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UN Report Finds UN Reports are Not Widely Read (www.reuters.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by fedupwithbureaucracy@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The UN is largely ineffective due to the security council. The fact that one country can effectively shut down a vote is the opposite of the Federation of Planets.

Now that I think of it, of course the UN is ineffectual. It's set up like the US system of legislature. A powerful smaller body that is largely disproportionate to the rest of the world fully controls everything the UN does.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, it's much better than the alternative of said country starting nuclear war to get its way.

There's also the Uniting for Peace resolution.

[–] edg@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

It's a victim of our reality and can never be anything more without a lot of work from a lot of people who have equally bold aspirations.