United Nations
In 1945, when World War II finally came to an end, people all around the world agreed on one thing: never again did they want to see a war of that magnitude. World War II was a bitter and harsh war in which millions of lives were lost. Those who survived the cruelties of war would never be the same. The United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union understood the strong desire of all nations to see world peace. Thus, the United Nations was established. Prime Minister Clemet Attlee described the goal of the United Nations as “…not just the negation of war, but the creation of a world of security and freedom, of a world which is governed by the justice and the moral law. We desire to assert the preminence of right over might and the general good against sectional aims” (quoted in Johnson 7). In short, the main purpose of the UN is maintenance of world peace and the avoidance of war. The idea as a whole sounds wonderful in theory. The problems ari!se when the UN itself cannot agree on a course of action or when those that the UN attempts to help resist or even despise the assistance. In instances such as the Korean War and the Bosnian Peacekeeping attempts, the United Nations did not help to keep p
In the beginning of the conflict, the United States and the Soviet Union should have stepped aside and let Korea decide for itself how to be governed. Instead, the United States and the Soviet Union became divorcing parents disputing over the future of their child. Without pressure from the Soviet Union, North Korea may have been willing to compromise on issues with South Korea and vice-versa. It was not until after the elections, that the United States so strongly encouraged, that Koreans felt that war was inevitable. How is the United Nations supposed to keep the world at peace if it is often in dispute amongst itself? Boundaries should be set as to the precise roll of the United Nations. Is the United Nations meant to assist in war or to give supplies to those already involved in war? As a new president takes office, maybe the United States’ role in the United Nations should be reviewed and analyzed. Before our country tries to fix the world, maybe we should concentrate on fixing our problems at home. Even with the United Nations’ attempts to jeep peace, wars are going to arise. By trying to be the hero, the UN is only prolonging the inevitable. In order to prevent other World Wars, the UN takes the problem of one country and makes it the problem of many nations. That is not exactly the way one with any sort of logic would think to establish world peace. In 1992, civil war erupted in Bosnia involving Bosnian Serbs, Bosnian Croats, and Bosnian Muslims. It was the desire of the Serbs and Croats to defeat the Muslims so that they could expand the area under their control. Serbs and Croats surrounded Muslim towns. Civilians were being killed, towns were destroyed, airports were closed, and roads were blocked. It became difficult for those involved in the war to get food or medical help (Johnson 39). The United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) was sent in to help relieve some of the stress. The Muslims hoped that UNROPFOR would be able to prevent further destruction of the country. However, UNPROFOR was not able to use force. They were primarily there to escort food and medical supplies through areas patrolled by Serbian and Croatian forces. In 1993
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Approximate Word count = 1487
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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