Though United Nation’s stature has been diminished by its inability to stop wars, its record in peace-keeping, delivering humanitarian relief is formidable. Discuss (200 Words)
Refer - Indian Express
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IAS Parliament 3 years
KEY POINTS
· A unilateral war, without the UN’s sanction, goes against the fundamentals of its Charter.
· Ukraine’s President lost no time to demand that a country that commits war crimes should not be allowed to hold a permanent seat in the Security Council.
· Belarus quickly abandoning its status as a non-nuclear-weapon country, reaffirming its readiness to host Russian nuclear weapons on its territory, is a fallout of grave concern.
· Ever since its inception, the UN has been at the forefront of several efforts to reconstruct societies torn apart by conflicts and to maintain ceasefire among warring parties.
· The first such operation, the UN Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO), launched in 1948 following the Arab-Israeli conflict the same year, is still operational.
· A stray incident could ignite more disarray and violence ahead. Issues such as European security and arms control will need to be resolved through dialogue to prevent further disaster. In all these, the UN will have a major role to play.
· However, those who rush to write obituaries for the UN whenever it fails to avert a conflict should not overlook the fact that the only global body of its kind is the sum of its parts and cannot exceed the political will of its member states.
