UN is A Global Failure

The United Nations: A Global Failure as the World Burns

As we close out 2024, one stark truth emerges: the world is on fire, and the United Nations is doing little more than watching it burn. Once established to prevent exactly the kind of global crises we now face, the UN has become a bystander to wars, humanitarian disasters, and unchecked violence. The flames of conflict rage across Ukraine, Israel and Palestine, Sudan, and the Congo, and yet the so-called guardians of peace sit idly by. The question we must ask is not whether the UN is failing, but why it exists at all if it cannot do its job.

Consider the conflict in Ukraine a war that has claimed tens of thousands of lives and displaced millions. Despite countless UN Security Council meetings and high-profile condemnations, there has been no meaningful intervention to stop the bloodshed. Instead, world powers jockey for influence while ordinary citizens suffer. Meanwhile, in Palestine, more than 40,000 people have lost their lives, with the violence continuing to escalate. Despite this staggering loss of life, the West continues to arm Israel, providing bombs and military support. As the conflict now to spread into Lebanon, Iran, and Yemen, the risk of a wider regional war grows by the day. Where is the UN in all of this? Where is the moral leadership to stop this catastrophe?