"What this article attempts is to develop a peaceful world, a world without war". Very ambitious indeed to think that an article by an old lefty academic can 'develop a peaceful world' when the UN, set up for that purpose, cannot.

Peter's list of UN failures is far from exhaustive. The circus is a total failure, a total waste of money, with some totally awful countries as members.

Given that this rotten organisation continually nags Australia about everything it deems to be wrong, while foul countries like China do as they please, Australia should show some self-respect and withdraw from it.

I see a glaring error in that list: it's West Papua, rather than Papua New Guinea, where local indigenous people clamour for independence from Indonesia.

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ttbn,
Do you really want Australia to be a nation of such pathetic snowflakes that we go off in a permanent huff just because others dare to criticise us?

We wouldn't expect a boxer to engage an opponent with both hands tied behind his or her back! Yet we expect more or less the same of UN peacekeepers. Then criticize them when they fail to prevent genocide or worse.

Those on the ground have no mandate to use initiative but need to go through so much red tape and official BS, before they can use their weapons to defend the helpless and the innocent.

As for the UN broadly, they are hampered by division and a security council where a minority can veto righteous actions or reprisals.

Our international policeman is so hamstrung by red tape, BS and maniacal vetoes that all righteous action even the most defendable, is verboten. That's why.
Alan B.

What Aiden says.
Alan B.

Problem will always remain, who polices the police?

Not just ineffective, but an outright menace, for world peace. A whole generation has been sucked into UN net zero emissions. Which means we are further than ever, from dealing with over-population.

Labor front bench is stacked with ministers, working for UN interests, and against Australian interests. Hi, Clare, Andrew, and Andrew.