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Why the United States just doesn't get the United Nations

For years I have been amazed as I've volatile
listened to people here in the United Middle East and particularly with Israel
States and its unceasing dispute with the
demonstrate their complete ignorance of Palestinians. The UN has been helping
the purpose and tremendous value of the that powder keg from exploding over all
United Nations, even to the of
point of our country not paying dues to us since June of 1948: UN observers and
the organization. Ambassador to the missions have been in the region for over
United
Nations has often been viewed as a fifty years and it was UN envoy Ralph
second-class or B-level diplomatic job Bunche who is widely credited with
and with negotiating
the current Presidential perspective, the cease fire between the Arab nations
the UN has become a troublesome entity and the newly formed nation of Israel in
and 1949. I, for one, am darn appreciative.I
the appointment of an Ambassador a don't dispute that the United Nations is
hassle. John Bolton, denied the an imperfect organization and that some
appointment, of its efforts and leaders let their
knows what I'm talking about here.To zeal and personal politics get in the way
understand what value the United Nations of their
brings to the world, you have to start better judgment. "Let ye who is without
out by understanding where the UN came sin cast the first stone," however: I
from...The year is 1919 and the nations expect
of the world have just suffered the an organization that represents the vast
ravages of the majority of nations on our planet -- the
first truly worldwide war, World War I. only organization that even tries to
In response, the war-ending Treaty of accomplish this important task -- to be
Versailles spawns the League of Nations flawed.
"to promote international It's about whether the value of the UN
cooperation and to achieve peace and overcomes any shortcomings and, of
security." Brilliant idea, but the Treaty course,
itself it does.You can see from my writing
was so fundamentally flawed that World here, I'm passionate in my support of the
War II occurred anyway, even with the United
efforts of the League, and so the League Nations, and I'm proud to be a long-time
was disbanded during WWII.In 1942, during supporter of UNICEF and the other efforts
the worst hours of World War II, United
States President Franklin D. of the United Nations.That's why it's
Roosevelt gave a speech to the nation, a remarkable to me that our government
speech called the "Declaration by United would not only attempt to
Nations" during which representatives of appoint a mediocre candidate to the
26 nations pledged their Governments to position of United States Ambassador to
continue fighting together against the the
Axis Powers. That speech is commonly United Nations (and really, what
considered the formative event of the position can be more important in terms
United Nations, and in 1945, when World of the US
War view being represented in the
II was ending, representatives from 50 always-changing loose consensus of world
nations met and drew up the United peace?)
Nations Charter, formally creating the but then that it be rumored that
organization.The UN was not meant to President Bush would bypass Congress --
bring "permanent peace in our times" but the voice
from the of our nation -- and consider appointing
beginning to offer a venue for argument, Bolten as temporary ambassador to
dispute settlement and discussions about the UN directly?The irony, of course, is
how nations could both be responsible that the very myopia that causes members
members of the global community and stand of the US
government to be blind to the tremendous
up for their own rights and needs as value and import of an organization that
individual nations, as unique cultures truly represents the views of the
and downtrodden, the third world, the poorer
communities of their own too.When I hear nations
people say "but all people ever do in the and the disenfranchised is also the same
UN is argue" I nod my head, government that would move to
but I think "of course! That's the circumvent the representative voice of
point, the very essence, the true its own citizens and appoint someone who
value of the UN!" And it is: imagine a is
world without the United Nations. How do not suitable for the job, has never been
countries then argue about border part of the diplomatic corps, is clearly
disputes or settlers meandering onto not a
unclaimed brilliant statesman, and who just
lands or trade disparities, or refugees doesn't really understand the role of the
from warring areas, or ... all the many, United
many Nations and how it, not the United
topics that are heard on the UN assembly States, steers the ship of world peace,
floor? You and I both know how these how it
would all be settled: through bloody and frequently steers our volatile world
violent warfare, warfare where innocent away from the brink of World War III.But
third parties, where children, families then again, we can't even pay our
and even passionate young men and women organizational dues and claim that unlike
would be killed, all because their
governments had no venue to yell and have other nations our efforts under the
a aegis of the United Nations (our troops
calmer third party offer a path towards being
peace, settlement and a solution.That the part of peacekeeping efforts, for
United Nations has a peacekeeping force example) should nullify any debt. Yet the
is brilliant, but even without it, IRS, for
even if the UN were simply a meeting example, has specific rulings saying
place where nations could argue, complain that "payment in services" cannot be
deducted.
and disagree, I would be adamant in my Some branches of government apparently
support. How can you not support think that debt can be paid through
something so critical to the cause of services rendered, while others don't.My
world peace?But the United Nations does view? Let's figure out what we owe,
so much more, with its health and welfare probably something around $1 billion
efforts. One (which
example: if you are a supporter of sounds like a lot until you look at how
UNICEF, the United Nations Children's our national budget is allocated today
Fund, did you know and
that the organization won the Nobel how much per day we spend in Iraq and
Peace Prize in 1965? Or that UNICEF Afghanistan), pay it, even over 2-3
always years as necessary and get back in good
rebuilds schools in countries affected standing with the United Nations. Then,
by terrible natural disasters so that for
children our own sakes and the sake of our
can continue to learn and grow? No children and the world at large, let's
organization I know has been more active identify and
with put forward a truly global ambassador, a
AIDS education in the third world, with man or woman who will represent our own
helping women -- and girls -- have a interests at the United Nations and help
voice create a world that is more
and see the same freedoms men see in peaceful, safer, and sane.That's the
different cultures, with ensuring best thing we can do to promote a better
widespread world, after all, isn't it?Dave Taylor is
availability of important immunizations a well-known blogger and leader in the
to help with the health of everyone in business community and has
the been involved with the Internet since
community.Perhaps nowhere has the UN 1980.
played a more important role than in the




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