United Nations without United States?!!?
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Well ,it is a good question.I believe that United Nations Security Consul has many obligations,in fact it is crated in order to prevent violations and atrocity and to keep peace and security in the world ,but unfortunately peace and security are not totally prevailed!in the world and we blame always US because it makes more decisions in UNSC. I think others permanent members in the counsel has responsibility too,we blame US, UK for there roll but in fact France china,Russia are also have did less or nothing for peace and security in the world which they should have done !!.and this is a big problem .of course it is right that US keep it,s interests but I believe without US ,there will be more dictators,terrorists,atrocity in the world. If we look the policy among different nations then we can understand that only US policy has significant diplomacy and bring nations to dialog which is in my view undeniable, it is all members responsibility in UNSC in order to functions be more acceptable.
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Also try: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_nations
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Now that is a question that's somewhat difficult to answer, as there is no one right answer. \n\n Many sources offer different answers, and depending on the source, there are 189, 191, 192, 193 or 194 independent countries in the world today. \n\n The United Nations has 192 members (including Montenegro and Serbia - the two newest nations) but that number does not include the Vatican, an independent nation. \n\n The US State Department recognises 193 independent countries around the world. but that list of countries reflects the political agenda of the United States of America. As an example, it does not include Taiwan as China claims that Taiwan (the ROC) is simply a province of China. \n\n The latest World Almanacs use 193 countries, which is probably the best answer, but what about Palestine? Greenland? Western Sahara? Chechnya? Tibet ? Cabinda?\n\nThe political world is constantly changing and the definition of a country is difficult . If so what about Somalia? \n\nAs for the richest country it is the same scenario, depending on which criteria you are using the positions seem to change also . But I will say the USA is because even those countries with oil they still want the USA to come and buy it otherwise they will starve . If donations are wanted in this world everyone looks at the USA first . Same as military, Same as tourism etc
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Bush and his cronies are not very good at diplomacy or cooperation.  It's not surprising that the rest of the world would not be happy with a country that's taken such a "my way or the highway" stance.  After all, we haven't signed the Kyoto treaty, we won't talk to countries we don't like, we call the UN names and bully them while refusing to pay our dues (uh, that predates the Bush era, but still), we've got people who claim that the Geneva Conventions are "quaint", and we've decided that's it's perfectly okay to wage pre-emptive strikes on sovereign nations without UN approval, which is something that's been a huge no-no ever since WWII.  Frankly, we've not been good world citizens, largely because of the Bush administration.  I think the world hopes the Dems are like their colleague, Bill Clinton, who is, if nothing else, very good at making friends.
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Because the U.N. had no such authority. Not to mention that "petelikesmail" is totally correct in his post above. The U.N. is a complete joke and ignores when real atrocities happen. When known human rights abusers are on the human rights committie, how could your trust them?
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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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It's the other way around - the USA is part of the UN.
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I would like to see the United Nations become an agency with more teeth to it. It seems that most of the time, they sit around and talk and then after a few months of "You really ought to not do this or that", they get around to discussing possible sanctions, and ask permission to go see what may be going on. They don't act with enough authority. It would appear that any court of any of it's members could do a faster job of resolving a problem. (Maybe not to every ones satisfaction.) Why does it take the U.N so long? They need to become a world court that you don't mess around with.
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The U.N. is a useless entity. It is internally corrupt and uses it's power to benefit it's members. They make hollow threats to countries and never back their own decisions.
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Perhaps write to the United Nations in New York & ask your question.\n\nGood luck with your good work.
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Kofi Annan is a dweeb.\n\nThe United Nations holds virtually no power or authority, and frankly, they don't really support the USA on any issues (look up the US voting record in the UN, and look up the UN's final decision).  Yet America supplies most of their funding and stuff.\n\nThe concept is good, but the results have been poor, from a US perspective.
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As if \nlol!\nEven though they founded the UN, and they house the UN, they seem incapable of working with the rest of the world at times!
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TRY THIS LINK\nhttp://www.un.org/
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it is not a new discovery. UN have been a puppet in USA hands for long time now. UN is useless when the subject concerns USA.
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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.
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The United Nations doesn't and will most likely never help the world.  It's a wasted organization that needs a lot less talk and a lot more action.
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With the latest reports out of Iraq and across the world, it is evident that the United States has broken many of the U.N. charter rules.These include torture and the basic rules of war. I know that this is an unpopular choice, but sometimes the correct response is not always the most popular.