Does The United Nations Have Any Influence In The World Today?

The United Nations is defined as an impartial organization aimed to create common ground between nations, which allows discussing issues that currently dominate the world. These problems are broadnot only for its variety, but also for its impact. To be a member of the UN, several treaties must be signed in order to guarantee a full commitment with the organization’s principles.

Signing thesetreaties implies a series of guidelines that every nation must follow and apply, defend in every statement it does, and ratify in every decision it makes. Hence, all signatory members (193 nowadays)must base their public politics in a mix between what their constitutions poses and what the treaties states.

Compelling the countries to follow these guidelines sets a fundamental environmentfor development; that is to say, a nation must offer a minimum of conditions to properly support human life.

Does the United Nations have any influence in the world today? I think it does have abig influence over the world issues. Take Libya´s Gadafy as example. Libyan people requested Gadafy to withdraw power after 40 years of reign, and the answer was to slaughter anyone who dares to opposehim. Now, after a month of conflicts, the death pole arises rises to 8.000. Are we supposed to act as mere spectators of a deathly circus just because one spoiled men man refuses to leave a nation’sgovernment? The answer is no; no men man should attempt to cover the sun up with one finger. For this kind of conflicts, the UN provides democratic means to make decisions about. Either a directintervention to lessen the confrontation or a trade embargo, it will be a joint decision product of debate and conversation, which assure that no arbitrary measure will be taken.


No matter if it’sabout an armed conflict, a natural disaster or an economic break down; the UN is made up by several institutions, commissions and NGOs, which permit to meet any situations affecting our world....