Isn't it ironic that the five permanent members of the UN are also the largest manufacturers and exporters
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you are right... anyone committed to peace, neither holds a gun or sells them to others.  gandhi was a perfect example of that.
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6,5 billion and then some.
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They aren't on the members list yet but.........\n\nACCESSIONS\nViet Nam \nThe General Council approved Viet Nam's membership on 7 November 2006. Viet Nam will become the WTO's 150th Member thirty days after domestic ratification of the accession package.
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That might be possible if it wasn't for the fact that many of these organizations are opposed by the USA. Many of these are out to bring the USA to bear for war crimes and crimes against humanity, which is in the interests of everybody.
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The reason why the UN is established in the first place is to have a neutral ground where international disputes and issues can be discussed by all the member states.  Therefore, I think that having the UN is better than having each state have their say on international issues using their own ways (wars, etc.)  It was after the second world war that this organization came to be.  Hence, it is an important impartial way of avoiding conflicts worldwide.
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The United Nations is a global government to which 191 nations belong. Your question makes no sense because there already is a "global government."
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I dont think so. They mainly help the developed countries at the cost of developing ones. Though the developing countries do incur some profit like removal of restrictions on export etc. but in long term these organisations arent really useful for the developing nations
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There are presently 191 member States of the United Nations
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And there are some in the Caribbean as well. These are just small countries that have petrochemical reserves and use them for the most part to produce products for export to developed countries. So really the developed countries are the ones indirectly responsible for the relative large emissions of these small countries, and maybe the CO2 emitted in producing the finished product should count against the importing country.
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They are doing as good job as the members in the UN let them to do especially those nations that have a veto vote. When they cannot agree the failure isnt just UNs fault but it also leans onto the veto nations in the UN. That include the US.
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The United Nations has become a political lobbying organization for a way of life its leaders feel is the way it should be.  Its a quasi democratic socialistic system much like those in Western Europe (France, Holland, etc).  As such they are not able to handle serious issues like the one you present.  Handling these issues will cost them political capital and force them to lose ground on their political agenda.  \n\nThis was the same reason they would not do anything about Iraq.  It was not because they didn't think Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction it was because doing something about it would cost them political capital...look at all the countries Saddam paid oil profits too (France, Germany, Russia, China)
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A bit over 6.5 billion.
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The UN is controlled by the security council where the permanent members have a veto.They are first and foremost responsible for any failure of the UN in anything.I admit it's more than annoying but it's also weird to blame the UN as a front to not have to blame the world community.\nThe UN can only be as strong or as weak as its members
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Whatever it is, it is too much.  We need to kick that sham organization out of the U.S. and stop paying dues to what has become a total joke.  The U.N. is useless and is actually an impediment to getting anything done globally.
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UN is a joke corrupted by France, Germany, Russia, China.
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Because we import more then we export.
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Yes, that's true. There are currently 207 countries in the FIFA, but only 191 in the United Nations.