World Peace versus the United Nations

Thesis: The role of the United Nations has changed from being primarily an international peacekeeping force to primarily a humanitarian organization.

Thesis: The role of the United Nations has changed from being primarily an international peacekeeping force to primarily a humanitarian organization.

It is taken for granted that the pursuit of peace is a worthy pursuit. We, the human race, have dedicated enormous efforts to that noble pursuit. The United Nations, one of the most important and powerful organizations in the world was created just for that purpose. The first article of the UN charter reads, “The Purposes of the United Nations are: To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace”.

In the midst of World War II, as expressed by Noah Rayman in a TIME article, the Allied powers still wanting peace, formed a new entity which will be known as the United Nations (UN) composed of the initial 26 countries of the League of Nations. Even though cynicism about the efforts of the U.N’s. usefulness abounded, people appealed for not only efforts to direct the war, but also for the people of the world to be united. The UN triumphed and in 1945 descended upon San Francisco to “hash out the details of an intergovernmental organization to jointly confront the world problems.” (Rayman, 2014)

In the pursuit of positive peace for the global community, certain mechanisms are necessary in order to better protect human rights and resolve interstate conflicts. Prior to the events of World War II, a cogent set of laws defining those human rights, much less violations therein were never heard at an international scale. The International Criminal Court has the role as both appellate for justice and voice for peace in the international community but has not yet resolve the contradictory ends of both roles. That contradictory end is that many countries proclaim the necessity of the International Criminal Court as an advocate for conflict resolution and peace advocacy while being resist or outright antagonistic towards the court when their own state has committed those same crimes. To the ends of defending basic universal rights, the International Criminal Court (hereafter ICC) serves that capacity when state level systems cannot or will not act accordingly.

“We the people of the United Nations,” is the beginning of the UN preamble. First states, “Determined to save succeeding generations from war.” Secondly to, “reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights.” Third, to uphold international law. And fourth, “to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom.” The UN is a controversial topic that many people have different opinions about. In this paper it will discuss the history to how the United Nations came about, the structure of it, what it has done and is doing towards helping people and keeping peace. And overall show the efforts toward their Charter and what can be done about the future for the United Nations.

The world that we lived in is full of conflicts. Theories have come into play as general explanations for these causes. When problems are not solved between countries, worse case scenario would be to involve the military forces to threaten each other. The United Nation is the mediator amongst these countries to hopefully come into a state of resolution or compromise in order to reduce massive destructions. The economy and trade amongst nations often determine the power, status, and the relations amongst each country as to be either good or bad.

“ 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.

Analysis of the UN paper “Contributing to the ANPDF:
The United Nations in Afghanistan working as one”

The United Nations, with its rigid moral and political limitations against force, has become a benchmark of peace and a social achievement of modern times. From war torn Europe, the United Nations developed from five major powers with an initial goal to prevent the spread of warfare through peaceful means and to establish and maintain fundamental human rights. Through the past fifty years, this organization has broadened its horizons with auxiliary organizations from peace keeping missions to humanitarian aid, to economic development. However, in a modern example of ethnic cleansing, the UN faces new a new role as a bystander as its power is bypassed by NATO forces. The UN, however, promises to be an

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), also known as the World Court, is the paramount court of international law. Nevertheless, there appear to be power discrepancies within the ICJ. When looking at the structure and history of the ICJ, one can observe the advantages of major powers within the court. States look to the ICJ as an impartial arbitrator, but the ICJ seems to be significantly more partial than one may expect it to be. If major powers are favored in the court, weaker states will lose faith in the supreme judicial organ of global law. The ICJ serves a critical role in international law and thus it must fairly proceed in disputes brought forth by any member state. This is not the case and there is an imbalance of power in the ICJ system as major powers heavily influence the structure, decision-making, and compliance measures. Specifically, The United Nations Security Council has the utmost influence in the United Nations (UN) and thus has serious power inside the ICJ. The major powers can influence decisions in a variety of ways, such as through their constant

Following the war, the world powers had decided that they needed a better way to maintain peace and solve international conflicts, thus leading to the creation of the UN. Ever since then, the new international organization has been a critical part in keeping world peace and has become a way for countries to be able to negotiate together on even ground. The event of World War II is credited as the main reason for how the United Nations came to be. We can look back at our past and learn from our mistakes to create a better future. Out of the bloodshed of war, we must to seek out the lesson. Not only did the war give the war an invaluable lesson, but it also improved the lives of the people of a certain

As the name suggests, the United Nations (UN), is an intergovernmental organisation to promote international co-operation, where it’s Security Council (SC) has a primary responsibility to withhold “peace and security” (United Nations n.d.) across the globe. In regards to its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, the SC has continued to engage on an extreme agenda in “accordance with the principles and objectives set forth in the Charter of the United Nations” (United Nations 2015). The UN was arranged to determine the existence of a threat to peace and to take effective cooperative measures for the prevention and elimination of the threats to the peace and for the suppression of acts of aggression

Kofi Annan once said, “More than ever before in human history we share a common destiny. We can master it- only if we face it together.” The origins of the United Nations began seventy years, here, in the United States. “ In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference. Each delegate deliberated on the proposals by the representatives of China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States at Dumbarton Oaks starting in August of 1944. The Charter was signed in June of 1945 by each of the fifty-one representatives. The U.N. was officialized on October 24 of 1945, after the Charter had been ratified by a majority of other signatories (un.org, 2015) . While the intentions for Franklin D. Roosevelt 's coined “United Nations” was to align the Allied Powers and anyone else against the Axis Powers in World War II, the it’s goals are a bit broader now. While we did have a ‘League of Nations’ before The United Nations, it was put in place after the Paris Peace Conference after the first World War, there wasn’t exactly much accomplished. The United Nations now, has four main purposes: maintain international peace and security, develop healthy relations amongst nations, solve international problems and promote human rights. While some agendas are hard to advance, the U.N. has successfully completed several; including peacebuilding in war ridden countries, new enforcement on the issue of climate change, and defending human

The NAM has the biggest number of member states and there is power in number. These countries use their number to block proposals and because a two-third majority vote is needed in the General Assembly, the NAM is a huge challenge that has to be overcome. While not all members of the bloc categorically oppose the proposal because of their ties with other bloc members through bilateral and/or multilateral agreements, pressure from the bloc and regional organisations is significant enough for them to abide by group decision. The position of a country, particularly a small and weak state, in the bloc negotiations may altogether be supplanted by the position of regional or bloc powers.