n\nif they try to use it against us..i think our superior firepowewr and training will handle the situation nicely...
789296
Well I think you clearly answered your own question or maybe you have two seperate questions: \n\nCan the UN legally force a country to peform a military withdraw? \n\nCan the UN, if found to have legitimate power to do the later, do they have the "balls" to do so.. \n\nAnswer, NO and NO. The UN can apply "sanctions"(which we know how effective those are) but the history of the UN never was one of military force, rather a collection of governed nations helping one another provide assistance throughout the world. \n\nNATO on the other hand does have a standing military and was created for a totally seperate reason alltogether.
946215
I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for the UN to help with anything, especially in the human-rights department.\n\nThis is the same organization that, just a day or two ago, voted down an amendment that would have called on Cuba to curb its human rights abuses.\n\nThis happened on the same day that the UN passed a resolution calling on the U.S. to end its Cuba embargo.\n\nThat's the UN for you -- silence with regard to Castro's human-rights atrocities, while lecturing us to do business with that bastard.\n\nSo, since the UN is so wimpy with regard to Castro, there's no reason to believe they can do much of anything about Nigeria or anything else in the human-rights arena.\n\n.
318260
It is quite possible. Nepal is in turmoil since the present king acceeded the throne. Over to you CIA!
351021
Unfortunatly, Myanmar is too close to China for its people to get any help from the UN.  Both China and Russia would block any attempts in the Security Council to do anything to free the people there.  ASEAN doesn't care since "Big Brother" China would block action there too.  While the US does care, and there is support to bring down the Junta in Myanmar, there is little we can do (Most people in the world don't even know where Myanmar even is).  The world community is notorious for not acting and then blaming the US when something goes wrong.\n\nAnd for the 80,000th time, stop the "war for oil" "two minutes hate" BS.  The US only exports 10-15% of the Mid-East's oil.  Most of it goes to China, India, Japan, Russia, and the EU.  And if you look at the finding on the "oil for food" scandel, guess who you find at the top of the suspect list?  Hint:  Not the US or the UK.  But hey, why let facts get in you way...
691201
theres like a million countries..\n\nand they dont have to be democratic.\n\nlook at china or soviet union \n\nas long as we get along who cares if its democratic?\n\nlet everyone have what they want...\n\nGood Question though.. make me think\npeace
1133616
No to the theocracy in the US - but, in the same sense, I don't think we should push democracy on countries that will seriously be thrown into chaos as soon as it is introduced (USSR, China, Vietnam, Iraq, etc.). I think it's very arrogant of us Americans to think our way is the best way for everyone - the only way democracy truly works is if it evolves on its own when people get tired of the way things are being run.
1025390
I honestly believe that democracy does not work in all parts of the world. China would fail if democracy ever happened there. China is a country that has deep traditions, and for that reason China will never be a democracy. On top of that they saw what democracy did for Russia.
564415
I hope so.  It is time to liberate the Mexicans from the Junta that runs their nation.  Think of the benefits we would enjoy with the oil reserves of Mexico....plus it would stabalize democracy in a region that is dominated by socialist thugs and autocrats.\n\nSound familiar.
101759
Democracy is an important idea that should be spread across the world. Malaysians would benefit from democracy. Though I have to say, it is never good to be forced fed democracy by a foreign nation; it must come from within the nation, by the people.