There is a lot said about the UN, which is good, because there is a lot to be said about the UN. It’s a pity that the news is usually so negative. We’ve all heard the usual rants, that the UN is useless, a self-indulgent talk-fest that is the will of powerful countries, and leads to absolutely nothing on the ground.

Certainly there is an element of that – It would be hard to find anybody who could effectively dispute at least some of those claims. As I’ve written before, this has been a great source of frustration, and a touch of reality checking, for me. To have an organisation built for people(s) (and even this is constantly debated within the UN), so close to governments and so far away from the people, seems nonsensical.
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