The United Nations was created in the 1990’s after the catastrophic massacre of 11 million people in Nazi Germany. The UN ensured that an event like the holocaust would never occur again, (Fitzgerald, 2013). However, after 50 years of the UN’s establishment, there have been hundreds of conflicts resulting in the loss of millions of lives. Another fundamental aim of the UN is to advocate human rights worldwide. However in many countries human rights are being discarded and in places such as Rwanda and Srebrenica it was the UN who discarded human rights. Unlike the League of Nations the UN has a military force which created false hopes and un-realistic expectations. The UN’s principle of their military system is “unity in command.” This principle is commonly mocked as the UN is trying to coordinate a military system where troops have different languages, equipment and training, (Boot, 2000). Another error in the UN is the decisions in the Security Council. The decisions are often slow and pathetic; this can be shown in the decisions for Rwanda and Srebrenica (debatewise.org, 8/04/14). Ultimately the UN has failed in preventing future wars and suffering on a mass scale as they allowed the slaughtering of innocent civilians and is not designed to handle large crisis.
Thesis Statement
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United Nations has not been successful in preventing and resolving conflict as
they cannot supply and ensure the requirements promised to keep innocent
civilians safe. They are also unsuccessful in preventing the conflicts as their
response and management in the Security Council is often indecisive and
problematic causing the situation to worsen.