Student Council? Earth Week?

Although uniting the nations of the world under a common goal of peace seems like a good idea in theory, the United Nations fails in the execution of the lofty moral guidelines that it champions. As a humanitarian organization, the UN appears completely philanthropic based on the official statements that they make about social injustice (genocide, violence against women) and seems, as a judge, a very powerful conscience to the world. However, it quickly becomes clear that the UN is more like a discussion about what should happen ideally; it lists the steps that need to be taken, but it refuses to take the initiative to make that happen. It seems like (rather appropriately this week) a student council candidate declaring passionately that the ice cream machine should be returned or that we should have more days that start late. Since their promises are clearly overambitious, it's almost expected that they fail to deliver. The same comparison can be made with environmental awareness groups (look at that...) who discuss the issues with the world that need to be fixed, but in the scheme of things, they hold no power over that workings of our vast planet. In official statements by the Security Council, the group of people that supposedly has the potentially to regulate other countries' actions, the opening sentence of each paragraph always seems to be, "The Security Council reiterates," 'The Security Council is alarmed," "The Security Council reaffirms," "The Security Council welcomes." Never is it stated, "The Security Council does." They only seem to look onto the actions of the outside world and either give the the thumbs up of affirmation or shake their head in disapproval. Articles, such as the recent earth day article, do seem like a community service organization, announcing ideals but never following through. The UN has the right idea, but their professed task to maintain absolute peace, freedom, and justice in the world is inherently impossible.