The UN set about to accomplish four primary goals: “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind…; to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights…; to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained; and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom.” The UN is actually six different bodies. The Security Council, which consists of five per

Since the Third World majority took over the UN and its budget, total UN employment has ballooned from 1,500 to more than 50,000 worldwide. The latter does not include the nearly 10,000 consultants or the peacekeeping forces, which at their height in 1993 numbered some 80,000. There is no way of telling for sure exact numbers because there is no list of personal. The Secretariat is an organization that sees itself as above the law in the fact that it feels that it doesn’t have to foreclose any information regarding its make-up or budget expenditures to any of the member-states or anyone else. There is also the point of corruption and outright theft. Tens of billions of dollars have disappeared from the UN over the years, $4 billion alone from the office in Mogadishu, Somalia. Some members have called for an Inspector-General who could investigate and audit the UN. This was taken into consideration and while the west wanted an Inspector-General with absolute power to enforce the rules and sanctions, what the Third World members voted on was a puppet position that was under the Secretary-General and he would be able to make reports and recommendations of changes, he would have no real power. This leads to the question if the UN could ever be reformed, some say it could. The US has threatened to withdraw money and support if a more powerful Inspector-General was

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