Why was the United Nations created?
Because despite some of the horrific things that can be committed by people, there were others who cared, others who wouldn’t let those with too much power or too much influence dominate the earth with dictorial intentions. There were those who wouldn’t stand for any abuse set upon any human in this world. We are all human beings, right? All of the same organic material and should all deserve the protection of an organization that will stand up for them when they aren’t in position to do it themselves.
The United Nations stands for so much more than human rights, they represent the significant, and sometimes faltering, idea that although there are those of us who are living in the western world and are leading an entirely different life than those of others’ in other places, human beings still care about human beings. In a day and age where it seems like every advance in technology dislodges the need to communicate personally, it’s becoming easier to forget the value of human life and to care about what happens to those around you.
I do believe the United Nations are doing, at least, the best they can given their circumstances and they’re position of authority. They do what they can given their resources and support. In Rwanda, during the genocide there, when no other source of support was given to that situation, some of the United Nations Peacekeepers stayed, remaining in a place where full havoc was destroying many homes and taking many lives, with every situation extraordinarily overwhelming, and they weren’t even permitted to fire their weapons if the need arose.
Now, not in any way myself being fully educated on this types of politics but in my opinion, if all the United Nations deals with is human rights and ensuring protection and support for all across the earth, then why should anything be able to trump their efforts to save lives. It only seems clear to me that stopping a genocide or riding a country of famine is of a higher priority than any other issue because we are dealing with human lives as opposed to the economy. A government invests huge, huge amounts of money trying to restore their once glorious economic structure while there are others in the world being consistently sieged or raped or killed. It’s understandable that an economy is needed in order to provide support for these countries but only just; there are so many aspects in the world that call for outrageous amounts of money, how is it that a top-leisure activity that mainly only the well-off can attend retains $10 billion to be held when half the world doesn’t have food or a place to sleep at night?
Again, not knowing the extensive aspects to the rules and regulations incorporated in this circumstances, to me, it would make the most sense if the United Nations was the head of the world, as opposed to the United States. If a corporation’s job is only and always revolving around the preservation of human life, then they should have top priority status. I mean, we’re dealing with lives here, lives that could easily be saved if they had the support. So many atrocities are happening constantly all over the world that many people aren’t even aware of and it just makes our westernized societies look so bad that in all our successes we can’t lend a hand to those who really need it. I don’t know all the reasons and circumstances as to why many people in our world are being ignored but when did anything become more important to tend to than saving human beings? How is it preferrable to live in a high chair and watch as the rest of the race suffers under countless oppressive hands? It just doesn’t make too much sense.
