The UN is probably the only hope for the future. It’s Declaration of Human Rights is probably the best document ever written.
Without a global body setting standards for human rights, freedoms and standards we have little hope.
Tyrannies, genocides, tax evasion, pollution, environmental degradation, mass migration, war, poverty, slavery and torture are all global issues that cannot be controlled by nations alone.
It is crucial that we have a body to address these and prevent future abuses.
The natural environment is being trashed for profit at an alarming rate. There are wars raging, multinationals running without limits, money being stashed away in tax havens, people starving and living in excrement. The UN is the only body to address these.
No the UN is not functioning very well. No it is not democratic enough. But governments send their representatives and many of those governments have been democratically elected.
Yes there are tyrannical despots represented in the UN. But far better to have all the people together, set standards, talk, castigate and put pressure on people rather than distance, diatribe and conflict.
As Winston Churchill said: “To jaw–jaw is always better than to war–war.”
It is time we overhauled the UN, made it more democratic, put in safeguards to prevent corruption or tyrannical control and supported the only body working for the good of the whole planet.