Sierra Susko
Professor Cheney
ENC 1101 – Essay #5
November 30, 2015
The US Should Withdraw From the UN Final Outline
I. Background
A. History
B. Current situation
II. Unfulfilled charter
A. World peace 1. Bosnian massacre 2. Somalia 3. Rwanda
B. Human rights 1. Membership nations 2. Abuses
III. Overburdensome cost
A. Percentage paid by US
B. Financial stewardship
C. Membership corruption
IV Sovereign rights
A. Membership requirements
B. Treaties
1. US Constitution
2. UN Charter
3. Washington’s farewell
C. Competing interests
V. Global community
A. Decreased influence
B. Fallacious argument
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: To prove that the United States should withdraw from the United Nations
The time has come to recognize the U.N. for the anti-American, anti-freedom organization that it has become. The time has come for us to cut off all financial help, withdraw as a member, and ask the U.N. to find a headquarters location outside the United States that is more in keeping with the philosophy of the majority of voting members, someplace like Moscow or Peking (Rousos, par. 30).
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In this essay, I shall be discussing whether the UN Security Council (hereafter referred to as the Security Council) is fit for purpose in the 21st Century. The approach I will be taking is more of a generic outlook; examining which fragments of the Security Council requires reformation.
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“ Here is a task truly of, by and for the world, one that should rally nations. The nature of this task however, must be clearly understood; only then can suitable means for accomplishing it be formulated, only then can the role that the United Nations could and should play be appreciated” ( Wilcox/Haviland, 29). There are many international organizations that have been talked about throughout this semester. One of the most important ones is The United Nations. The United Nations was established October 24, 1945, and has since then been impacting the country. The United Nations main purpose according to the lecture notes is “ to provide a global additional structure through which states can sometimes settle conflicts with less reliance on the use of force , for whole purpose of the United Nations is to provide the globe a forum by which countries may settle disputes through this forum peacefully as opposed to relying on a force which has been the case historically” ( Kopalyan, Module 8). Thus meaning The United Nations was set up to handle problems peacefully rather than going to war to try and solve problems. “Powerful economic as well as political forces are at work to bring about a growing integration of the world community, and the United Nations and its related agencies are uniquely fitted to assist in the task” (Wilcox/Haviland,45). This was some of the reason that the United Nations was created.
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First, the Theory of UN Collective Security briefly summarizes why the UN was established after WWII and how it has served the global community as a method to avoid war and conflict through collective security. Collective security is introduced as a principle that allows nation-states to be interconnected in a way that no only prevents war and conflict, but also provides methods that can be