The United Nations, Have They Actually Done Anything?

1.) The most interesting, surprising and important things I learned from the Charter of the United Nations were: Of course the main purpose of the charter was "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war." It was 1945, right after World War II had ended and the world didn't want to ever have its kids and grandkids partake in a war. The charter also said that both big and small nations would have equal rights. The charter said countries would "practice tolerance," which is a direct reference to the lack of tolerance Germans had for Jews, which resulted in the Holocaust. A weird thing I saw was that these countries would "employ international machinery" to help out their people. Seems kind of odd to put this in a peace charter. The charter said it would strive for the freedoms for everyone without distinguishing race, sex, language or religion, and I think especially in extreme Islamic countries this is definitely not followed today. Probably the most layered quote I found was that

All Members shall give the United Nations every assistance in any action it takes in accordance with the present Charter, and shall refrain from giving assistance to any state against which the United Nations is taking preventative or enforcement action.

2.) The main goal of the charter is to maintain peace for the future citizens of the world. The UN doesn't want any more huge wars, no more civilian casualties and no more genocides. The charter at the same time is working for the equality and general social improvement of citizens everywhere. By countries letting their citizens be equal and free, peace will be achieved.

3.) A big flaw I see in the Charter of the United Nations is that the permanent members are limited to the members that were listed back in 1945. Other countries can be members, but they are temporary. The world has changed in the last 65 years so it doesn't make sense for a document to set in stone the countries that are "permanent" members.

The charter also incorrectly assumes that countries in the United Nations will place a top priority on maintaining peace and loyalty to the UN. In my long quote earlier it shows that countries are bound by the charter "to give every assistance," and I just don't think it's realistic to think that these countries will care enough to follow this rule.