Aubri Paredes
GVPT200
As
many of us may know, the United Nations was established in 1945 following WWII.
It was set up as an attempt to further prevent the initiation of any future
aggressors and to promote peace amongst nations. In essence, the idea by which
the United Nations was established proves to be a sincere and just way for the
unification of the people on earth as a whole. After all, the purpose of the UN
is to maintain peace amongst nations.
Although some may feel that the United Nations stands more so to acquire
control and power over some nations, rather than with the intentions of helping
them, I feel that the platform of the United Nations, fundamentally, can do
more good than damage.
In my opinion, with the knowledge
that I withhold of the UN, I am all for an institution that promotes world
unity and peace amongst the countries that share this earth. I believe that in
the world we live in today, it is imperative that peace be a primary factor. As
I was on New York Times, I came across a briefing of the article, Sudan: Investigating Reported Rapes. The
article speaks on how the United Nations- African Union are working together to
investigate the rapes of 200 women in the Darfur region of Western Sudan. I
love this aspect of the United Nations. It shows that when a country is so weak
or its government is too corrupted and drifted that it does not care, there is
still is hope and protection for the citizens of that nation. I also feel that
promotion of unity amongst different nations is vital to maintaining peace. If
the countries that mark this earth were to be more united, communication would
be more efficient and it could result in avoiding many conflicts that go on
today.
I understand why some people may
feel some animosity towards the United Nations. But then again we must keep in
mind that the United Nations was concocted by people: people who lead nations and are confronted
with different issues daily, people who share a difference of opinions, so
inevitably there are things that will occur that not everyone may agree
with. While on Google, I found a website
that shares some of their critiques of the United Nations. The website is
called loveearth.net. They believe that the United Nations was established not
to bring good to the people, but more so to try to keep control of the
countries. They also believe that the so called “leaders” of the UN are not
equipped to adequately run such an institution. Due to this, they believe that
the reason under which the United Nations was formed was not to just simply
instill peace.
All in all, I personally believe
that the reasons under which the United Nations was formed can be extremely
beneficial to this world, and are agreeable. However, I also take into
consideration the fact that there may be some slight deviation from the
platform under which the United Nations was formed. One thing that I appreciate
about the United Nations is how they bring aid to people who cannot receive it,
whether it is due to an inefficient government or conflicts that steadily aroused.
Critiques of UN
Sudan story
I agree with you in the necessity of the United Nations. While your example (as you cited) may not follow this general rule, I would argue most critics are critical of the effectiveness of the United Nations, not the existence. So while I agree that investigating these rapes in Sudan is a nice aspect of the UN, it could be argued that this is doing little to prevent future rapes and that investigations have proven overall unfruitful. Therein lays the problem with the UN, not its existence.
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