Does NATO and the UN really have any power???

Question

I mean they are a group of countries who tell Russia to stop fighting and Russia brushes them away like flies. Can they actually convince the Russians to stop fighting or will the Russians hit them with a fly swatter?

Answer 1

The UN is a debating society that passes resolutions so its members can claim they did something.  In theory in certain situations  NATO  could do something.

Answer 2

in not them, who else?!

then tell me whats the use of them?! why are those organization created for? if not for the world peace

Answer 3

The UN is the most inept, corrupt, failed organization the world has ever seen.

Answer 4

NATO and the UN are like any other political bodies.  In theory, a political institution (i.e., the U.S. government) only has as much power as the members of the political unit (i.e., the citizens of the U.S.) allow the institution to have.  So, in the case of the UN or of NATO, the only power they have is the power that the member nations allow it to have.  They are extragovernmental organizations--meaning, they are not part of a specific government and do not have a political unit with boundaries and laws (i.e., they do not have a nation.)  Thus, the UN can carry out measures only if the other member nations allow them to be carried out.  The same goes for NATO.  

(NATO is actually a military alliance of which members voluntarily join...they have more authority to carry through on something since the power has been given to that organization by member nations.)

Answer 5

No, the UN does not have any power. The UN has always been a bunch of talk and never any action, it's useless. NATO, since it is comprised by mostly European members also doesn't have any power because they get most of their natural gas from Russia, so they have to be careful. As for the U.S., we have lost all leverage and credibility due to our invasion of Iraq. On top of that, our military is stretched thin with two wars already. Personally, if I were Russia I wouldn't care what the EU, NATO, UN, or U.S. had to say, cuz they can't do a d**n thing. If they really want to take the whole country of Georgia, they probably could.

But hey, the U.N. is going to hit Russia really hard with strongly worded statements. Hopefully they can hurt their feelings a little.

P.S. UN is a piece of c**p.

Answer 6

UN id nothing but a museum of dead resolutions..

Millions of resolutions has been passed in this dead building, CAN ANY ONE TELL ME. HOW MUCH WERE APPLIED???

KASHMIR

BOSNIA

CHACHNIA

PHALASITIN

IRAQ

AFGHANISTAN

SOMALIA,

and many  and many of countries like that are burning in fire...

who the h**l cares????

its nothing but a rumour/....

BOTH NATO and UN

if NATO can do any thing.... then these regions would not be burning like h**l...

Answer 7

It is much like the league of nations.