Essay About War Crimes And Organization Of Much Importance

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The UN has been an organization of much importance but recently, it has been not very effective in dealing with certain problems. It should be able to remain as one of the world’s problem solvers but it will need some serious changes. The UN has been quite successful about dealing with war crimes, fighting AIDS, bringing otherwise ignored issues to attention, peacekeeping, running elections, aiding with food and giving aid to refugees. The World Food Program was one of the UN’s best programs. The organization fed 180 million people in 80 different countries, often this aid was in war zones, health emergencies, poor countries and natural disasters. However, one of the most notable UN failures was Rwandan genocide of 1994. The UN failed to carry out its sworn duty of maintaining security and peace. After the Rwandan Civil War in early 1990s, tensions were still high on both sides. At one point, Belgian peacekeepers fled a school, the school was harbor for safety, many traveled there for protection, and gangs killed nearly all of them. The UN is only allowed to pass resolutions, a mere suggestion and is not allowed to take any military action. It is very hard to solve a conflict like this. Also the one veto on the security council would cause a resolution to not be passed. The Cold- War sides make certain resolutions almost impossible to pass, resulting in inaction of the UN in matters where there are seriously needed. Majority rules would be a much better way. Resolutions would get passed and things would get moving much faster. However, resolutions might not be the resolution, the UN would need to be allowed to take serious action to get something done.