I Love the U.N., but It Is Failing

Re:I Love the U.N., but It Is Failing by gavman on Friday March 18, 2016 @03:37PM (#11314304)

The UN has a lot of problems beyond just its bureaucracy. I'm suspicious of it's ability to solve the problems it claims it exists to solve even if its bureaucracy was extremely efficient. It seems I read UN scandals on a monthly basis, to recall a few from the past few months:

Sexual abuse by it's peacekeepers (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/world/2016/02/27/peacekeepe...). "Child sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers" even has its own wiki page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse_by_UN_peace...)

Bribes are abound, even a story earlier today (http://www.seattletimes.com/business/humanitarian-worker-cha..., http://nypost.com/2015/10/06/former-general-assembly-preside...).

Saudi Arabia is on the human rights council (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/22/why-is-saud...). Not exactly a "scandal" but in the same vein.

It's ever-increasingly hard to take the organization seriously.

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Re:I Love the U.N., but It Is Failing by phonon on Friday March 18, 2016 @08:05PM (#11316329)

Its complete refusal to accept any responsibility whatsoever for causing the largest Cholera outbreak in the world in Haiti? http://www.ijdh.org/2015/05/topics/health/principal-appellat...

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Re:I Love the U.N., but It Is Failing by alainv on Saturday March 19, 2016 @01:27AM (#11317464)

Did you read the linked post? The abuse by its peacekeepers is what he cites as his main recent issue with the organization, and he indicates it was foreseeable and directly caused by the cynical and bureaucratic incentives in the UN.

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Re:I Love the U.N., but It Is Failing by vixen99 on Friday March 18, 2016 @04:40PM (#11314812)

Its ability. It's is a contraction for it is or it has.

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Re:I Love the U.N., but It Is Failing by habitue on Friday March 18, 2016 @05:12PM (#11315090)

I have a feeling the parent commenter knows the rule, but didn't care to follow it. Your comment seems like someone who walks up to every smoker they see and says "Did you know smoking causes cancer?"

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Re:I Love the U.N., but It Is Failing by stcredzero on Friday March 18, 2016 @06:30PM (#11315748)

I have a feeling the parent commenter knows the rule, but didn't care to follow it.

I have that feeling as well. It's a truly horrible thought.

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Re:I Love the U.N., but It Is Failing by habitue on Saturday March 19, 2016 @01:49AM (#11317503)

it's just grammar, not anything horrible

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Re:I Love the U.N., but It Is Failing by stcredzero on Sunday March 20, 2016 @12:25AM (#11321800)

It's not the grammar that's horrible. It's the underlying attitude and its shortsightedness.

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