I have concluded that the U.N. can do a few things well.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The U.N. is capable of endless process and mindless psychobabble, but as far as getting the job done on the ground, I just don't see them doing it.
In the United States, there is a broadly shared view that the U.N. is one of many potential instruments to advance U.S. issues, and we have to decide whether a particular issue is best done through the U.N. or best done through some other mechanism.
I wouldn't give up on the U.N. yet.
The United Nations is an indispensable but deeply flawed organization. It is valuable to the United States, and the United States is invaluable to it. We need to reform it.
The U.N. can be very frustrating and at times impotent, but it can also be a valuable forum for discussion and resolution of world problems. We should not walk away from it just because it's failed to live up to its promise.
We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.
The U.N. is much more than the case of Iraq.
The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be.
There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference.
Let us face it, the U.N. has failed. It has failed in its mission to promote world peace.