Okay folks.... here we go!

The UN is made up of nation states and is governed by these nation states.

Frankly this reflects each of US.

If our government is made up of many people "self-governing themselves" in a way that reflects their empowered vote, we become "self-governing" citizens, as a nation, and can influence the directives of the UN, through our national and collective process directly.

Collective Securities is about working together effectively for the common good.

I.e., I am here today after WW2, as a result of the 1947 Marshall Plan (The UN's European Recovery Act).

The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, helped millions of war-torn families like mine.

Pushing this a wee bit further.... it could be said, the Marshall Plan actually benefited from a global collabration of economic policies (at that time) assisting European markets (crushed by this war) to rebuild and stabilise, hence regain their national autonomy, through socio-economic growth.

We need to problem solve.

We are not so much talking about the UN, and what we expect .... we are talking more about the expectation of ourselves and how we might influence.

The UN belongs to ALL of US.

Until we take part in the struggle of reform, many more will be left suffering, without better strategic assistance. WHY?

Because of the apathy, in modern populations.

Step One: I see our investment to be through knowledge building.

Step Two: With more of this knowledge shared jointly we are in a better position ourselves each, and as a community to influence our local, state and regional governments, if we each find the will.

So what if the UN needs structural changes.

We have changed the design of our cloths - our cars - the way we dress - eat and have fun. Why can't we change the UN just through learning and sharing and exchanging our knowledge more.

Self Government is about civic empowerment as much as how we influence ourselves and others in Community, as well as our Governments.

We can work with the UN in many ways... take a look!

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Anyone with a knowledge of historical philosophy knows that it was the German philosopher, Immanuel Kant who first thought of the necessity for a global authority to preserve Perpetual Peace.

No doubt many of our Onliners would regard Kant's doctrine as quaintly naive, yet one thing that Kant did stress, was that the example of Napoleon declaring himself emperor after a pledge from him to honour the Enlightenment principle of Liberty - Equality - and Fraternity, Kant did exemplify that from then on, the citizenry should not only distrust rulership from one man alone, but even from one government alone, stressing the need for a multiple of strong nations.

Surely we must learn a lesson from the above, that trying to make Kant's original idea democratic by trying to run the alliance with a mixture of veto rights for the stronger nations, along with weaker authority from the smaller nations, a strong diplomatic figure like Kant would have regarded such an idea with scorn.

Better to have the weaker nations represented by regional means, the main authority expressd by what we now call multipolar in politics and multilateral in economics.

It is so interesting that Gorbachev former leader of Soviet Russia has spoken of global authorities like this, as also just recently Vladimer Putin has mentioned that the world could have been a safer place than it is now, under the rather tense bilateralism that existed between the US and the Soviets.

At least an agreement was worked out, even with the new Russia still holding the Soviet nuclear arsenal.

Finally, though Kant may not have envisaged our increasingly ever dangerous growing nuclear world, it is believed his preference of an elected group of strong nations to preserve perpetual peace, as far superior to the unipolar authority we have now, especially as there is much more than a smidgeon of the old colonial racketeer-style greed mixed up unfortunately, with just one unipolar top-dog sitting up above.

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I am instantly impressed with a degree of professionalism UN-related articles avoid dualism of this international organization.

This is a representative diplomatic forum a n d executing the resolutions adopted international bureaucratic entity with vast civic relief and development functions and even more vast ambitions fed up with upper Earth governmental delusion.

Can one imagine formally a MP sitting as a judge after parliament time?

Maybe, this is the most significant basic misprint of the UN we were grown up with.

Maybe I'm deeply biased, but the thought of no UN, even the poorly functioning one we have now is frightening to me. It would be wonderful if this planet's nation had the will to implement the reforms suggested by Keith Suter.

I am descendant of people who lost everything in WWII, lives, homes and mental peace. The notion that this could have been avoided if the previous League of Nations had the courage to act is deeply personal.

Often when we critize the UN we see this as an organisation that does not have relevance in our safe lives and can therefore be easily dismissed as a corrupt unwieldy elephant. We won't need the UN ourselves after all. We are friends with the USA.

Remember a large part of continental Europe was totally destroyed in WWII and WWI. The effects of which have only in the 1980's been eliminated.

Now Western nations are again being pressured by a number of displaced persons (refugees) of unimaginable proportions. There are many conflicts and more brewing. A UN is needed now more than 30 years ago.

"A UN is needed now more than 30 years ago" -definitely.

Plenty third world indigenous princelings kids having grown up as well as their peers from some Western countries having privileges inherited are ready for wages and perks the UN bestow them upon.