Saving the World, One Document at a Time

The United Nations Charter to protect civilians is a well meaning but worthless endeavor. The only thing the countries truly agree upon is the fact that none of them want their citizens to get hurt. They have no true methods by which this can be accomplised, and no punishment for countries who break the rules. They also contradict themselves with talk of forceful peace-keeping and only taking up weapons when it is in the common interest.

This is what I felt before reading through the United Nations website. After browsing a bit, however, I realized that the United Nations are even more delusional than I had originally thought. In one article they talk about how outer space is to be used for peaceful and scientific endeavors only. However, the same exact problems present in the original charter are present here. There are no consequences, no concrete examples of how the peace will be kept. The United Nations basically decide something is good for everyone, and grandly tell everyone about their decision. In another article, they at least became a bit more proactive. The UN got all of the countries in the Middle East to vote on whether to establish an official nuclear-weapons-free zone. But once again, their plan has flaws. They agree that everyone wants a nuclear free zone, yet they do not specify where this zone is to be or what will happen if someone breaks the agreement. Plus, will one area that's free of nuclear weapons really do a whole lot to destroy the threat of a nuclear war? I feel that the UN is a group of pompous people who feel that they are doing a great deal of good, but are actually accomplishing nothing. Maybe if they just thought through their plans a little more thoroughly?