What is the purpose of the United Nations?

Question

in a good way, like what do they do to help the world? what is their purpose?

Answer 1

they do nothing good but butt into other countries business.

Answer 2

In this world of "who can you trust" the best answer sometimes is the one you come up with yourself.  Here is a link to the UN website regarding "what they do".  

http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/index....

Answer 3

They are a waste and need to be disbanded.

Answer 4

un is to to maintain peace,but now it is dancing to the tune of usa

Answer 5

To make sure the dictators and thugs of this world know that they're gosh darn mad at them and that they plan on talking about them behind their backs.

Answer 6

Its an emporium for all voices to be heard. Not only that of the USA.

Answer 7

smoke and mirrors

Answer 8

They developed this group supposedly to keep all nations friendly to one another and all countries to have a fair playing field and sorta oversee the world.  Instead they have lost there way and it has once again turned out to be an agenda driven group for there own benefits.

Answer 9

The purpose is mediation. Of course only Americans hate it because it seeks to compromise our hegemony (position of world superpower).

Answer 10

The purpose of the United nations is to be a leech. They suck money out of the US coffers, and other nations, so a bunch on unemployable windbags from around the world have a place to call home and give the appearance of working. If you can call that work

Answer 11

their purpose was again to promote intergration among states, but they lost their purpose because they are being channelled by the USA because is its main funder when comes to its finincial matters.

Answer 12

The U.N. has been ill-relevant since it's inception, just as it's predecessor the League Of Nations.

Sanctions are weak or ignored, corruption is rampant, it has been nothing but a festering sore to New York City and the United States in general.

It should be in Sweden, a neutral country. Maybe then it might work, but I doubt it...

Answer 13

to twiddle their thumbs.

Answer 14

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nati...

There's some information about them, but realistically they're are a nothing more than a puppet of the United States to create "peace" and instill an iron fist over other nations. Though they don't do a great job of either.

Answer 15

The United Nations was organized with the primary purpose of maintaining peace and order in the world.

Answer 16

The UN is a big time hoax,

It has no purpose of its own,

it serves the purposes of the US,

it is a lame duck with a beaurocratic Secretary General who cant say his toe nails from his fingers.

it is a bankrupt union

it is a corrupt decoy for the wars.

If it is really what it claims to be.. Then Let it be housed in No mans land.. have an army of its own and every govt should collect a UN tax and pay it, The head of the Union Shall be elected by the people of the entire world.. each country shall represent the UN and have just one representative...

Let the worlds best brains and statesmen be pooled in to run it.

Only the UN should have the power to effect a regime change.. and any country usurping the sovernity of another country bear the brunt of all war expenses and rebuilding.

Answer 17

They are the new money launderers.

Answer 18

The UN is nations, i.e. it's a forum for nations (and other representatives).