How Powerful Is The United Nations?
The UN is like the international babysitter, keeping a watchful eye and promoting international cooperation on pressing global issues. But when the UN was pressured by Russia into modifying...
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The UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution that quote “condemns in the strongest terms”, the attack that brought down Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine. They also demanded unfettered access to the crash site. But they haven’t yet listed this resolution under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, so the resolution is not enforceable. And they gave in to pressure from Russia and changed the phrase “shooting down” to “downing” so they didn’t even use the “strongest terms” available in their condemnation. Which begs the question… what good is the UN? What military powers does it even have? The short answer is...that depends. The UN is a coalition of 193 nations. If all those nations were to work together militarily...
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The UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution that quote “condemns in the strongest terms”, the attack that brought down Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine. They also demanded unfettered access to the crash site. But they haven’t yet listed this resolution under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, so the resolution is not enforceable. And they gave in to pressure from Russia and changed the phrase “shooting down” to “downing” so they didn’t even use the “strongest terms” available in their condemnation. Which begs the question… what good is the UN? What military powers does it even have? The short answer is...that depends. The UN is a coalition of 193 nations. If all those nations were to work together militarily...
