Timeline for What is the purpose of establishment of United Nations?
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| Jul 31, 2014 at 8:28 | comment | added | CsBalazsHungary | @Anixx I see your point, and you are right. It depends on circumstances, it is always hard to tell when will a conflict escalate into armed conflict. I think we can agree that a war can be easily source for a next war if the peace was previously forced on at least one of the belligerents. | |
| Jul 31, 2014 at 8:24 | comment | added | Anixx | @CsBalazsHungary coming after the war to oversee the terms of surrender is not actually the same as war prevention. | |
| Jul 31, 2014 at 8:21 | comment | added | CsBalazsHungary | @Anixx that is true, the KFOR was the NATO military group in Kosovo, that is the reason I used "more or less" in that point, UN holds significant peacekeeping force in the region. Here you can read more about the history of UN forces in Kosovo. | |
| Jul 31, 2014 at 6:51 | comment | added | Anixx | Is not it NATO in Kosovo rather than the UN? Also, Kosovo independence is the OUTCOME of a war, where one of the parties (Serbia) was defeated. So it did not lead to a longer war just because one of the parties to the conflict has been already defeated by NATO. | |
| Jul 30, 2014 at 19:58 | comment | added | user4012 | @Chad - that's so... cynical. But true :) | |
| Jul 30, 2014 at 16:52 | comment | added | SoylentGray | @Manish - No its unofficial purpose is for superpowers to have a place to pull their strings in public so that there is less of a risk of the sting pulling happening in the dark being misinterpreted. If anybody is kept in check it is those countries that do not ally with either the US or Russia. | |
| Jul 30, 2014 at 16:49 | comment | added | Manish | @Chad, i never told that UN is completely useless, and moreover i myself asked what are its exact functions, so i dont have any practical idea right now. So you mean to say its primary objective is to keep in check the superpowers and the rest are simply formalities and it doesn't bother whether there is an Indo-Pakistan or Indo-China or some other war is going on, as long as the superpowers dont fight.. | |
| Jul 30, 2014 at 14:01 | history | edited | CsBalazsHungary | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 30, 2014 at 13:50 | comment | added | SoylentGray | @Manish - Do you have a suggestion for a body that will work better. Keep in mind US, Russia, and China are unlikely to join a body where they do not have veto power. (read will never ever happen except in the dreams of some left eye idealist) There is a rather substantial movement in the US to with draw from the UN as it is and that is with us having the ability to veto anything we disagree with. | |
| Jul 30, 2014 at 10:05 | vote | accept | Manish | ||
| Jul 30, 2014 at 10:04 | comment | added | CsBalazsHungary | @Manish Well, what can I say? We don't have much to compare with, it functions better than League of Nations, I am sure it is not the maximum efficiency it provides, but can't tell what can be expected. | |
| Jul 30, 2014 at 9:40 | comment | added | Manish | So even you agree with the fact that the purpose of UN is not properly satisfied and its efficiency of functioning is very low.. | |
| Jul 30, 2014 at 9:38 | vote | accept | Manish | ||
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| Jul 30, 2014 at 9:17 | history | edited | CsBalazsHungary | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 30, 2014 at 8:34 | history | answered | CsBalazsHungary | CC BY-SA 3.0 |