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They could all say they are going to disband if Israel doesn't stop. Why even have the UN if they can't do anything
Or better yet expel isreal
First of all, that's also not in his power.
Secondly, how would disbanding the part of the UN that investigates human rights abuses help Palestinians?
Edit: Wait, you think the entire UN should be disbanded over this?
The UN is the only reason we haven't had a nuclear war yet. Otherwise, countries wouldn't have a neutral world forum.
No I think the un is mostly useless.
They are united about nothing
That's not what the UN is for... it's not a military force... it's a round table for nations to work their differences out via words and not nuking each other.
People like to criticise the UN but the alternative to having the UN is having no UN. We'd be fucked
We need something more than the UN that has real power to stop Israel's terror and genocide. The UN can fuck off and prevent it's theoretical events elsewhere.
And how do you propose to create this organization and get countries to agree on its legitimacy?
The US doesn't even recognize the authority of the internation war crime tribunal, you really think they (or any other superpower) would accept binding arbitration in matters of international relations?
How would you react if the UN becomes the world government, so that they would finally have the power to stop wars and hunger that people always complain about?
Precisely.
I may be ok with that depending on the governing structure they came up with for a world government. Like would it be a democracy? Socialism? It really depends lol
But right now it seems very ineffective if America or Israel does something horrible they can just veto or whatever and nothing gets done.
As an American myself I would love it if the UN actually had powers to keep my government in line. they sure as hell don't listen to the will of the people.
There is no reason why the UN as a world government could not be a democracy. After all, the institution has always been parroting about the rule of law; ending world hunger and poverty; and the UN General Assembly rightfully called out blatant violations of international laws. The WHO is the most successful organisation by containing and eradicating many diseases including smallpox and COVID.
People complain of the UN being powerless, and yet distrustful of giving it more power. Either it has to remain powerless or furnish it with actual power. The doublethink should end and people have to make up their minds.
Edit: grammar
The UN should disband for not stopping Israel, something the US (Biden right now) would stop yet when Biden was criticized you defended him as 'there was nothing he could do'.
Love Americans and their hypocrisy.